Senior Consultant - Design Management

WSP in India; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 2,500,000 - 3,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

WSP India is seeking an experienced Design Coordination professional to support the overall design and project management process across project phases. You will assist in coordinating design activities, facilitate communication, and ensure timely task completion under the guidance of the UK Design Manager.

The role requires 9+ years in a similar role, strong English communication, and the ability to operate across time zones.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of experience in a similar role.
• Good level of spoken and written English evidenced by an international qualification.
• Be proactive and able to obtain information from people.
• Able to analyze information and assemble into reports, programmes or spreadsheets.
• Capable of managing, recording and prioritising own business activities.

Responsibilities

• Assist in management and coordination of the design process.
• Record design changes and implement effective protocols to support delivery.
• Support the UK Design Manager on major or complex projects.
• Contribute to design management processes and project lifecycles.
• Assist in setting up the design management plan and monitor progress.
• Provide support to project control functions and maintain records.
• Highlight threats to progress and scope of service obligations.
• Work independently, prioritising tasks to meet deadlines.

Skills

Project coordination

Design management

English communication

Time management

Teamwork

Independent work

Multitasking

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Microsoft Project

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Job Description

Supports the overall design/project management process, assisting in the coordination and administration of project activities across all phases of the project. They provide administrative support, facilitate communication, and ensure that project tasks are completed efficiently and effectively. This role supports the UK Design Manager on larger major or complex projects and can act as the main point of contact for day-to-day project delivery with Design Management support.

Job Description

Supports the overall design/project management process, assisting in the coordination and administration of project activities across all phases of the project. They provide administrative support, facilitate communication, and ensure that project tasks are completed efficiently and effectively. This role supports the UK Design Manager on larger major or complex projects and can act as the main point of contact for day-to-day project delivery with Design Management support.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the management and coordination of the design process;
• Assist in recording design change processes and putting in place effective protocols to support delivery of a design solution;
• Have good understanding of the obligations to a project necessary to fulfil the scope of service agreement under the direction of the UK Design Manager;
• Have knowledge and experience of design management processes including defined project lifecycle frameworks;
• Be supportive to a UK Design Manager to enable him/her to provide leadership to a design process;
• Assist the Design Manager in the assessment of performance metrics by applying tools and procedures that contribute to successful project delivery;
• Make effective contribution to Design Management processes irrespective of the scale and complexity of the project;
• Able to operate independently by planning and prioritising their own work ensuring that scope of service obligations are met;
• Contribute to the design management strategy for assigned projects, so that the approach taken in each case is consistent with the UK Design Manager’s approach by being effective and appropriate to the project needs and client requirements;
• Assist in setting up the design management plan for assigned projects and monitor/record progress against this plan;
• Provide support to project control functions utilising all the tools necessary to ensure efficiency and effective records;
• Compile and maintain accurate deliverables required of the design manager for an assigned project;
• Proactively identify and highlight any threats to progress and scope of service obligations;
• Work with the WSP values to ensure that work complies with all necessary corporate, departmental and legislative requirements and procedures, to guarantee that the necessary consistency and quality of delivery is maintained.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of experience in Similar role.
• Good level of spoken and written English evidenced by an internationally recognised English language qualification;
• Being confident in obtaining information from people and being sufficiently proactive;
• Possess an ability to analyse information from different sources and assemble into a meaningful document in the form of a report, programme, spreadsheet, etc.
• Capable of managing, recording and prioritising their own business activities, recognising and reconciling conflicts to their achievement;
• Be responsive to change and accurately record and communicate variations and their consequences;
• Comfortable with receiving instructions leading to defined tasks and accepting personal responsibility for their actions;
• Understands the criticality of providing support to an overseas manager to fulfil a defined contractual obligation;
• Conversant with Microsoft software such as Project, Excel, Powerpoint and Word;
• Knowledge of industry standards and best practices in Design Management;
• Capable of managing and prioritising own work;
• Possess a commercial awareness;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English;
• Ability to work in a team environment;
• Routinely able to work to tight deadlines for UK and international projects;
• Comfortable working independently and is highly self-motivated;
• Able to communicate across time zones effectively and efficiently.

BGV

• Employment with WSP India is subject to the successful completion of a background verification (“BGV”) check conducted by a third-party agency appointed by WSP India.
• Candidates are advised to ensure that all information provided during the recruitment process — including documents uploaded — is accurate and complete, both to WSP India and its BGV partner.

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