Design Manager

at; Österreich; Vor Ort; EUR 73 000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading construction and development group in Austria is seeking a Design Manager to drive design and approvals for various projects. The successful candidate will manage the front-end of projects, taking them from concept through to construction documentation. This role offers a competitive salary of $130,000 plus super, direct access to senior leadership, and opportunities for long-term growth in a supportive environment.

Leistungen

Direct access to senior leadership

Newly fitted office environment

High-trust, low-red-tape culture

Opportunities for long-term growth

Qualifikationen

• Experience managing DA through to full construction documentation (preferred).
• Strong understanding of council processes and authority approvals.
• Knowledge of utilities, sequencing, and service authority lead times.

Aufgaben

• Planning and executing DA/BA sequencing and authority approvals.
• Coordinating and driving consultants to meet milestones.
• Overseeing design progression from DA to IFC.

Kenntnisse

Drafting

Town planning

Development management

Council/authority approvals

Jobbeschreibung

This is a key step for a capable design and approvals professional who wants to own the full front-end of projects with a fast-paced builder–developer operating across SEQ. You’ll join a construction and development group delivering townhouse, industrial, commercial, and multi-residential projects from $2M - $30M. The business manages projects from early concept and feasibility through to approvals, construction, and handover, and is actively scaling its development arm.

They’re now appointing a Design Manager to drive D&C and builder-developer projects from idea to site start, reducing bottlenecks, tightening approvals, and taking pressure off senior leadership and estimating.

The Role

You’ll own the front-end of the pipeline: taking projects from concept through DA and BA, into fully coordinated IFC documentation ready for tender and construction.

You will:

• Drive full DA and BA pathways, including sequencing and authority approvals (utilities, build over sewer, stormwater, QFEs, service authority lead times).
• Coordinate consultants, track actions, and close out items quickly.
• Manage design development from DA to IFC documentation.
• Review plans for buildability, methodology, sequencing, and risk.
• Produce massing studies or yield analysis to support feasibility.
• Support site acquisition assessments with key stakeholders.
• Work closely with estimating on design–cost trade-offs.
• Keep internal teams informed on critical path and design risk.
• Ensure projects are “site ready” with no hidden approval gaps.
• Move D&C projects from award to site efficiently with clean documentation.

This is a fast-paced, low red-tape role for someone who enjoys driving momentum and owning outcomes.

The Offer

• $130,000 + super
• Direct access to senior leadership
• Exposure across both client D&C projects and a growing development pipeline
• Newly fitted office environment
• High-trust, low-red-tape culture with direct communication
• Opportunity for long-term growth within a development-led environment

What Winning Looks Like

Success in this role looks like:

• Faster progression of D&C jobs from award to site.
• Approvals planned early with gaps identified and resolved.
• Consultants coordinated effectively with minimal rework.
• Reliable design-cost trade-off information for estimating and leadership.
• Projects arriving on site fully documented and approval-compliant.

Responsibilities

You’ll be responsible for:

• Planning and executing DA/BA sequencing and authority approvals.
• Coordinating and driving consultants to meet milestones.
• Overseeing design progression from DA to IFC.
• Reviewing design for constructability and risk.
• Preparing or supporting feasibility massing/yield studies.
• Assisting with site acquisition assessments.
• Liaising with estimating on design implications and trade-offs.
• Keeping stakeholders across critical path items and design risks.
• Facilitating clean project handover from concept to tender to delivery.

You

Backgrounds that suit this role include:

• Drafting
• Town planning
• Development management
• Council/authority approvals

You will likely bring:

• Experience managing DA through to full construction documentation (preferred).
• Strong understanding of council processes and authority approvals.
• Knowledge of utilities, sequencing, and service authority lead times.
• Confidence managing consultants and driving outcomes.
• Comfort working quickly without corporate layers or process-heavy environments.
• Ability to produce basic massing or yield studies (ideal).
• Clear communication and a practical, outcome-focused mindset.
• Strong ownership, accountability, and decisiveness.

Why This Role

If you want to own the front-end of projects, work closely with decision-makers, and help move developments to site faster in a business that values logic, momentum, and trust, this role offers that opportunity. To request the full brief or discuss the role further, email [e-mail]