Assistant Design Manager

Job Description

Let’s start with our vision: water, energy and urbanisation made sustainable for generations to come.

With more than 14,000 people around the globe GHD is a leading engineering, architecture and environmental consulting firm. With our vision to make water, energy and urbanization sustainable for generations to come, GHD delivers iconic projects that shape our landscapes, support our communities and set the path of our collective future.

Our Engineering team has a strong core team of highly experienced industry professionals who take a long-term approach to client management. Our unique market position and enviable reputation leads to strong trusted relationships and repeat business.

The role is expected to be a key role in our Engineering Business Group working in collaboration with all the other UAE business groups. The role will be a design / project manager working closely with business groups, project directors and engineers/architects on a range of small to large projects.

We expect the successful candidate to have a brand of excellence in design management and be able to demonstrate top class delivery. A key purpose of this role is to ensure design and BIM model coordination is achieved across projects in the office.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technical expertise
• Establish and maintain strong and effective relationships with Clients
• Position the business for opportunities and oversee the development and submission of proposals with a high success rate.
• Secure, schedule and manage workload for the Business Group.
• Provide leadership to the Service Group in line with GHD’s values, purpose, goals and objectives
• Ensure that the Group has the materials and resources necessary to deliver quality service and documentation
• Develop and agree job work packages, budgets, and progress with Project managers and Project Directors and ensure project teams have role, scope and budget clarity.
• Manage the allocation of people to projects in agreement with the Project managers and Project Directors
• Build effective relationships with other GHD offices
• Mentor graduate professionals within the business
• Consistently enhancing the profile of the business in the market
• Sustainable growth of the Group’s revenues
• Ensure the Design quality and technical soundness of work produced by the Group
• Management of projects to budgets
• Manage and mitigate risk within the Service Group
• Ensure compliance with the EMS standards
  
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelors qualified with relevant Mechanical or Electrical degree. PMI or APM certification is desirable..
• Minimum 10 years of experience in building services design, 5 years of which must be in a Project/Design Management role.
• Solid design experience from concept through to construction, across a range of project types including residential, commercial, hospitality, medical, leisure, education and high-rise developments.
• Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of stakeholders, including senior management, clients and various departments.
• Experience working with project teams for reviewing design deliverables of design projects, including conducting detailed reviews and checks and the issuance of checking reports.
• Proven track record of delivering multidisciplinary design projects, on time and within budget, in a variety of industries.
• Wide experience in preparing design briefs, fee proposals and negotiating contracts with both subcontractors / sub consultants
• Middle East experience and working knowledge of design and construction practices specific to this region.
• High work performance and excellent people skills.
  
  

Our commitment to you

Commitment is a powerful word that defines how we do business, how we serve our clients and how we care for one another. We will support your needs by giving you the tools to do your best work and then recognize achievements. We will set your curiosity free to allow brilliant minds to do their best work. We will invest in new ideas, removing barriers where we can. Finally, we will encourage you to collaborate with thousands of diverse people across our global business.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion lies at the heart of our team culture. We operate a flat intellectual hierarchy meaning every voice is heard and has genuine influence. We believe deeply in diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin, and experience, and we recognize the value this brings our collective team approach to solving challenging client problems.

Inclusion is hugely important to us, and we want to ensure every team member can balance work around their unique personal circumstances. We will advocate for your professional development and provide access to formal education through the GHD Business School and practical application through technical delivery.

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