Design Manager

Fortitude Valley, QLD, AU, 4006**About John Holland**:
At John Holland, our purpose is simple, we transform lives with everything we do. We’ve always known at its heart infrastructure is about people — our customers, our employees, and the communities in which we work.

That’s our difference. Deep experience and capability with a genuine care about creating better lives for people along the way.

Be part of a team that thrives on rising to the challenge of transforming lives for good.

**About the Role**:
As a Design Manager, you will lead and manage the design delivery process, function and team within the project life cycle to maximize the winning of work and deliver successful project outcomes.

This position will join our Torbanlea team based in our Fortitude Valley office.

**Responsibilities of the role include**:

- Plan and control the delivery of project design to ensure the achievement of quality, completion and project objectives
- Select and engage, then monitor the performance of external design partners within the discipline including their deliverables, costs and timeframes
- Manage the design approval process in accordance with project requirements and program
- Prepare budgets and schedules of design delivery for management approval then manage and report the cost of design delivery in the project life cycle
- Manage design to ensure the cost of the works meets project requirements
- Demonstrate commercial and contractual awareness in dealing with clients and external design partners
- Manage client and stakeholder expectations and communicate effectively with the project team
- Supervise the work of subordinate design and drafting staff to ensure project requirements are met
- Select and develop design management staff within the project by providing leadership and mentoring to ensure their design management competencies
- Understand design compliance and reporting procedures and processes and leadership in the communication of requirements
- Foster the interaction between design and construction teams to maximise innovation and project success.
- Ensure that JH Safety in Design requirements are met.
- Perform all duties in accordance with John Holland policies, processes, systems and procedures

**To be successful in this key role, you must have**:

- Tertiary Qualification in Architecture, Building, Construction, Engineering or Quantity Surveying
- 5-10 years’ in technical management roles on significant projects
- Demonstrated competencies in Head Contract and Subcontract understanding and interpretation
- Strong stakeholder management with major consultant partners
- Awareness of risk management principles and how design can impact operational risk
- Proficient skills in relevant computer software packages and necessary to perform the role
- Strong time and cost management skills in timely delivery of design and management of both the costs of preparing design and the costs of the works

**As part of the team, you help us deliver on our promise to transform lives.**:
Your success is reflected in ours, so we’re committed to being an employer of choice. We pride ourselves on having a diverse and inclusive workplace, as different perspectives and ideas will deliver our long-term success.

We want you to be with us for the long-term, so providing you with rich career experiences and ongoing development is our priority.

**What's in it for you when you join John Holland?**:
We’re about connecting your sense of purpose to ours. We understand that your career is one of the biggest ways to have an impact on the world. We also believe in supporting you as a whole person, not just an employee.

We reward and support our people in so many ways. This starts with being flexible about how different people like to work. From industry-leading leave policies to wellbeing and relationship support, your needs sit at the heart of our employee benefits.

We offer:
**Competitive remuneration **with salary continuance, and salary sacrifice packaging options available.

**Great leave benefits **including 18 weeks paid parental leave with superannuation and up to an extra 18 weeks of superannuation paid on further periods of unpaid parental leave, multicultural leave exchange and two additional John Holland Days to prioritise health and wellbeing.

**Career progression** underpinned by our exciting pipeline of work means you’ll have the opportunity to work on iconic projects that are shaping cities and communities.

**Learning and development opportunities** where you’ll have access to emerging talent programs, building your career through clear career pathways, and technical and leadership training and development opportunities.

**Inclusion and diversity** is part of how we work and do what we do at John Holland. Our active commitment to being an employer of choice is evident in the delivery of our Gender Equality Strategic Plan supported by our Pride, Celebrate Women, RAP and Grow networks.