Design Manager
Summary
Oversee design management for Singapore’s Cross Island MRT line, coordinating civil, structural, and railway systems while ensuring LTA compliance and constructability.
Design Manager – Main Contractor | LTA Cross Island Line MRT
Role: Lead the design management function for an LTA Cross Island Line MRT project, acting as the key interface between the Main Contractor, LTA, Engineer/Consultant, designers, subcontractors, and construction teams.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage overall design development, submissions, approvals, and design programme.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary designs including civil, structural, geotechnical, architectural, MEP, railway systems, utilities, and temporary works.
- Manage LTA/Engineer submissions, comments, RFIs, technical queries, and design changes.
- Ensure designs are constructible, compliant, safe, and aligned with the construction programme.
- Work closely with construction teams to resolve site/design issues.
- Manage design consultants, specialist subcontractors, and design interfaces.
- Coordinate BIM and multidisciplinary design coordination.
- Support value engineering, constructability reviews, and technical risk management.
- Ensure compliance with LTA requirements, Singapore codes, specifications, and statutory requirements.
- Monitor design risks and prevent design-related delays to construction.
Requirements:
- Degree in Civil/Structural Engineering or related discipline.
- 10+ years of relevant experience in major infrastructure/MRT projects.
- Proven Main Contractor design-management experience.
- Singapore LTA/MRT experience strongly preferred.
- Experience with underground stations, tunnelling, civil/structural works, and temporary works advantageous.
- Strong stakeholder, consultant, technical, and construction coordination skills.
- PE/Chartered Engineer qualification is an advantage.