Senior Design Manager will be responsible for the following functions:
- Managing design quality budget alignment & program adherence simultaneously.
- Managing design consultants daily ensuring compliance with relevant codes regulations and best practice standards.
- Managing and coordinating the overall design and development process in coordination with the clients wider project and delivery team.
- Coordinating with the clients procurement team in the preparation and of consultant bidders lists RFPs and technical evaluations.
- Ensuring consultant submissions are complete and comply with the deliverable lists identified in the consultants contract.
- Facilitating expedient consultant invoicing & stage payments.
- Preparing and presenting stagegate presentations to the clients management.
- Managing material submission and approvals.
General Description of Role and Responsibilities:
- Evaluate design consultant work edit contracts if needed and review payments.
- Supervise and coordinate design changes and revisions of design and construction drawings.
- Assess shop drawings for correctness and alignment with approved plans and design intent.
- Organize and contribute to designing and developing design and construction delivery strategies.
- Maintain records and prepare reports and presentations on design and development projects.
- Provide design feedback and recommendations to align with approved direction and design intent.
- Oversee site inspections to check development project progress and to confirm compliance with regulations and specifications.
- Keep up to date with the latest designs and solutions by reading the latest journals and exploring new trends.
- Evaluate design consultant work edit contracts if needed and review payments.
- Supervise and coordinate design changes and revisions of design and construction drawings.
- Assess shop drawings for correctness and alignment with approved plans and design intent.
- Organize and contribute to designing and developing design and construction delivery strategies.
- Maintain records and prepare reports and presentations on design and development projects.
- Provide design feedback and recommendations to align with the approved direction and design intent.
- Oversee site inspections to check development project progress and to confirm compliance with regulations and specifications.
- Keep up with the latest designs and solutions by reading the latest journals and exploring new trends.
- Review development plans permit application documents environmental impact statements and reclamation plans.
- Prepare and review design briefs and scopes of work for input to design consultant procurement in coordination and support of the consultant procurement process.
- Manage and monitor stage gate submittal process and deliverables against tracking schedule review consultants dashboards and schedules and coorhighlevelh level issues log against committed scopes and deliverables.
- Ensure all designs maintain a high level of quality and keep pace with project programs and timescales.
- Monitor and mitigate development costs and risks throughout the design and delivery process.
- Lead and coordinate with all internal and external stakeholders during the full design and development process through to delivery.
- Communicate design strategy and direction to ensure understanding of strategy priorities and impact on the wider delivery process.
- Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams of designers and engineers through all design production and delivery stages.
- Coordinate with project design and delivery teams to ensure e brand is consistent with the cross full customer journey.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for all designrelated items throughout the development and delivery process.
- Compile and provide reporting on the design and implementation status for all projects while in progress and up to completion.
- Coordinate with the delivery team during the construction phase.
- Provide support and guidance to team members.
Suitable candidates must possess:
Masters or Bachelors degree (or equivalent) in Architecture Engineering Interior Design Urban
Planning or related fields;
Masters degree or MBA with a specialization in architecture interior design or related field is
highly desirable;
1215 years of experience in real estate design & development with roles managing large projects.
Proven track record of previous GCC or UAE experience is essential
Remote Work :
No