Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

SSA are assisting a large Dubai based Developer to identify experienced Senior Design/Architectural professional.

The design manager will manage the pre-contract and post-contract design and execution phases, coordination of all specialist consultant drawings and specifications, contractor workshop drawings, reviewing Bills of Quantities to make sure that the design components and specifications are reflected in the BOQ, and will assist the internal commercial (QS) manager and procurement dept. where the design and specification might have a material effect on cost or programming of the project. Furthermore he will be responsible for assisting the Head of Development in formulating development design briefs, working closely with the internal cost manager and procurement department.

Requirements

Architectural or Engineering Degree. 10-12 years experience in design management. Thorough understanding of construction sequencing and process management Strong written and oral communication skills. Extensive hands on full cycle experience, with specific bias towards mid rise residential projects and hospitality projects. Middle East/ Gulf experience is a must. Previous experience working for a multinational design practice, developer of contractor.

About the Company

SSA Ltd. (Sommerman Skinner Associates) find out the detail to allow you to make qualified judgments about your career and its progression. On the companies that we represent (over 2000 spread across a diverse spectrum of industry) we will be able to inform you of contracts pending, awarded, company growth, opportunity, relative reward and internal prospects. We believe that through spending time and effort front end through interviewing or individual dedication we can offer real advice that will be valued. Our founder is degree qualified with extensive exposure to industry and with a career also behind him in Recruitment Management. Our team is made up of qualified construction professionals. We specialise in both permanent and freelance opportunities to qualified construction professionals.

Disciplines covered include:

Site Engineers, Site Agents, Project Managers, Contracts Managers, Quantity Surveyors, Commercial Managers, Planners, Safety, Purchasers, Estimators and Design Executive.

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Design Manager salaries in UAE

Average monthly compensation
AED 23,000

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