Senior Design Manager

Senior Design Manager

Location:

Vancouver or Toronto

Summary Reporting to the Design Director, the Design Manager is responsible for contributing to the development of the Design team while ensuring procedures and best practices are followed. The incumbent manages and provides input into the design process with respect to initial strategy and developing the overarching design philosophy and is accountable for ensuring the Design team is meeting compliance and contractual obligations, as well as identifying, managing, and mitigating risk.

This includes meeting with the owner or other stakeholders to advance the design in compliance with the contract requirements and chairing the meetings with the Design team and the owner, guiding the process to ensure that the clients needs are met and the designers are delivering a minimally-complaint, cost-effective solution. The incumbent is responsible for management of Design Specialists and Design Coordinators on multiple projects, as well as for management of the project.

The incumbent also manages the ESDC (Engineering Services During Construction) process during project execution.

• Ensure that design policies and procedures are followed.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the design policy and procedures.
• Ensure the team is meeting the compliance and contractual obligations and notify the team of any risks.
• Monitor ongoing design efforts to ensure minimal compliance and most cost-effective design.
• Manage the time of the direct reports.
• Interface with other members of the Bid team or Project Execution team to ensure design effort is coordinated with all other efforts.
• Ensure the Design team is meeting all contractual obligations.
• Monitor for minimal compliance, including area checks, efficiency of the layout (corridors, electrical), and gross up factors.
• Monitor clash-detection processes for design and ensure deliverables are submitted on time both to us and to the client.
• Meet and ensure the quality of the design documents.
• Audit the design documents against requirements, ensuring they are complete and meet quality standards.
• Notify the Commercial team of any contract variances to the performance specifications and variances to the original budget.
• Contribute to the Design Management of a project.
• Provide support to the Project Director / Manager and the Project Execution team as required.
• Follow the (GMS) for preconstruction activities and the Design Management Plan for project execution, ensuring compliance.
• Ensure noncompliance issues are tracked and provided to the Commercial team.
• Ensure all the Design team is meeting their deliverables on the dates set.
• Ensure that the architects deliverables meet the definition of that phase of drawings.
• Ensure the quality control plan is followed by the Design team.
• Work collaboratively with the Construction team to ensure constructability concerns are addressed.
• Ensure contractual obligations are met.
• Minimize changes to the designers and maintain efficiency in the planning process.
• Ensure proper management of design risk.
• Ensure performance specifications are met.
• Manage the number of hours of the team.

• Build and maintain effective relationships with clients, design consultants, and other stakeholders.
• Negotiate with clients to resolve issues as they arise.
• Manage expectations, educating others on the design process and communicating the highly technical design elements to all levels and understanding.
• Build rapport with the user group members / client representative.

• Degree in Architecture or Engineering or related degree or diploma.
• LEED, PMP, and P. Eng designations are assets.
• 15 + years of construction related experience.
• Minimum 5 years working as a Design Manager on design build projects of similar types.
• Experience working on Level 3 projects at a minimum.
• Experience managing at least 2-3 people.
• Experience with projects in the relevant division.
• Experience working for a design builder on design build procurement methods.
• Strong negotiating skills.
• Proficiency using MS Office Suite and BIM software tools.
• Working knowledge of Navisworks (3D and 4D) and REVIT (extract data, open models).
• Experience with ACONEX and Revizto (Visual collaboration tool) is an asset.

• This role is primarily office- or site-based, however significant travel may be required.
• This role has the potential for overtime, as well as weekend and shift work.

Legal Information:
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For roles in the UK, applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

We value diversity and promote equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all areas of society and can discuss any reasonable adjustments to support your application.