Job Description
Design Manager Location:Sydney, NSWAbout the Company
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This privately owned Australian development group delivers high-quality residential and mixed-use projects across metropolitan markets. The business is recognised for its design-led approach, disciplined feasibility management and strong consultant and delivery partnerships. With an active and expanding pipeline, the company is focused on creating well-resolved, commercially robust developments that respond to market demand and deliver enduring built outcomes.
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The Opportunity
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We are seeking an experienced Design Managerto lead and coordinate the full design process from concept through to construction documentation and delivery.
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This is a pivotal role within the development team, responsible for driving design quality, managing consultant performance, protecting feasibility outcomes and ensuring programme certainty across multiple projects.
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Key Responsibilities
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Design Leadership & Coordination
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Lead and coordinate the full consultant team from concept design through to construction documentation
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Chair all design and consultant coordination meetings
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Review and rigorously interrogate all design documentation prior to issue
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Ensure design intent aligns with the approved development brief, feasibility parameters and programme milestones
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Consultant Engagement & Management
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Lead consultant procurement including fee requests, assessment, negotiation and formal appointment
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Manage consultant contracts including onboarding, scope alignment and consultant transitions where required
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Maintain strong working relationships across architects, engineers and specialist consultants
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Manage consultant performance against agreed scope, budget and programme expectations
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Budget & Value Management
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Establish and manage consultant budgets across projects
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Monitor design expenditure against approved budgets
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Lead value engineering initiatives to maintain alignment with cost plans
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Work closely with Development Managers to ensure feasibility integrity is maintained throughout design progression
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Programme Management
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Establish and maintain the overall design programme from concept through to construction
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Drive timely delivery of documentation to meet DA, Design Excellence and construction timeframes
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Identify programme risks early and proactively implement mitigation strategies
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Development Interface
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Partner closely with Development Managers to prepare and present project dashboards
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Support feasibility reviews and strategic decision-making processes
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Assist with authority engagement, stakeholder consultation and design panel presentations
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Post-DA Delivery
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Maintain leadership through detailed design and construction documentation phases
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Coordinate consultant inputs for tender and construction packages
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Support construction phase design management, including RFI review and resolution
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Candidate Profile
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Proven experience in a design management or senior architectural coordination role within a property development or consultancy environment
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Strong understanding of residential and/or mixed-use development processes
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Demonstrated ability to manage multidisciplinary consultant teams
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Commercial acumen with the ability to balance design quality with feasibility constraints
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Strong programme management capability and risk awareness
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Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
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This role offers the prospect to work within a nimble, design-focused development platform where design excellence and commercial discipline are equally valued, and where you will play a central role in shaping projects from early concept through to construction delivery.
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📌 Design Manager (New South Wales)
🏢 Capstone Recruitment
📍 New South Wales