Senior Consultant - Design Management

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement design management plans including an effective and efficient design review process to ensure that the design meets the overall goals and objectives for the project.
• Help the client establish correct design requirements, standards, and specifications.
• Lead and evaluate design review and design related management tasks on behalf of the WSP team both internal and external.
• Ensure that tasks assigned to the design team are done correctly and in a timely fashion.
• Coordinate with all internal and external disciplines to ensure collaboration takes place.
• Support the contract management teams in reviewing claims and VOs related to design
• Provide technical support and control of the design program with direct responsibility for design review, coordination, monitoring of design schedules, design drawings, documentation.
• Responsible for reviewing design changes submitted to ensure project remains within budget.
• Ensure that the design is well coordinated and well presented.
• Ensure that the client requirements are translated into the design.
• Ensuring appropriate Design standards are implemented.
• Preparation of reports and presentations.
• Interaction with clients and other members of the design team.
• Complete understanding of project lifecycles from inception to handover (and beyond).
  

Mandatory Skills

• 10+ years demonstrable experience of Design Management of multidisciplinary Property & Buildings projects.
• Good knowledge of all the relevant Codes and Standards.
• Good working knowledge of the following software packages: - Navisworks, - AutoCAD, - MS Office - InDesign or equivalent
• Good organizational and interpersonal skills
• Good command of the English language.
  

Desired Skills

• Use of Revit
• Member of or working towards a Professional body membership will be preferred
• History of working with an international engineering consultancy
• Familiar with working in multidisciplinary teams involving, architects, M&E engineers, planners, geotechnical engineers, and quantity surveyors
• Ability to undertake tasks with minimal supervision.
• Working knowledge of Revit.
  

Qualifications