Design Manager
4 days ago
We are seeking a highly skilled Design Manager to join our Water team at WSP Global Inc. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for leading the delivery of high-quality design projects, ensuring accountability for business and project outcomes.
The successful candidate will have a strong background in the water, industrial, or mining sector, with a proven track record of managing complex design processes and systems in high-profile projects. You will be responsible for deploying risk management principles and methodologies into project systems and processes, as well as managing the design team and interface with the contractor workforce.
We are looking for someone with a can-do attitude, who is consultative, able to prioritize their work, and gets things done. The successful candidate will be a team player, capable of working with a range of stakeholders, including influencing senior leaders and helping highly technical engineers understand commercial imperatives.
Key Responsibilities- Deploy risk management principles and methodologies into project systems and processes.
- Lead the delivery of high-quality design projects, ensuring accountability for business and project outcomes.
- Manage the design team and interface with the contractor workforce.
- Seek design team resources for each project, with the ultimate responsibility for providing resources lying with the business section executive.
- Prepare design fee estimates for both the 'tender design phase' and the 'delivery phase' of each project.
- Manage the overall delivery of designs to meet time, budget, and quality requirements. This includes managing engineering governance processes such as design reviews, change management, requests for information, and validation and verification.
- Recognized Bachelor's degree in Civil, Mechanical, Chemical (Process), or Electrical Engineering.
- Relevant industry experience in the water, industrial, or mining sector.
- Demonstrated high level of technical knowledge.
- Strong experience working in partnership with other design organizations in Alliance or JV settings. Skilled in managing conflicts between organizational cultures and business system demands.
- Extensive experience in owning and being responsible for signing off on designs. Delivered designs that meet legal requirements, quality standards, and client outcomes on projects.
- Established and managed complex design processes and systems in high-profile projects.
- Proven competency in project management.
- Demonstrated leadership and management ability.
- Demonstrated sound technical knowledge.
- Able to juggle multiple tasks across several projects within the business unit.
- Basic knowledge of contracts or drafting variations is desirable.
- Knowledge and experience in cost reporting, analysis, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Word are essential.
WSP Global Inc. is one of the world's leading engineering professional services firms, bringing together approximately 6,000 talented people across 15 offices in Australia. We are technical experts who design and provide strategic advice on sustainable solutions and engineer Future ReadyTM projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come.
At WSP Global Inc., we want you to embrace your curiosity and work in a culture celebrating different perspectives. With access to global scale and reach, you'll connect with the brightest minds in the field to make the best work of your life.
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