Senior Design Manager - #2186812

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Here's what you'll do:

Managing the Design Management Team

• Work closely with the team Leadership and assist in the management of the Design Management team.
• Support the team Leadership in their roles and undertake duties such as business development, team performance reviews etc. as required.
• Gain an understanding of the Team leader's roles and responsibilities and when required, supplement the Team Leaders in their absence
• Management of AECOM financial process and invoicing.
• Contribute to the DM business planning as required and continuously review business planning targets to monitor progress of the team.
• Lead Design Management projects across the UK and Internationally.
• Assist in the development of the Design Management team members through mentoring, training and reviews.
• Review of work outputs from Design Management team prior to issue to ensure quality and compliance with contractual obligations.

Managing Sub-consultants

• Prepare responsibility matrix to identify sub-consultant responsibility for each area of scope.
• Draft and distribute sub-consultant back-to-back contracts so that all scope is accounted for.
• Manage updates to sub-consultant contracts and prepare final documents.
• Prepare and update cash flow projections.
• Establish procedures for invoice submission for sub-consultants and monitor.
• Track and report on the progress of all sub-consultant invoices and prepare a monthly Financial Report.

Establishment and Implementation of Design Management Procedures including:

• Roles and Responsibilities/Scope Delineation
• Preparing design programmes, monitoring and reporting progress
• Managing Deliverables/outputs
• Managing Design Quality
• Managing Design Budgets/Change
• Managing Approvals
• Organising Project Meetings & Design Workshops
• Managing Design Coordination

Assist in the Management of the Design Management Team

• Achieve AECOM PM accreditation, take active role in management of design projects in accordance with AECOM financial systems and processes.
• Lead/Support Design Management projects across the UK and Internationally as appropriate.
• Assist in the development of junior Design Management team members through mentoring, training and reviews.
• Review work outputs from junior Design Management team members prior to issue to ensure quality and compliance with contractual obligations.
• Support the Design Management team Leadership as required.

Performance Management

• It is expected that the jobholder will contribute and participate positively in the Performance Review process, which underpins the firm's approach to developing all staff. This will include taking ownership of agreed actions, including pursuing any training opportunities identified. Similarly, specific objectives will be agreed with the jobholder as part of the performance review process and they should assume responsibility for the delivery of these.
• The firm has a world class reputation built upon a powerful brand which reflects its core values of integrity, innovation and collaboration. Jobholders should demonstrate an empathy with these values and seek to reflect them in undertaking their role.

Ready to push the limits of what's possible?

Here's what we're looking for:

• Understanding of the design process.
• Project and design programming skills.
• Experience in development and implementation of design management tools and procedures.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Commercial awareness of projects.
• Construction knowledge/experience.
• Proficiency in MS Project/Excel/InDesign.

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