Design Manager

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JOB DESCRIPTION / ROLE

Employment: Full Time

Our Multi National Project Management Consultancy client has a new requirement for a well experienced Design Manager to join their team in Riyadh, KSA to work on a Giga-project in the Kingdom. Successful candidates will have a proven background as a Design Manager on Residential, Commercial and Hospitality projects across the wider GCC and a proven background working in a recognised PMC or Design Consultancy business.

This role is available for immediate joining and is a direct hire, permanent placement with our client.

Key Responsibilities:

The Design Manager is a key participant in the delivery team and the engineered design management team and is responsible for managing the design development services of design consultants to achieve scope, schedule and budget targets in the consultancy services agreement and contribute toward achievement of construction milestone dates.

- Experience in major projects whose primary purpose will be to the oversight of consultants, to the review of design deliverables and to the identification of subjects/deliverables requiring support from Subject Matter Experts.
- Champion health, safety, welfare of design management staff and consultants
- Collaborate with design managers of all disciplines and workstreams.
- Collaborate with interface managers and stakeholder managers.
- Collaborate with project controls staff.
- Manage implementation of Safety in Design procedures by consultants.
- Manage implementation of Design to Budget procedures by consultants.
- Manage implementation of client procedures for design development and design delivery by consultants.
- Assist in preparing scopes services for use in RFPs and Service Orders.
- Manage development of tender documents for use in tendering processes (consultancies; contractors; design/build contractors; others).
- Contribute to review of deliverables from consultants.
- Manage the design review process including engagement with Consultant, Projects, Proponent and Sector staff.
- Manage the technical delivery of services by design consultants.
- Contribute to overall reporting of progress vs. programme of consultants’ services.
- Contribute to overall reporting on cost vs. contract value of consultants’ services.
- Manage the coordination of design schedules with procurement and construction schedules.
- Contribute to the management of risk within remit (individual consultancies; broader design development and impact on overall programme).

Requirements:
Design Manager Experience:

- BSc and/or Masters degree in Architecture or Engineering from a certified Educational program
- 10-15 years’ experience in design and design management in the employ of consultant and/or contractor.
- Minimum 4 years’ experience in design development with strong experience in schematic and detail design oversight and review
- Strong Design Coordination abilities and the ability to effectively and clearly liaise with multiple disciplines (MEP, Structures, Facade, VT)
- Effective communication (written and verbal) at all levels of the organisation
- Design leadership of multi-location and multi-cultural teams.
- Skill in formulating and communicating clear direction to design consultants - defining and prioritising objectives.
- Skill in influencing decision-making through marshalling of facts, persuasively presenting recommendations and calmly, positively responding to challenge and scrutiny.
- Chairing of meetings to achieve objectives in minimum time.

Salary:
SAR 55,000 to 65,000 per month inclusive of fixed allowances.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

J10 Consulting are Construction Recruitment experts in the Middle East.

We help businesses and careers grow by delivering Temporary Contract & Permanent Contingency hiring solutions within Construction & Engineering in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain & Kuwait

J10 Consulting provide collaborative engagement and a deep understanding of both client and candidate requirements to cover temporary and permanent requirements across a number of vertical markets within Construction & Engineering.

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