Senior Design Manager
Job Description
The opportunity
Project: A world-class resort project located in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE. This unique project will be the first of its kind in the UAE and is an exceptional opportunity for a Senior Design Manager.
This key role will report to the commercial director / senior commercial manager. The position will be full-time and based on-site in the Ras Al Khaimah project office. The successful candidate must demonstrate a proven ability to deliver high-end hospitality projects.
The senior design manager is responsible for ensuring that all project(s), or programme design management-related activities undertaken by the design management team, are in accordance with the requirements of the project execution plan, PMIS, or other governing frameworks, as may be applicable, prepared by the ADD, and approved by the programme, or project director.
The SDM provides leadership to the DM team, support to the AD-Design, and for ensuring that the personal health, safety, and well-being, and of the team are maintained.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Leading and ensuring design management is consistent across projects, or phases.
- Ensuring design management function is aligned with other PMC functional targets.
- Ensuring that reporting and progress reporting are aligned with PMC reporting requirements.
- Monitoring, reviewing, and reporting on consultant's and/or contractor design progress.
- Ensuring designs are developed in compliance with project briefs.
- Ensuring consultants are fulfilling contractual obligations for scope and deliverables.
- Ensuring design consultants are working to ensure projects are on time, and on budget.
- Ensuring BIM management is integral to programme and ongoing.
- Ensuring scope change is monitored and managed in accordance with change protocols.
- Ensuring client and 3rd party reviews are scheduled and aligned with programme.
- Ensuring client and statutory approvals are built into programme.
- Ensuring detailed and/or peer reviews are scheduled if required.
- Ensuring value engineering workshops are scheduled and participate.
- Leading constructability reviews are scheduled, and participated.
- Leading the preparation of consultant scopes and project briefs.
- Supporting procurement in preparation of RFP/ITT packages.
- Advising on consultant selection and appointment.
- Evaluation of consultant variations and claims in connection with design.
- Review consultant and/or contractor design submissions and progress reports.
- Oversight and participation in key design and technical review workshops.
- Challenging and supporting the design teams to ensure design solutions are optimized.
- Utilizing company resources efficiently to accomplish assigned work.
- Identifying and managing design-associated risks, mitigation strategies, and/or escalation.
About you
You have 10 to 15 years of experience, a relevant degree in construction management, engineering or architecture, chartered/registered member of a relevant institution (e.g. RIBA/CIOB), experience in high-end tower construction, relevant sector-specific knowledge, including industry standards and terms of reference, knowledge of RIBA, or other international Plans of Work, and alignment with WBS, the experience of BIM and BIMM requirements over project lifecycle and WBS, ability to interrogate programmes and critical path, experience in preparation of Project Briefs, Scopes of Service and RFP/ITT issue, knowledge of industry standards for measurement BUA, GFA, NIA, GIFA etc.
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Job Details
Employment Types:
Full time
Function:
Digital Marketing
Skills:
project execution Construction Management project lifecycle Value Engineering progress reporting Management technical review Bim design teams hospitality projects Escalation architecture Design Leadership Workshops Consistent detailed bim management programme design advising Rfp
