Design Manager - Renewables

Arcadis; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis in Sydney is seeking an experienced Design Manager to lead the multi-disciplinary design delivery for renewables projects, ensuring high-quality outputs that meet scope, budget, program and safety requirements.

You will oversee feasibility through detailed design and construction support, with a proactive client-focused mindset and strong stakeholder engagement across solar, wind, storage, and transmission initiatives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in project and design management on large-scale renewable projects.
• Proven ability to lead multi-disciplinary design delivery.
• Experience coordinating with clients, EPCs, utilities and regulators.
• Strong communication and negotiation with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead integrated, multi-disciplinary teams through all design phases from feasibility to construction support.
• Transform project briefs into delivery strategy and design schedule.
• Ensure deadlines and design scope are met.
• Coordinate with client and external stakeholders and leads.
• Provide design leadership and guidance to project teams.
• Monitor resources to meet program requirements and align with scope.
• Ensure compliance with project requirements and standards.
• Liaise with Project Director to align design with client expectations.

Skills

Design leadership

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Renewables industry knowledge

Team leadership

Job description

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description

We are seeking an experienced Design Manager to join our Renewables team to meet the demands of our strong and growing pipeline of work. As the Design Manager you will lead and manage the multi-disciplinary design delivery process across complex renewables projects and be accountable for delivering high quality design outcomes that meet the scope, budget, program and safety requirements of the project.

You will have a proactive client focused mindset, with a best-for-project approach to delivery. You will contribute to our team’s success in delivering projects across utility-scale solar, wind, battery energy storage (BESS), hybrid renewable energy and associated transmission infrastructure projects.

Role accountabilities

• Lead integrated, multi-disciplinary teams through complex project phases from feasibility and concept design through detailed design and construction support.
• Transform project brief requirements into a delivery strategy and design schedule
• Manage the design scope and progress of designs ensuring deadlines are met
• Day to day liaison with client, external stakeholders and key discipline leads from project team(s)
• Lead the multi-disciplinary design and coordination of Arcadis project team and ensure a high degree of coordination between disciplines for interfacing with external design consultants or stakeholders
• Provide oversight and adherence to Arcadis’ quality and documentation processes to manage risks, change and tracking of key design decisions
• Monitor and coordinate project resources to meet program requirements and alignment with design scope
• Manage compliance of design to project requirements and applicable standards
• Providing project teams with design leadership and technical guidance
• Manage and lead key discipline leads to ensure consistent design output, and liaising with the Project Director to ensure design meets overall project and client expectations
• Liaising with the client’s Project Manager to ensure works are delivered to their expectation.

Qualifications & Experience

• A strong project and design management background (ideally 10+ years’) working on major/large-scale renewable projects and proven track record of successfully delivering these projects
• A background in technical design delivery
• Experience working with renewable energy developers, owners, contractors and delivery partners across a range of contractual arrangements.
• Ability to negotiate, influence and communicate technical knowledge to a range of stakeholders, including renewable energy developers, D&C/EPC contractors, utilities, government agencies and regulators to deliver best-for-project outcomes.
• Sound commercial background, including familiarity with contractual conditions and procedures, including ability to assess risk to complement overall project leadership team.
• Experience in managing and working large multi-disciplinary teams
• Proven knowledge and understanding of inter-disciplinary design dependencies and impacts for project delivery.
• Experience delivering projects involving high-voltage transmission, substations or grid connection infrastructure would be highly regarded.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day, which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people.

As an equal opportunity employer, we value and promote diversity at Arcadis and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Veterans and spouses are invited to apply.