Senior Director - Design

Orion Engineering Services

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Ref: GP503-185

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Purpose

- Lead all design stages of all projects (from concept design stage up until working drawings) and ensure adequate support is given to project management in the construction stage, while ensuring quality and abidance to the relevant sections of the approved Asset Business Plans (including pre-concept design, design budget, and design schedule).

Operations

- Oversee the Master Planning, Architecture, Interior Design, and Engineering for all projects through the concept schematic, detailed, and working design phases (based on defined pre-concept designs in the Asset Business Plan).
- Provide input to Development Management for pre-concept development and development brief/ asset business plan.
- Ensure coordination with Development & Asset Management. and Commercial for design input and comments on design submittals across all design stages and manage approvals of designs.
- Ensure continuous improvement of design quality standards and guidelines.
- Develop the scope for the detailed design section of the RFP required for the Stage 2 design competition (concept design onwards) and conduct the technical evaluation of bids.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

- Bachelor in Architecture/Construction Management/Engineering or in a similar discipline
- Professional Memberships/Certifications

Minimum Experience

- 15 + years in Design/Architecture with at least10 years in a senior management role

Job-Specific Skills

- Worked with mixed use Real Estate Developers (Client side) on mega projects
- Design Oriented
- Sustainability Oriented
- Demonstrated track record of real estate development design
- Excellent technical skills and extensive experience in design
- Strong conflict resolution/management skills
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent planning skills

About the Company

Orion Engineering was established in 1987 to supply Engineering personnel to the Oil and Gas Industry. Since then the company has grown significantly and presently has in excess of 4000+ personnel on secondment worldwide.

Our blue chip client list includes major oil companies such as Shell, BP, Chevron Texaco and Exxon Mobil and major engineering contractors and suppliers such as Technip, Wood Group. Talisman and Wormald Tyco.

The division has offices at various strategic locations throughout the world including London, Houston, Aberdeen, Lagos, Doha, Singapore and 5 offices throughout Kazakhstan.

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