Design Delivery Lead — Major Projects

aurecongroup; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Aurecon is seeking an Associate, Design Manager to lead Adelaide's Design Management team and actively contribute to major, multi‑discipline projects. You will drive delivery governance, client engagement and capability development while overseeing commercial accountability and pursuits.

In this hands‑on leadership role you’ll manage scopes, packages of work, budgeting and interfaces across projects, mentoring the team and building trusted client relationships in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading major, complex, multi‑disciplinary projects in Buildings or similar environments.
• Strong design management, project engineering or integrated delivery experience.
• Ability to develop scopes and structure work packages.
• Senior client and stakeholder engagement experience with influencing skills.
• Commercial governance across fees, budgets, scope and risk.
• Demonstrated people leadership, coaching and mentoring.
• Experience contributing to bids, pursuits and client value propositions.

Responsibilities

• Lead design management of major, complex, multidisciplinary projects from planning to commissioning.
• Establish governance, scopes, budgets, programmes and reporting.
• Coordinate architects, engineers, specialists and contractors, managing interfaces and risks.
• Provide day‑to‑day leadership for Adelaide's Design Management team, including workload planning and succession.
• Serve as escalation point for delivery, stakeholder and people matters.
• Build relationships with senior clients and represent Aurecon in key settings.
• Contribute to bids by shaping delivery strategy, scope and resourcing.
• Monitor commercial performance including forecasting, variations and risk.
• Collaborate with practice leaders to strengthen delivery capability.

Skills

Design management

Project engineering

Integrated project delivery

Client engagement

Commercial governance

People leadership

Bid and pursuits

Delivery governance

Education

Engineering, architecture, project management or related discipline

Job description

Aurecon is seeking an Associate, Design Manager to lead Adelaide's Design Management team and actively contribute to major, multi‑discipline projects. You will drive delivery governance, client engagement and capability development while overseeing commercial accountability and pursuits.

In this hands‑on leadership role you’ll manage scopes, packages of work, budgeting and interfaces across projects, mentoring the team and building trusted client relationships in a dynamic environment.