Mechanical design manager

This Mechanical Design Manager role is a LOCAL role based in Nottingham with excellent perks and benefits. The role will cover Nottingham and surrounding areas, ensuring you are always working within a manageable distance from your home. This is ideal for someone looking to avoid extensive travel and long commutes, making it perfect if you want to maximize your work-life balance. You will be joining a well-established nationwide M E contractor with additional FM and Fire and Security divisions. The company #39;s work primarily involves Design Build projects, focusing on logistics facilities, with expertise also in education, leisure, office facilities, and manufacturing. On site, you will be responsible for overseeing the mechanical design process, from pre-tender to post-tender stages. This includes liaising with clients, developing tender opportunities, managing the tender process, and ensuring the delivery of efficient and effective design solutions. Pre-Tender Period: Liaise with Commercial Director and other directors/managers about future tender opportunities. Develop tender opportunities with existing and new clients. Assist clients with budget costs and high-level schemes, advising on different options. Develop design briefs/specifications with clients. Assess the suitability of tender opportunities based on various factors, including project type, client, value, and location. Tender/Post-Tender Period: Manage the tender process and deliverables with the Commercial Director and estimators. Assess tender information and manage RFIs, including client liaison. Develop principal design elements/systems for D B tenders. Produce 2-stage tender reports and submissions, ensuring quality and timely delivery. Liaise with the Contracts Director for input on programming. Prepare for and attend mid-tender interviews as required. Adjudicate final tender design and costings with the estimator and Contracts Director. Manage the post-tender process, including queries, addendums, and technical appraisals. Design Delivery: Ensure an efficient and effective handover between estimating and design. Set up the contract design process, deliverables, and management with design engineers. Develop any beneficial value engineering (VE). Liaise and coordinate with electrical designers. Monitor design progress and oversee design and drawing production. Attend design team meetings with the client team. Ensure necessary builder #39;s work details are provided on time. Lead services coordination with the building fabric and other services. Ensure compliance with statutory requirements, including Part L and EPC. Monitor estimation design against actual design. Manage design variations instigated by the client team and advise on cost and effect. Ensure an efficient and effective handover between design and contracting departments. Other Associated Duties: Survey existing sites and systems, developing upgrade schemes and reports. Solve any client design and pricing issues pre or post-contract. Approve any changes to design drawings proposed by the contracting team. Assist in design changes during the contract period due to client changes. Agree on subcontract design order content prior to placing orders and sign off subcontract design and estimation invoices. Benefits: Annual company bonus up to 10% of salary, paid every September Company vehicle or car allowance Long-term client relationships and negotiated contracts The salary for this role is up to GBP60,000, with additional benefits, including a company vehicle or car allowance. This role is perfect for someone looking to join a dynamic team with manageable workloads and opportunities for career growth. For more information, please call or send an email/CV, and we will contact you with more details