Expression of Interest Design Managers Civil Design and Structures Manila

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Expressions of Interest: Design Manager/Leads (Manila)

We have a couple of key roles in our Manila business supporting Australian and New Zealand (ANZ) projects across Civil Design and Structures disciplines. These roles report to the Regional Executive – Transport and Infrastructure.

These are hands on delivery roles where you will lead design of key projects ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and to the required quality. Maintain active involvement in project delivery to support utilisation targets. Review the quality of deliverables and alignment of disciplines into a cohesive package (with no gaps/conflicts). Determine/assess constructability and readability of drawings, to minimise interpretation conflict during construction. Lead programme management of disciplines.

• Lead and oversee the design and documentation of all Civil or Structural Design Services throughout the project lifecycle.  
• Lead quality assurance and quality control on the technical delivery of projects 
• Oversee projects from conception to completion, ensuring compliance with regional and national regulations.
• Plan and coordinate engineering and BIM resources across projects 
• Contribute to project and design management within the team’s scope 
• Lead and manage quality checking of designs, drawings, and deliverables 
• Be responsible of the technical delivery on projects. 
• Provide input to man-hour estimates, cost tracking, and proposal development 
• Drives innovative use of new technologies to improve project efficiencies
• Maintain a strong client-centric mindset when working with our New Zealand and Australian counterparts 
• Build effective relationships with stakeholders across ANZ offices and the wider global business (as required) 
• Support expectation management and issue resolution as required 
• Monitor project utilisation against team targets 
• Contribute to strategic planning and continuous improvement initiatives 
• Contribute to the development of the office against defined strategic goals 
• Contribute to the growth and performance appraisal of people within the region 
• Assist and contribute to the development of 3-year strategic plans for the region, to include market and people development 
• Assist in analysing the financial and non-financial performance of the region 
• Represent and promote the business with the lead countries 
• Be active in representing the company through target industry organisations 

About you:

• Min. 12+ years’ professional experience within the field of transportation infrastructure design delivery, and/or experience as Designer’s Lead during construction phase services in Australia or New Zealand.
• You have extensive knowledge with Austroads, State Highway Geometric Design, Earthquake Engineering and Building Codes.
• Proven ability and track record in managing multidisciplinary projects through the full spectrum of the project life cycle and delivering according to quality, time and budget requirements.
• Experience in establishing complex systems for multi-disciplinary files/records, documents, data control, legal and driving compliance to business systems.
• Experience in the resourcing and managing a wide range of professional disciplines and subcontractors on a complex project.
• Previous experience managing complex changes on large scale projects.
• Extensive experience in writing quality and credible complex reports and documents.
• Experience working with various teams across multiple countries to deliver major projects is essential.

Competitive package and relocation will be provided

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