Design Manager

BMD Group; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

BMD Group in Australia seeks a Design Manager to lead the interface between project delivery teams and design partners, guiding design development through tender and, if awarded, delivery. You will coordinate designers, consultants and construction teams to deliver timely, buildable design outcomes, and provide constructability advice across the bid and delivery phases.

The role requires engineering qualifications and Tier 1/2 experience, with willingness to relocate to Adelaide for a major

Qualifications

• Demonstrated design-management experience on major Australian infrastructure projects.
• Strong knowledge of design coordination, constructability, consultant management, design governance, RFIs and change control.
• Experience across civil and structural works, with marine or other complex interface experience highly relevant.
• Ability to work effectively across pre-contracts and delivery teams and hold design contributors accountable for commitments.
• Relevant engineering qualification or equivalent demonstrated technical capability.

Responsibilities

• Manage design from initial concept and tender development through detailed design, construction, commissioning and completion.
• Coordinate designers, consultants and construction teams to deliver accurate, timely and buildable design outcomes.
• Lead design meetings, records, queries, RFIs, issue tracking and design variation management.
• Provide constructability advice and support project scoping, methodology and design development across the bid.
• Monitor design performance, scope movement, risks, opportunities and significant changes, escalating issues to project leadership.
• Maintain effective relationships with project leaders, clients, consultants, subcontractors and suppliers.
• Support tendering of design and construct work and contribute to consistent design-management practice.

Skills

Design management

Design coordination

RFI & change control

Consultant management

Pre-contracts alignment

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Job description

BMD is Australia’s leading integrated engineering, construction and urban development business, with foundations built on the family values that underpin our unique, collaborative approach. Driven by a purpose of powering futures and creating enduring legacies through a commitment to collaboration, BMD is delivering infrastructure solutions that connect and transform communities. With a proud history beginning in 1979, BMD now employs 2,400 people throughout Australia, the Philippines and United Kingdom.

About the Role

Lead the interface between project delivery teams and design partners, managing design development, constructability and engineering coordination through tender and, subject to award, delivery. BMD is building a project leadership team for a major Tier 1 infrastructure opportunity in South Australia. The role will support a complex, multidisciplinary program with significant civil, structural and marine interfaces.

Your role will include:

• Manage design from initial concept and tender development through detailed design, construction, commissioning and completion.
• Coordinate designers, consultants and construction teams to deliver accurate, timely and buildable design outcomes.
• Lead design meetings, records, queries, RFIs, issue tracking and design variation management.
• Provide constructability advice and support project scoping, methodology and design development across the bid.
• Monitor design performance, scope movement, risks, opportunities and significant changes, escalating issues to project leadership.
• Maintain effective relationships with project leaders, clients, consultants, subcontractors and suppliers.
• Support tendering of design and construct work and contribute to consistent design-management practice.

About You

To be successful, you will bring:

• Demonstrated design-management experience on major Australian infrastructure projects.
• Strong knowledge of design coordination, constructability, consultant management, design governance, RFIs and change control.
• Experience across civil and structural works, with marine or other complex interface experience highly relevant.
• Ability to work effectively across pre-contracts and delivery teams and hold design contributors accountable for commitments.
• Relevant engineering qualification or equivalent demonstrated technical capability.
• Tier 1 or Tier 2 contractor, joint venture or major-project consultancy experience.
• Willingness to relocate to Adelaide.

Highly regarded:

• Experience across the full design and construct lifecycle, including commissioning and completion.
• Chartered or registered professional engineering status where relevant.
• Experience establishing or improving project design-management systems and standards.

Diversity and inclusion

We recognise that we are strengthened by diversity, and we embrace differences as an equal opportunity employer providing a flexible and inclusive workplace.

We’re a purpose and values-led business guided by our values of family, empowered, collaborative and driven. For further details on what makes BMD unique, head to https://www.bmdgroup.global/careers