Design Manager
Full-time Department: Real estate
Company Description
Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.
Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.
We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.
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Job Description
The Design Manager will report to the Turner & Townsend Project Director internally and the client representative at a project level. The incumbent will be based in Abu Dhabi and may be required to travel across the UAE region.
The Design Manager will act as the key, day to day client interface, ensuring that client objectives are met from a design management perspective.
We are looking for an enthusiastic self-motivated individual who has excellent written and verbal communication skills and who wants to make a difference to the Design Management division.
Candidates with relevant educational experience are required for this role.
Monitoring preparation of specifications and commenting on same. Chairing and preparation of Design and Design Coordination Meetings including preparation and distribution of minutes and Design Action Register whilst ensuring Design Team respond to meet programme requirements. The design team with respect to Safety in Design and timely preparation of Design Risk Assessments. Working with the designers and supervision consultant to agree the standards required with respect to mock-ups. Working with the Client and designers with respect to selection of materials, which may involve undertaking overseas visits. Initial response to Contractor Notices requesting additional supporting information, as appropriate, prior to the Design Team and Supervision Consultants responses to Contractor Notices, including review and challenge, prior to preparing draft Determination for submission to Employer. The performance of the supervision consultant and “design guardians” with respect to quality and timeliness of responding to contractor submittals. Mitigating, monitoring and reporting on design risks throughout project including status of Authority Approvals.
Qualifications
Degree in architecture, engineering, construction management or an equivalent technical qualification Real Estate, Public Realms or Infrastructure sector experience Minimum 8 years Design Management experience Minimum 3 years experience of working in the Middle East
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Design Manager
Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates * Full-time
