Design Manager

5 months ago


Adelaide, Australia KBR Full time

Title:

Design Manager

Are you a Design Manager with prior experience of delivering projects within the Defence Sector?

Do you currently hold or able to obtain a Defence security Clearance?

Due to continued growth and project wins we are looking for an experienced Design Manager to join our Infrastructure team in Adelaide to provide support to a key Defence Project.

Position Overview:

As a Design Manager you will be the cornerstone of our engineering and design management activities. In this pivotal role, you'll ensure project deliverables meet our scope, cost, time, and quality objectives, while fostering robust, trusted relationships with our clients.

Success in this role hinges on your ability to collaborate effectively, develop and maintain strong partnerships with your team and the customer. You'll leverage your exceptional leadership skills to navigate the complexities of managing and mentoring a diverse, multi-disciplinary team, driving positive outcomes for both our clients and internal stakeholders.

Skills & Experience Required:

Bachelors degree or equivalent qualification.

Extensive infrastructure engineering & design experience, ideally in the Defence sector.

Demonstrable experience leading multidisciplined engineering teams with a focus on people management.

Demonstrable experience in working under a Defence Design Services Contract and/or Managing Contract.

Strong communication skills and the ability to communicate with people at all levels.

Strong stakeholder management skills both internal and external.

Strong scope awareness in a complex project environment.

Candidates must hold Australian Citizenship.

Current Baseline Clearance or the ability to obtain Defence clearance required.

Why Join KBR?

Our people are the heart of our business; they are what make us successful. That’s why we’re committed to creating conditions in which they can flourish and feel valued, so they can focus on doing what they do best.

Our purpose

We are driven by our purpose of Together, delivering infrastructure for a better tomorrow. Our results and reputation for excellence are underpinned by our people and our culture of caring, collaboration learning and trust to deliver innovative professional services for our customers.

We leverage our global network and work in seamless partnership with our customers to deliver innovative, creative and sustainable solutions that will make a lasting impact on communities around Australia.

Our values

Everything we do at KBR is centred around our people, customers, and the communities that we strive to elevate. We work together as a OneKBR team of teams to drive our shared purpose and address our customers’ growing needs. The results we deliver are underpinned by our collective focus on excellence, passion for the people we work with and the innovations we create to deliver them.

We act with integrity and encourage our people to follow rewarding careers and empower them to strive for excellence and deliver the best results for our customers and communities. We are dedicated to creating diverse and inclusive work environments that uplift our people and help them to reach their full potential, while steering our business into the future.

Our culture

We are a people company — great people doing great things, and we look for people who bring passion as well as technical excellence to their jobs as we believe every employee is integral to shaping the future of our business.

That’s why we create conditions where everybody can flourish, and foster a culture of inclusivity, caring and learning that is driven by our shared purpose – to deliver infrastructure for a better tomorrow.

With the feel of an agile company and the capability of a large company, we encourage and give our people the autonomy to strive for opportunities that exist in all directions and equip them with the resources to become leaders of tomorrow.

Our Infrastructure Services business offers fulfilling careers with room to explore their creativity and regularly step up and swim outside of their lane.

Learn more about Infrastructure Solutions Australia including who we are and what it is like to work at KBR

In addition to working on some fantastic projects, KBR offer an array of benefits focused on providing our people with a great working environment, continual career development, Family friendly flexible work arrangements and work/life balance

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