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Design Manager

Talent Butler 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

$180,000 - $230,000 (AUD) Full-time Manager

The Design Manager will lead the design process for high-rise residential projects from concept through to construction and delivery. They are responsible for coordinating architects, engineers, and consultants while ensuring projects meet quality, budget, and commercial objectives.

Responsibilities

  • The Design Manager will lead the design process for high-rise residential projects from concept through to construction and delivery. They are responsible for coordinating architects, engineers, and consultants while ensuring projects meet quality, budget, and commercial objectives.

Requirements

  • Candidates must have extensive experience managing Class 2 high-rise residential projects and a strong understanding of apartment design and documentation. A relevant tertiary qualification in Architecture, Construction, or Engineering is required.

Key Skills

Leadership Project management Design coordination Architecture collaboration Engineering collaboration Consultant management High‑rise residential design Construction documentation Budget management Quality assurance Stakeholder communication Team mentoring Problem solving Regulatory compliance Risk assessment Design thinking Client liaison Construction scheduling Cross‑functional collaboration Presentation skills Negotiation

About Talent Butler

Talent Butler launched in 2021 as Australia’s first unique subscription recruitment platform. Our Talent Partners encompass more than forty years of combined recruiting and talent advisory experience to recruit within the built environment, business support, Finance, IT and Executive Search. Our capability covers all of Australia, making use of our bespoke online candidate assessment centre, as well as face-to-face introductions from our Sydney office. Our philosophy is complete transparency in all that we do, for this reason, Talent Butler’s unique subscription packages give employers the certainty of outcomes with replacement guarantees of 12-months, as well as fixed margins for temporary staff and no painful up-front recruitment fees. Talent Butler works with external referencing partners to ensure that what employers see is what they get. For candidates, Talent Butler means upfront and transparent feedback on your profile and unique insights into the jobs market, so you can

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