Senior Design Manager (Opera house experience)

WSP

United Arab Emirates
Permanent
Part-time

26 days ago

We are WSP - Join us and make your career future ready!Think bigger scale. Think higher profile. Think ground-breaking. Join WSP, and you’ll be at the heart of a team of international experts all dedicated to growing and sharing their expertise, and working on projects that transform society for all of us.We have an opening for an Senior Design Manager to join our team in the UAE. Your new role, what's involved?

Manage all aspects of the design process from concept through to IFC.
Provide effective design management input, review, consultation and advice to the client, to ensure the full intent of projects are realised.
Manage the integration of the design and all related elements into the Masterplan
Provide effective support into the drafting of design guidelines, briefs, and scope of works
Ability to effectively manage and review all design submissions through the RIBA Stages, providing review comment and managing the change process.
Work as part of a multi-discipline development team, to ensure all design and masterplanning efforts are well coordinated and integrated.
Drive all design efforts to stated programme and scheduled deliverables, costs and quality. Track and provide regular updates and feedback to Project Controls and Management.
Ensure all designs are aligned to achieving stated and best local, international practices from an Environmental & Sustainability perspective.
Responsible for driving excellence in health and safety, ensuring that risks are minimized in the design process.
Ensure technical resources / design managers are managed effectively, and fully understand deliverables, requirements, and client-desired outputs.
Ensure design teams adopt and make effective use of standards and practices.
Ensure required quality checking / approval procedures are carried out.
Coordinating and liaising on a daily basis internally and on a regular basis with design team to manage options, proposals and recommendations.
Support the Design Director and Project Director as required for the overall programme delivery.
Ensure possible value engineering ideas are identified to cut costs / time and provide recommendations. Manage and approve all proposed VE options.

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

15 years’ experience in major urban mixed-use architectural projects, preferably in GCC region.
Degree in architecture, civil engineering, or similar relevant discipline.
Member of a relevant professional body such as RIBA or AIA.
Excellent leadership skills and ability to delegate and coordinate responsibilities.
Strong conflict resolution/management skills.
Strong team player with the ability to balance conflicting priorities and take timely decisions.
Excellent analytical skills.
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

What's in it for you?What if we can have work-life balance? What if we can be rewarded in ways that support our individual needs? What if we can be accepted for who we are? Here at WSP – we can!WSP recognizes that work is only one part of our lives and making time for the other things in our life is important – be that our families, our friends or ourselves. So, if working from home, working part-time or having flexible start and finish time will help with this let us know as part of your application. Apply now and be the future of WSP!As well as rewarding you with competitive pay, WSP offers standard benefits including first class medical cover, generous days annual leave, and paid professional subscriptions.Be you, be happy - we strive to have a friendly and inclusive culture which respects and maximizes the contribution individuals can bring to WSP. We recognise the benefits that people with varying backgrounds and experiences can bring. Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. We will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria.

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