Role & Responsibilities
Design and Technical Solutions Primary Responsibilities
• Head up the coordination and review of our design consultant appointments and ensure a suitable framework of design experts is maintained.
• Lead and manage the strategic programme for driving innovation and improvement in UPP’s product and service offer.
• Lead the development and implementation of UPP’s strategic approach to capturing and evaluating future university/student requirements with regard to our products, services, and technical requirements. In particular ensure the current and future impact of technology on learning, living, and operational performance is fully considered and adopted where appropriate. • Establish and maintain a robust whole life cost approach to design and technical solutions to enable improved construction and operational delivery whilst also maintaining UPP’s competitiveness in bidding.
• Ensure sustainability is fully considered in the development of UPP’s product and service offer.
• Head up reviews to ensure the benefits and issues surrounding current best practice initiatives e.g. Passivhaus and EnerPHit, are fully understood from a buildability and operational perspective. • Lead and manage the process for capturing lessons learned from completed transactions and construction projects to drive continuous improvement in UPP’s products and service offerings. • Ensuring the UPP Design Brief and Product Book are updated to reflect lessons learned and current design and technical best practice and innovation for incorporation into future projects.
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