Team Leader - Design & Engineering Production Hub, Philippines

cw; Philippines; On-site; PHP 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Cushman & Wakefield is building a Design & Engineering Production Hub in the Philippines to support international projects and hub offices. The Team Leader will establish the hub, set up processes, recruit and train staff, and ensure timely delivery with high quality.

The role requires 5–10 years of engineering leadership, strong planning, budgeting, and stakeholder management skills, plus experience coordinating globally dispersed teams across multiple disciplines.

Qualifications

• The candidate will hold a relevant engineering degree and may have PE/Chartered status as an advantage.
• 5–10 years of experience as an Engineering Lead, preferably in consulting or global delivery.
• Experience leading multinational, multi-country projects in data centers, commercial, or industrial sectors.

Responsibilities

• Lead establishment of the Production Hub, including team structure, workflows and onboarding.
• Plan and balance workload across multiple projects and time zones.
• Ensure quality with review/sign-off against project standards and client requirements.
• Develop capability growth and discipline depth within the team.
• Line manage the hub team and foster collaboration across offices.

Skills

Project planning

Design coordination

Stakeholder management

Budget oversight

Risk management

Team leadership

Global delivery

Education

Bachelor of Engineering / Architecture / Construction Management

PE / Chartered Engineer (advantage)

Tools

BIM

Project management software

Job description

Job Title Team Leader - Design & Engineering Production Hub, Philippines Job Description Summary

Cushman & Wakefield is establishing a Design and Engineering Production Hub in the Philippines to support its Project & Development Services, Data Centre Group and Building Engineering Services teams. The Hub will provide modelling, drawing, engineering and document production support to hub offices, with an initial workload of international projects. Over time, it is intended to grow into a full design and engineering centre supporting hub offices with project delivery. The Team Leader is the first senior appointment in the Hub and is responsible for establishing, running and growing the team, and for the quality and timeliness of everything it produces.

Job Description

2.0 - Key Responsibilities:

2.1 - Hub Set-Up & Team Build

Lead the establishment of the Production Hub, including team structure, workflows and ways of working.

Support recruitment of the initial team of engineers, technicians and support staff, targeting a full team within six months.

Put in place onboarding, induction and training so new joiners become productive quickly.

Establish the software, IT and file management set-up needed for remote collaboration with hub offices, working with the BIM Lead.

2.2 - Production & Delivery Management

Receive, scope and resource work requests from hub offices, agreeing deliverables, hours and programme up front.

Plan and balance workload across the team, and across multiple projects, offices and time zones.

Track progress, hours and budgets against agreed scopes, and flag risks to programme or fee early.

Act as the single point of contact for hub office project leads on production matters.

Take a hands-on delivery role within own discipline where required.

2.3 - Technical Quality & Standards

Own the Hub's quality management process, including checking, review and sign-off before issue.

Ensure outputs meet project standards, client requirements and the codes applicable to each project location.

Work with the BIM Lead to maintain consistent drawing, modelling and documentation standards.

Build a library of templates, standard details, calculation tools and lessons learned.

Drive continuous improvement in efficiency, accuracy and turnaround.

2.4 - Capability Growth

Develop the Hub from drafting and modelling support toward design and engineering delivery.

Identify skills gaps and training needs, and build discipline depth within the team.

Provide resource plans and fee input for Hub-delivered scope to support hub office bids and proposals.

Build the Hub's data centre and mission critical capability as the workload develops.

Contribute to the Hub's business plan, growth targets and utilisation reporting.

2.5 - People Leadership & Collaboration

Line manage the Hub team, including objectives, performance reviews and career development.

Build a collaborative, accountable and delivery-focused team culture.

Develop strong working relationships with project teams across hub offices, including South East Asia, the UK and Australia.

Represent the Hub in internal discussions and project meetings as required.

About You:

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related discipline; Professional Engineer (PE), Chartered Engineer, or equivalent certification is an advantage.

5 to 10 years of experience as an Engineering Lead , preferably within a consulting, shared services, or global delivery environment supporting multinational organizations.

Proven experience managing global and multi-country projects involving Data Centers, Corporate Fit-Outs, Commercial Buildings, Industrial Facilities, or other engineering and architectural developments.

Strong expertise in project planning, design coordination, stakeholder management, budget oversight, risk management, and project delivery across all project lifecycle phases.

Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional and geographically dispersed teams , ensuring compliance with quality, safety, regulatory, and client standards while delivering projects on time and within budget.

Why join Cushman & Wakefield?

As one of the leading global real estate services firms transforming the way people work, shop and live working at Cushman & Wakefield means you will benefit from;

Being part of a growing global company;

Career development and a promote from within culture;

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