Location: Melbourne, VIC
Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Main Contractor BuilderOur client is one of Australia's leading privately owned construction companies, delivering complex and creative projects across multiple sectors. They have a long and decorated historyof commitmentto building exceptional outcomes through collaboration, technical excellence, innovation, and strong relationships with clients and industry partners.

The Opportunity We are seeking an experienced Senior Design Manager to join the Melbourne team.

Reporting to the Construction Manager and working closely with delivery, pre-construction, consultants, clients, and subcontractors, you will lead and manage all aspects of the design process from Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) and tender phases through to project completion .

This is a key leadership role responsible for ensuring design solutions are buildable, compliant, commercially effective, and aligned with project objectives while delivering outstanding outcomes for our clients.

- Lead the design process from ECI, bid and procurement phases through to project delivery and completion.
- Establish, manage and maintain project design programs and deliverables.
- Coordinate and manage multidisciplinary consultant teams throughout all project phases.
- Chair design workshops, coordination meetings and stakeholder review sessions.

Senior Design Manager

Location: Melbourne, VIC
Employment Type: Full time

About the Main Contractor BuilderOur client is one of Australia's leading privately owned construction companies, delivering complex and innovative projects across multiple sectors. They have a long and decorated historyof commitmentto building exceptional outcomes through collaboration, technical excellence, innovation, and strong relationships with clients and industry partners.

The Opportunity We are seeking an experienced Senior Design Manager to join the Melbourne team.

Reporting to the Construction Manager and working closely with delivery, pre-construction, consultants, clients, and subcontractors, you will lead and manage all aspects of the design process from Early Contractor Involvement (ECI)



and tender phases through to project completion .

This is a key leadership role responsible for ensuring design solutions are buildable, compliant, commercially effective, and aligned with project objectives while delivering outstanding outcomes for our clients.

Key Responsibilities

Design Leadership & Management

- Lead the design process from ECI, bid and procurement phases through to project delivery and completion.
- Establish, manage and maintain project design programs and deliverables.
- Coordinate and manage multidisciplinary consultant teams throughout all project phases.
- Chair design workshops, coordination meetings and stakeholder review sessions.

Stakeholder & Consultant Management

- Manage stakeholder engagement and secure design endorsement from key project participants.
- Engage, coordinate and manage external design consultants and specialist advisers.

Technical Compliance & Authority Approvals

- Ensure compliance with all relevant Building Code requirements, Australian Standards, regulations and statutory obligations.
- Manage planning, authority and approval requirements throughout the design process.
- Liaise with Relevant Building Surveyors and authorities to secure building permits and approvals.

Specialist Design Coordination

Manage and review specialist consultant inputs including:

- Fire Engineering Briefs
- Accessibility and Access Consultant Reports.
- Environmentally Sustainable Design (ESD) Reports.
- Green Star and sustainability certification requirements.

Commercial & Risk Management

- Manage design budgets and consultant expenditure.
- Identify and control scope creep throughout the design lifecycle.
- Develop design solutions that address budget constraints while maintaining project objectives.




- Provide value management initiatives to optimise project outcomes.

Design Integration & Delivery

- Review and resolve buildability challenges during design development.
- Prepare design briefs and technical documentation to support subcontractor tendering.
- Collaboratively develop and integrate subcontractor design solutions.
- Review and respond to construction RFIs.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will possess:

Qualifications

- Degree qualification in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management or a related discipline.
- Relevant industry memberships and accreditations are highly regarded.

Experience

- Extensive experience in Design Management within the construction or property industry.
- Demonstrated experience delivering large-scale and complex building projects.
- Strong understanding of ECI, D&C; and managing contractor procurement models.
- Proven ability to manage multidisciplinary consultant teams and stakeholder groups.
- Experience managing authority approvals, compliance requirements and specialist consultant inputs.
- Strong commercial acumen with experience in design budget management and value engineering.

Skills & Attributes

- Exceptional leadership and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong technical understanding of building design, construction methodologies and buildability.
- Excellent communication, negotiation and influencing capability.
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
- Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced project environment.
- Collaborative, proactive and outcomes-focused approach.

Why Join This Builder?

- Work on landmark and technically challenging projects.
- Join one of Australia's most respected construction companies.
- Be part of a collaborative and high-performing team culture.
- Opportunity to influence project outcomes from concept through to completion.
- Competitive remuneration and career development opportunities.

As a guide, the remuneration range confirmed by our client is $220,000 - 280,000 + superannuation.

*** All applications will be treated with strict confidentiality ***

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