Design Manager

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed design, drawings, and document submission schedules, ensuring that submissions are properly sequenced and aligned with construction, procurement and master programme.
• Lead the coordination and resolution of design matters with clients, consultants, subcontractors, and site teams.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary design interfaces across Civil & Structural, Architectural, Mechanical & Electrical.
• Review design drawings, shop drawings, technical submissions, material submissions, and method statement documents for completeness and constructability.
• Identify design risks, discrepancies, clashes, and potential delays, and implement appropriate mitigation and recovery measures.
• Work closely with the planning, construction, commercial teams to ensure that design deliverables support site progress and procurement requirements.
• Chair design coordination meetings and follow up on agreed actions to ensure timely closure.

Required Experience

• Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering, Architecture or another relevant discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of relevant working experience in the construction industry.
• Proven experience managing design activities for large-scale construction projects, preferably under design-and-build contracts.
• Strong understanding of construction processes, design coordination, statutory requirements, and multidisciplinary interfaces.
• Strong communication, coordination, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills.