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Design Manager

Stantec 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Full-time Manager

The Design Manager will lead multidisciplinary teams to deliver complex building projects while ensuring quality, budget, and schedule adherence. They will also foster strong client relationships and mentor emerging leaders within the business.

Responsibilities

  • The Design Manager will lead multidisciplinary teams to deliver complex building projects while ensuring quality, budget, and schedule adherence. They will also foster strong client relationships and mentor emerging leaders within the business.

Requirements

  • Candidates must have experience in engineering consulting or construction with a strong understanding of the full project lifecycle. A tertiary qualification in Engineering, Architecture, or Construction Management is required, along with proficiency in BIM and digital delivery.

Benefits

  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Work from home opportunities
  • Job sharing
  • Part time employment
  • Additional leave purchase
  • Learning and talent development programs
  • Professional memberships
  • Salary continuance insurance
  • Service recognition awards
  • Mental health support
  • Employee assistance program
  • Wellbeing programs

Key Skills

Multidisciplinary team leadership Complex building project delivery Quality management Budget adherence Schedule adherence Client relationship management Mentoring emerging leaders Engineering consulting Construction management Project lifecycle expertise BIM (Building Information Modeling) Digital delivery Sustainable engineering Architecture Construction management education Cross‑functional collaboration Stakeholder communication Risk mitigation Regulatory compliance Technical problem solving Leadership Strategic planning Team mentoring Design coordination

About Stantec

Stantec empowers clients, people, and communities to rise to the world’s greatest challenges at a time when the world faces more unprecedented concerns than ever before. We are a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. Our professionals deliver the expertise, technology, and innovation communities need to manage aging infrastructure, demographic and population changes, the energy transition, and more. Today’s communities transcend geographic borders. At Stantec, community means everyone with an interest in the work that we do—from our project teams and industry colleagues to our clients and the people our work impacts. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure. We are designers, engineers, scientists, project managers, and strategic advisors. We i

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