Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Senior Design Manager to join our team! In this role, you will join a professional Project Management Team that is involved in multiple projects on a confidential development.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Provides management and direction to the design consultants to ensure coordination and consistency between design and construction phases

• Oversees task order execution for Design Management Scope of Works under the framework agreement.

• Manage the design consultants in fulfilling its contractual obligations in relation to scope and on time deliverables.

• Identify and record scope changes in accordance with the change management plan.

• Lead and record daily/weekly design progress & engineering progress meetings with the design consultants and Client and interface coordination meetings.

• Schedule and actively participate in value engineering and constructability reviews.

• Preparation of weekly and monthly reports on task orders progress, opportunities and blockers.

• Manage design risks by updating the risk register on weekly basis, liaising with the design consultants & Client to develop mitigation measures and escalating issues.  

• Support the Procurement Team with the preparation of requests for proposal (RFP) and invitation to tenderers (ITT) procurement packages.

• Work closely with the Senior Project Manager and Commercial and Procurement Team to resolve any existing or anticipated problems related to resources, quality of work, schedule performance or productivity.

• Support Commercial Manager with evaluation of consultants variations, claims and extension of time claims.

• Actively participate in and champion the Continuous Quality Improvement by reviewing processes efficiency, arranging regular lessons learnt and making improvement recommendations.

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

• Ability to work within established processes and to timelines set to deliver the design to meet downstream deadlines for procurement and construction.

• Proven ability to perform in a supervisory/managerial capacity, excellent written and oral communications skills, and a thorough knowledge of industry practices and regulations are required.

• Strong discipline towards keeping contemporaneous records to provide an accurate audit trail for timelines set, decisions taken and agreements made.

• Ability to manage and influence stakeholders from the client and consultant organizations to achieve successful outcomes.

• Ability to negotiate and contain conflicts.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to effectively interact with a diverse group of stakeholders.

Minimum Clearance Required to Start:

• Previous experience working for a PMC within a large program with multiple consultants and a large client team.

• Bachelor’s degree in architecture (or related field) and typically 20+ years of related work experience including 10+ years in a supervisory and managerial role.

• 5 years’ experience in the middle east including  2 years’ experience in Saudi Arabia.

• Professional membership of a recognised relevant organization.

• Must also possess a thorough knowledge of current technology and the capabilities and efficiencies of specific engineering software (AUTOCAD, Civil 3D, Revit) for use in completing engineering assignments

Minimum Clearance Required to Start:

Not Applicable/None

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace. Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran.