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Associate Design Manager

Aurecon 🇦🇺 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Full-time Manager

Lead design management and delivery for major, complex multidisciplinary projects, establishing governance, scopes, work packages, schedules, budgets, and reporting while coordinating disciplines and managing delivery risks. Lead Adelaide’s Design Management team, build client relationships, oversee commercial performance, contribute to bids, and improve local delivery capability.

Responsibilities

  • Lead design management and delivery for major, complex multidisciplinary projects, establishing governance, scopes, work packages, schedules, budgets, and reporting while coordinating disciplines and managing delivery risks. Lead Adelaide’s Design Management team, build client relationships, oversee commercial performance, contribute to bids, and improve local delivery capability.

Requirements

  • Candidates should have proven experience leading major multidisciplinary projects in Buildings or similarly demanding environments, with strong design management or integrated project delivery, technical coordination, governance, commercial, and stakeholder capabilities. People leadership, coaching, bid contribution, and a relevant qualification in engineering, architecture, project management, design management, or a related discipline are required; Adelaide market knowledge and major-sector experience are advantageous.

Key Skills

Design management Multidisciplinary project coordination Governance establishment Scope definition Work package planning Schedule management Budget control Risk management Stakeholder communication Client relationship building Commercial performance oversight Bid contribution Leadership and coaching Integrated project delivery Technical coordination Engineering collaboration Architecture knowledge Project management Strategic planning Team leadership Design delivery Problem solving Negotiation Presentation skills Regulatory compliance

About Aurecon

Aurecon is an Asia Pacific engineering consultancy that believes the world needs people who can engineer possibilities. Operating across Australia, New Zealand and Asia, Aurecon brings ideas to life with clients to deliver the infrastructure and assets communities depend on. An Australian company that calls Asia Pacific home, Aurecon delivers better outcomes across energy, water, environment, digital infrastructure, resources, transport, social infrastructure and defence through a single connected team. A leadership-owned company, with no external shareholders, Aurecon aligns its interests with those of its clients. Aurecon is a partner who thinks differently, delivers on its promises and builds deep client relationships. The Aurecon Way. For more information about Aurecon, please visit www.aurecongroup.com.

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