Senior Design Manager

Senior Design Manager Join with

Buro Happold

as a Senior Design Manager.

Want to work with the most sought-after minds and most talked-about projects? Your experience of Design Management in Engineering Consultancy might just make you our new Senior Design Manager.

Here at Buro Happold, expect the exceptional. From the projects you will work on to the clients we work with. From career-defining opportunities to an inclusive and diverse practice where we all contribute to a more equitable world. From our reputation to our relationships. Wherever your Buro Happold career takes you, it’ll be anything but ordinary.

Your key duties

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

Your Skills And Experience

A highly organised, creative, and conscientious individual, capable of managing multiple key stakeholder expectations

Able to operate in a BIM environment, familiar with REVIT, BIM360 and Navisworks

Excellent written, visualisation and verbal communication skills, and can easily simplify complex concepts into compelling narratives to both technical and non-technical audiences

A positive, resilient attitude with a willingness to undertake volume work processes

Experience of acting as a mentor and coach to their team

Proven ability to manage time and act with pace, demonstrating a highly organised approach to work, and customer service.

A Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering or related field.

10+ years experience, with a minimum of 5 years within the Middle East

Demonstrable leadership skills

Good written and verbal communication skills

Ability to write complex reports and RFPs

Strong attention to detail

Excellent organisational and technical skills

Good interpersonal and multi-tasking skills

Exceptional time management and organisational skills

Ability to adapt and stress management skills

Good IT and mathematical skills

What We Offer You

Bring your knowledge and expertise to one of the world’s most respected consultancies.

Hybrid working arrangements

Attractive salary and benefits package

A strong commitment to your continuous development. Whatever stage in your career, we have a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you

Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions

An international culture that wherever your career takes you at Buro Happold, you won’t be far from the exceptional.

At Buro Happold A place for everyone. Buro Happold values individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of the way you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.

Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive.

We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment and are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing difference allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.

Please let us know if there are any adjustments we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.

Apply today and be a part of our legacy Apply today and be a part of the legacy.

Senior level Seniority level :

Mid-Senior level

Employment type : Full-time

Job function :

Design, Art / Creative, and Information Technology

Industries : Civil Engineering

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