Security Design Lead for High-Security Projects

QCIC; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

QCIC in Cape Town seeks a Senior Design Consultant to lead security strategy design for high-security commercial projects, including financial institutions and cash centres. You will head design input, manage projects, control scope, programme, and budget, and mentor junior staff within multidisciplinary teams.

This role requires strong communication, client presentation, and ability to generate technical and financial proposals, while aligning with standards and legislation.

Qualifications

• Formal design qualifications in security are desirable.
• Experience developing security strategy and detailed designs across core physical security systems.
• Experience working on commercial developments, ideally including financial institutions and cash centres.
• Awareness of hostile vehicle mitigation design and its integration with security strategy.

Responsibilities

• Provide security strategy design services to clients on projects.
• Lead security design input on commercial developments for high-security occupier environments.
• Act as project manager, ensuring scope, programme, quality and budget are controlled.
• Take ownership of project commercial performance, including budget management and variances.
• Lead and manage junior staff and project teams with mentoring and performance support.
• Coordinate with architects, MEP, fire, and specialist consultants in multidisciplinary teams.
• Communicate with clients, lead meetings, present design proposals and represent the business.
• Prepare technical and financial proposals for new work where necessary.
• Develop security concepts from preliminary design to detailed design.
• Set up and manage administrative systems, plan resourcing and monitor expenditure.
• Keep senior management informed of decisions and align with client/company objectives.
• Represent the company at client meetings and with suppliers.
• Ensure practices and policies adhere to legislation, standards and codes of practice.
• Convene site progress meetings, record minutes and decisions.
• Carry out site inspections and progress checks, record observations and contractor performance.
• Produce accurate estimates of costs arising from contract instructions.
• Monitor expenditure against job cost allocations and budget.

Skills

Security design

Project management

Client communication

Budget management

Team leadership

Site inspections

Technical reporting

Education

Formalised Security design qualification

Job description

QCIC in Cape Town seeks a Senior Design Consultant to lead security strategy design for high-security commercial projects, including financial institutions and cash centres. You will head design input, manage projects, control scope, programme, and budget, and mentor junior staff within multidisciplinary teams.

This role requires strong communication, client presentation, and ability to generate technical and financial proposals, while aligning with standards and legislation.