Design Manager

Job description / Role

Our client is currently looking for a Design Manager. A successful candidate will be expected to establish, maintain and manage effect project design resource and team profile at bid and delivery stages.

Job Responsibilities:
• Manage and coordinate the overall design process
• Ensure completion and compliance of design management departmental procedures
• Set up and agree design management regime with the design team
• Programme and manage all design reviews and coordination in meetings
• Monitor progress against programme, and report to the project team
• Liaise with client and consultancy
• Represent the firm in communications with the client on a regular basis and provide leadership and management of the design delivery and review process
• Ensure that the design process is implemented in accordance with the contract conditions.
• Delegate design review tasks and overview the outputs by the architectural review team assigned to the specific project.
• Manage the input of specialist design review team personnel and ensure their inputs are integrated with other team members.
• Ensure that co-ordination with other design discipline review teams is carried out.
• Interface with the client to convey progress of design reviews and obtain further design briefing clarification.
• Interface with the client to manage their approvals of design packages in keeping with agreed project milestones and design programmes.
• Report regularly on the design consultants performance and highlight any areas of concern along with recommendations for corrective action.
• Report on the design consultants fulfillment of their design scope agreements and liabilities.
• Identify the Long lead time material/design package submissions and obtain client approvals to avoid any delays to the works.
• Attend and/or Chair design review meetings/workshops with design consultants as required to ensure that their performance is in line with agreed design programmes and design briefing documents.
• Report regularly on any aspect of design which may present a risk to the progressive contract programme completion.

Requirements

• Minimum of 10 - 12 years' experience of architectural design
• At least 7 years of UAE project experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Architecture
• Professional registration
• Have experience in managing large mixed use projects independently with a team of Architect
• Need good leadership and communication skills

About the Company

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