Design Manager

Job description / Role

- Coordinate design development of buildings, public realm and infrastructure with Client, design consultants, regulatory agencies, involved stakeholders, including the D&B Contractor’s design consultant and the third party design review consultant.
- Manage internal design resources.
- Ensure that the design is coordinated with all regulatory and stakeholder requirements.
- Responsible for resolving site specific design issues with design consultants and communicating those issues to the project delivery team.
- Assist in the procurement process and management of design consultants.
- Identify and report scope creep to the Project Director.
- Respond to Contractors’ RFI’s related to design issues, in context of the Employer’s Requirements
- Provide and coordinate design deliverables schedule input to Consultants and Contractors, and ensure on-time delivery of documents
- Review design documents and provide comments, review all comments for relevance and consistency.
- Provide technical leadership to assure that all technical work reviewed is of high quality, accurate, and within the context of schedule and budget
- Provide design review schedule input to Project Director.
- Assure design is in conformance with contractual requirements, assure that all design submissions meet the quality standards set forth by the program
- Coordinate with Design Review Team to develop and continuously improve the design review process and to maintain quality
- Implement and follow Quality Assurance Program procedures
- Coordinate the work of the project team with other engineering disciplines through liaison with other professionals. Monitor the work of staff allocated to specific packages to ensure that technical competence and performance meet the requirements of allocated packages. Ensure that the project is delivered on time and on budget.
- Organize design workshops to enhance design delivery

Requirements

- Minimum 15 years’ experience in a consultancy environment with minimum 5 years working as a Design Manager on infrastructure and building projects of similar size and complexity.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in the GCC Region.
- BSc Civil Engineering / Architectural or equivalent. MSc preferred.
- Demonstrated knowledge of design, production, construction techniques, procedures, codes, and standards.
- Demonstrated experience and capability in managing a large complex project from design through construction document production and construction administration with a multi-disciplined team.
- Demonstrated ability to maintain a positive client relationship and professional firm image.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both verbal and written.
- Ability to organize, lead, and motivate people
- Mature relationship building skills.

To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that you will bring a minimum of 15 years career experience with a BSc Civil Engineering / Architectural or equivalent. MSc would be preferred.

KEO’s performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety and our people. Comprising over 60 different nationalities we embrace diversity and recognise its’ contribution to client success wherever we work.

Our generous remuneration packages are bespoke and provide a wide range of additional benefits to support both national and expatriate employees and their families. We take pride in offering long term and dynamic career opportunities and invest in our people through our global learning, development and leadership programs.

We are excited to hear how you can partner with our award winning team and treat all expressions of interest confidentially.

About the Company

KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration – through conceptualization – to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 57 years we’ve led with vision, contributing to many of the world’s most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.

As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is ranked by ENR in the Top 225 International Design Firms; in the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms; and by World Architecture as 50th largest global architecture firm and #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2021 WAS 100 Survey.

We invite you to join us.