Experience

Darwin Group

• United Kingdom
• Construction
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Design Manager

  • Aug 2021 - Present

  Responsible for co-ordination of information to enable production of drawing packages for tender, order placement and construction. Client facing experience in progress meetings and site visits. Experience on a number of projects including specialist cardiac health facilities and a modular PassivHaus project. Managed and co-ordinated contract processes with regards to drawing submission and requests for information. Responsible for 3no. staff members from a design point of view, but work closely with commercial members of the team to ensure the correct information was included within work packages to be let, and ensure variations were captured correctly. Worked under Head of Project delivery, reporting back any design issues and potential solutions, ensuring risks were forecast. Show less

• Technical Coordinator

  • Jul 2020 - Aug 2021

  Responsible for developing standards, working with product manufacturers (such as Wetherby / Tenmat) to understand the products and implement them into standard details. Involved in producing drawings for fire tests.

• Graduate Design Engineer

  • Oct 2018 - Jul 2020

  Responsible for producing construction drawings for projects on site, ranging from drainage drawings with invert levels / pipe sizes, foundation drawings with levels / sizes / reinforcement, to cladding details and internal schedules. Pulled together information for BREEAM such as site waste management plans, adaptability / disassembly guides and material efficiency documentsLiaised with design consultants and subcontractors on solutions to any unforeseen problems on site Involved in early design stages of projects, pulling together CP packages to present to clientsApplied theoretical knowledge to ensure building element compliance with relevant legislation and performance specifications, such as U value calculations and reverberation calculationsSpent days on site ensuring details were followed and picking up areas where intricate construction details were likely to be required, and subsequently producing a drawingProvided measures and quantities for materials to aid the commercial team.Organised extra-curricular events such as a rugby world cup sweepstake and Monday night football Show less