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Senior Design Manager

Symal Group 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Full-time Senior

Lead the engineering and design function for a $800M Solar and BESS project, managing multidisciplinary teams to deliver construction-ready designs. Drive value engineering to protect margins while ensuring technical compliance with client specifications and network agreements.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the engineering and design function for a $800M Solar and BESS project, managing multidisciplinary teams to deliver construction-ready designs. Drive value engineering to protect margins while ensuring technical compliance with client specifications and network agreements.

Requirements

  • Requires extensive experience in utility-scale solar farm delivery and HV projects in Australia, with BESS experience highly valued. Must possess strong people leadership capabilities and the ability to manage complex stakeholder relationships in a contractor-side environment.

Benefits

  • Wellness Benefits
  • Discounted Health Insurance
  • Perks And Rewards Platform
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Leadership Development Programs
  • Tailored Development Programs

Key Skills

Design leadership Engineering design management Solar farm design Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) design Value engineering Margin protection Technical compliance Stakeholder relationship management Multidisciplinary team leadership Construction‑ready design delivery HV (high voltage) project experience Utility‑scale project delivery People leadership Project scheduling Risk management Contractor‑side coordination Communication Problem solving Strategic planning Agile methodology

About Symal Group

We’ve always been a construction company that believes in driving positive change – for clients, the communities we work in, and of course, our people – wherever they are in Australia. We're a group of highly experienced companies united by a common goal. We strive to find new ways of bringing ambitious visions to life, creating outstanding, supportive working environments. Our expertise covers the construction spectrum – from building civil infrastructure for our community, shaping structures of tomorrow to answering large-scale construction challenges with our effective solutions. Together, we’re seeing a new benchmark for collaboration, innovation, engineering, and outstanding delivery for the construction industry.

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