Design Manager
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Summary
The Design Manager will lead design coordination and resolution for large-scale construction projects, ensuring multidisciplinary alignment and constructability. They will manage design schedules, review technical submissions, and collaborate with clients and site teams to mitigate risks and support project progress.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain detailed design, drawings, and document submission schedules, ensuring that submissions are properly sequenced and aligned with construction, procurement and master programme.
- Lead the coordination and resolution of design matters with clients, consultants, subcontractors, and site teams.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary design interfaces across Civil & Structural, Architectural, Mechanical & Electrical.
- Review design drawings, shop drawings, technical submissions, material submissions, and method statement documents for completeness and constructability.
- Identify design risks, discrepancies, clashes, and potential delays, and implement appropriate mitigation and recovery measures.
- Work closely with the planning, construction, commercial teams to ensure that design deliverables support site progress and procurement requirements.
- Chair design coordination meetings and follow up on agreed actions to ensure timely closure.
Required Experience
- Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering, Architecture or another relevant discipline.
- Minimum 10 years of relevant working experience in the construction industry.
- Proven experience managing design activities for large-scale construction projects, preferably under design-and-build contracts.
- Strong understanding of construction processes, design coordination, statutory requirements, and multidisciplinary interfaces.
- Strong communication, coordination, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills.
What they ask for
Required
- Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering, Architecture or another relevant discipline
- Minimum 10 years of relevant working experience in the construction industry
- Proven experience managing design activities for large-scale construction projects
- Strong understanding of construction processes, design coordination, statutory requirements, and multidisciplinary interfaces
- Strong communication, coordination, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills
Preferred
- Experience with design-and-build contracts