Design Coordinator (Commercial Fit Out)

• Job Reference: RADC030322
• Job Title: Design Coordinator (Commercial Fit Out)
• Salary: £35,000 - £45,000 + package
• Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland & UK

Design Coordinator
Are you looking for a Design Coordinator role? Interested in working for an award-winning commercial fit out contractor?

VANRATH are recruiting a Design Coordinator to work on various commercial fit out projects in Northern Ireland & mainland UK.

Remuneration:
c£35,000 to £45,000 + package

Client
Our client is an award-winning commercial fit out contractor with decades of experience in the industry. They work across multiple sectors including retail, bars and restaurants, hospitality, leisure, corporate and finance. They have an excellent reputation for delivering meticulous, high quality projects and win a lot of repeat business from their clients as a result.

Role Overview:
To deliver technically compliant, cost efficient design solutions on projects during tender stage through to project delivery.

Assist in submissions ensuring clients needs have been answered providing solutions.

Key Tasks:

• Management and delivery of design information in accordance with an agreed design programme
• Ensure design consultants carry out their duties in line with their appointment
• Provide a proactive and highly effective service to our clients
• Provide production and design programmes c/ w design specifications
• Cost reporting to Operations Manager / Project team
• Manage the technical submission process for approval by client teams
• Review drawings and specification to establish an information request schedule to enable the project team to review issues with design
• Overall control of the sampling and mock up process for sign off by client teams
• Attending / chairing design meetings and workshops
• Ensuring design is compliant with current legislation and technical requirements
• Identify an errors or omissions on the tender / project information
• Work in conjunction with Project team to ensure suitability of proposed design method and sequencing of works
• Provide assistance with setting out as business needs dictate
• To participate and support all Company initiatives with compliance of procedures and requirements for ISO9001, 14001 & 45001, FSC and Investors in People Standards
• Be prepared to travel weekly to sites throughout the UK (and Europe) as required
• Review design at various stages of the tender process to identify value engineering solutions
• Design coordination between Design, Production and installation.

The Ideal Person:

• Background working for a reputable Main Contractor
• Track record working as a Design Coordinator for a similar company
• Minimum 6 GCSE / O' Levels or equivalent NVQ Qualification in the Construction Industry
• HND/HNC/Degree is desirable
• Good IT skills, with experience of using MS Office applications, AutoCAD, Adobe Suite
• Experience in 2D and 3D CAD design
• Excellent communication skills
• Full driving license
• Prepared to travel and stay away as and when required

For further information on this vacancy, or any other Built Environment job in Belfast or wider Northern Ireland, please apply via the link below or contact Robert Apps for a confidential discussion