Design Manager: Lead Multidisciplinary Construction

Bouygues Construction Australia; Australia; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Bouygues Construction Australia is seeking a Design Manager to coordinate the design process on construction projects, ensuring information is complete, buildable, and aligned with client requirements, budget, and schedule.

You will lead design teams, liaise with clients, consultants, and contractors, manage reviews and changes, identify risks, and support procurement, construction, and handover with accurate design records.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership and coordination capabilities with decision-making skills.
• Experience managing design on construction projects with multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to interpret drawings, specifications and technical information.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the design programme and deliverables schedule.
• Coordinate architects, engineers, designers, consultants, and subcontractors.
• Check that design information aligns with the project brief, contract, budget, programme, and regulatory requirements.
• Manage design reviews, approvals, technical queries, and design changes.
• Identify design risks, gaps, clashes, and buildability issues; coordinate solutions.
• Ensure interfaces between disciplines and construction packages are properly coordinated.
• Support procurement and construction teams by ensuring timely design information.
• Monitor design progress and report risks, decisions, and outstanding information to project leadership.
• Promote compliance with health, safety, sustainability, quality, and accessibility requirements.
• Support commissioning, completion, and handover by coordinating final design records and information.

Skills

Leadership

Coordination

Decision-making

Communication

Stakeholder management

Interpreting drawings

Education

Degree in Architecture/Engineering/Construction

Job description

Bouygues Construction Australia is seeking a Design Manager to coordinate the design process on construction projects, ensuring information is complete, buildable, and aligned with client requirements, budget, and schedule.

You will lead design teams, liaise with clients, consultants, and contractors, manage reviews and changes, identify risks, and support procurement, construction, and handover with accurate design records.