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Design Manager - Defense
Core Talent 🇦🇺 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Lead multidisciplinary building design coordination and delivery from concept through construction, managing scope, schedule, budget, risk, change, and design interfaces. Drive BIM and digital engineering, engage Defence stakeholders and project partners, and provide technical leadership while embedding safety, security, quality, and sustainability.
Responsibilities
- Lead multidisciplinary building design coordination and delivery from concept through construction, managing scope, schedule, budget, risk, change, and design interfaces. Drive BIM and digital engineering, engage Defence stakeholders and project partners, and provide technical leadership while embedding safety, security, quality, and sustainability.
Requirements
- Requires a relevant engineering or architecture degree and 10 or more years of experience delivering complex building projects, including experience as a Design Manager, Design Lead, or equivalent. Candidates should have experience in Defence, government, secure, or similarly complex environments, strong multidisciplinary and stakeholder coordination skills, and knowledge of Australian codes, BIM, and digital engineering; Australian citizenship is essential.
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About Core Talent
Core Talent has been delivering strategic talent solutions for over 14 years, partnering with clients across Construction, Civil & Infrastructure, Engineering, Manufacturing, Rail, HSES, Building Services, Renewables, Property & FM, Local Government, Business Support and Accounting & Finance. From our offices in NSW, QLD, WA, VIC and TAS, our 80+ dedicated, sector-specific consultants bring deep industry insight, proactive market intelligence and a consultative approach that drives real results across permanent, contract and executive-level placements. Our Hiring Made Easy methodology is built around your business outcomes. We manage the recruitment process end to end, from workforce planning and role profiling through to sourcing, screening and onboarding support, so your internal teams can stay focused on what matters most. We're guided by respect, resilience, collaboration and empowerment: valuing people from every background, adapting to challenges without compromising on standa
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