Description:
The Senior Design Manager (DM) can support clients at the strategic or project level. Their role is primarily to manage design teams and collaborators through the different stages of a design process.
The following list gives a variety of responsibilities and tasks that the DM is expected to be able to deliver:
- Provide technical input into design-related material and deliverables within the scope of BH
- Leading the BIM approach to design development and collaboration
- Management of issues, risks and project change requests related to design, to ensure successful and on-time project delivery.
- Overseeing RIBA design stages within individual projects, and masterplan developments.
- Reviewing design submissions for gateway approvals
- Partaking in value engineering and cost validation exercises
- Supporting the Project Manager/Director in the overall project deliverables
- Creating RFPs for design consultants and related activities
- Writing weekly and monthly reports on the design progress
- Client liaison on all design matters
- Develop the best way in which programs or projects are to be structured, directed and managed, including the optimal organisation structure, authority and decision-making roles
- Define the organisation of the design and delivery process, including the level of client interface and oversight, resources and skills, design cycles, assurance approach, information and communication management and design packaging approach
- Support the Project Planner in developing the schedule and strategic milestones, analyse key dependencies and test various phasing options.
- Evaluate the progress of a project to detect limitations or faults in order to seek solutions to a more efficient process
- Use processes to delegate and ensure even distribution of tasks to project team members
- Conduct feasibility studies and oversee the selection of consultants and sub-consultants
- Support the growth and improvement of the PDM processes and procedures
Success will look like the following:
- Delivering technical excellence through remotely located design teams
- Meeting the client expectations in terms of quality, time and design to budget
- Knowledge share and development of more junior Saudi National staff based in Riyadh
- Successfully supporting commercial proposals for major design commissions