Design Manager- Hotels

Key Responsibilities: 

• Build a team of managers and engineers that can effectively support the business needs and requirements
• Involve all relevant stakeholders in project scope and objective development.
• Set communication strategy and develop communication matrix with all stakeholders correspondence and documentations.
• Provide guidance to the team to review and critique during each stage of the consultants strategic masterplan and building designs and ensure coordination Manage the relationship with all stakeholders.
• Constantly monitor and report on progress of the project to stakeholders.
• Implement the communication strategy and matrix
• Ensure resource availability and allocation.
• Assemble and coordinate project staff.
• Manage project resource allocation.
• Provide direction and support to PTS engineers
• Measure technical teams performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques.
• Report and escalate to management as needed
• Able to put together a project budget, managing how the fund is spent and controlling costs.
• Ensure processing the invoices on time after ensuring receiving the project deliverable.
• Perform risk management to minimize project risks
• Ensure Safety compliance.
• Support Assets Briefs development, review and conducting gap analysis on applicable codes and established design criteria
• Review and critique of the Tender Documentation and the various proposals from specialist sub-contractors
• Reviews of the potential innovation and value engineering solutions
• Coordinate with various Sectors and Departments to insure properly integrated plans
• Design review from concept level to the IFC stage including providing technical guidance, review and analysis of designs, studies, sustainability, calculations, drawings, and specifications
• Ensures engineering drawings and designs are completed on time and adhere to the established specifications and standards, including mitigating health and safety issues and design and buildability issues prior to construction
• Ensures that the highest level of sustainability targets is achieved to a recognized environmental certification system and incorporated into the designs and managed from inception to completion.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• 20-25 years of relevant experience in projects management, planning and design management from inception to completion in large scale complex mixed-use masterplans and urban development project
• Strong skills and knowledge in engineering practices, economic principles, calculation methods, design details and specifications
• Familiar with the relevant building codes, standards, permits, sustainability regulations and software applications (including Revit, ArcGIS, SSA etc.)
• Track record as a team player with sound multi-disciplinary organization with design review experience
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, etc.)
• Strong English language communication, presentation and report writing skills

Qualifications

• Bachelors or masters degree in engineering from a recognized university
• Professional certification or chartered status with a recognized regulatory body