Senior Lead Design Manager

Consultant appointments
& contract administration

• Prequalify local and international consultants for all
  design disciplines
  
• Prepare Requests for Proposal and administer tenders
  
• Clarify and evaluate proposals received and prepare tender
  report with adjudication recommendation.
  
• Assist PM and Client to negotiate commercial terms and
  prepare LOA and contract documents.
  
• Certify consultant bills for payment.
  
• Manage contractual claims and change orders.
  

Design leadership &
scheduling

• Implement documentation management and communication protocols
  
• Manage all design documentation with document controller
  
• Assist the planner in preparing the pre-construction
  master schedule.
  
• Prepare design briefs with inputs from client, operator,
  PM, and QS team
  
• Lead all design meetings/calls, prepare agenda &
  minutes, and follow-up on assigned tasks
  
• Prepare design schedules with weekly/fortnightly
  deliverables and inter-discipline dependencies
  
• Track design deliverables against schedule, flag delays,
  and implement recovery plans
  
• Lead design reviews and approval process by all
  stakeholders and drive inter-discipline coordination.
  
• De-bottleneck design hold-ups and help stakeholders to
  reach consensus.
  
• Ensure the operator brand standards are incorporated in
  the design and leverage the operator operational expertise to improve the
  design functionality.
  
• Post tender documentation, hand over design role and
  responsibilities to site design coordinator
  

Budgeting, value
engineering, and cost management

• Assist the QS team to prepare the project budget and
  subsequent updates. Review the budget and ensure it is consistent with the
  designs.
  
• Throughout the design, ensure designers adhere to the
  budget brief and identify any deviation.
  
• Identify areas for potential value engineering to improve
  designs and/or reduce cost in coordination with the designers, the operator,
  and the client.