About the Company

Bryant Building Contractors (‘Bryant’) is an established building and construction contractor delivering complex projects across Queensland and the Northern Territory. Founded in Cairns in 1986, the business grew from a family operation shaped by the demands of Northern Australia — where resilience, ingenuity, and responsibility are essential. Those demands still define how we work today, delivering projects that are Built Solid through a calm, consistent approach that turns complex ideas into real results.

By joining the Bryant team, you become part of a company that values growth, excellence and community, and gives you opportunities to develop a career — not just a job.

Our Values – Respect, Accountability, Professionalism, Safety First.

The Role

We're looking for an experienced Design Manager to join our team in West End. You'll be responsible for resolving the design on our projects in line with project requirements, including coordinating all design documentation and processes. You'll also lead and manage the consultant team to deliver the required information within project milestones, build strong client relationships, and ensure transparent communication between the consultant team and the client group.

Duties and Responsibilities

- Prepare Requests for Tender for consultants (scope, program and relevant project information), review fee proposals and recommend preferred consultants and costs.

- Undertake risk assessments and technical reviews of project documents and communicate findings to relevant stakeholders.

- Contribute to construction methodology and value management, using innovative design, materials and methodologies to mitigate construction and safety risks and reduce time and cost, and present options succinctly to the Bid team and Client.

- Develop the project design management plan and systems, covering program, design change, value management and safety in design.

- Develop and deliver and administrate design programs.



Including management and direction of consultant teams to meet the program milestones for each design stage.

- Deliver coordinated, comprehensive documentation at each design stage.

- Build a collaborative relationship with the Client, whilst understanding and communicating the PPR to all relevant stakeholders and assessing design documentation against it throughout the project.

- Drive innovation through simplified construction sequencing and robust, durable detailing.

- Undertake a comprehensive process to ensure that all authority, NCC and external standards requirements are met and integrated into the project design in a cost effective manner.

- Coordinate, prepare and deliver a safety in design report at each design stage.

- Undertake internal logistics and constructability reviews with appropriate project staff.

- Contribute to project budget development and monitor design selections to ensure the budget is maintained.

- Manage consultancy agreements, fee proposals and progress claims with the Contract Administrator, ensuring payment reflects work completed.

- Undertake design handover to the project delivery team and provide ongoing design support, including attendance at PCG meetings.

- Facilitate RFI resolution with the design team, and communicate opportunities to the Client as they arise

- Schedule and attend consultant, client and site meetings, and issue design meeting minutes promptly

About You

- Minimum 3-5 years design management experience within a Head Contractor environment

- Tertiary qualification in Construction Management,



Engineering, Architecture or similar

- Experience coordinating external stakeholders and design consultants to ensure the deliverable milestones required are reached within the project design timeline.

- Sound knowledge of the NCC, Australian Standards, and quality management principles, include common trade quality issues and how to mitigate them through design documentation.

- Ability to interrogate specifications, translate them into project-specific requirements, and identify risks and mitigations, seeking specialty input where necessary.

- Manage shop drawing approvals, design reviews and third-party inspections to ensure compliance and maintain design intent.

- Understanding of the BIM environment and the ability to navigate and utilise software such as Navisworks or Revizto.

- Sound understanding of project planning principles (critical path, key dates, target and contractual programs), with working knowledge of Microsoft Project.

- Understanding of cost principles, including margin, contingency, risk and opportunity.

- Manage RFIs and issue clear, timely design documentation to keep site works on track and support cost-effective solutions.

- Understanding of how program, cost, quality and safety interrelate, and ability to communicate the implications of decisions.

- Strong written and verbal communication (including correspondence, tenders, proposals and presentations), problem-solving, time management and organisational skills; proficient in Microsoft Office

Benefits

- Strong and enjoyable company culture

- Work in an environment where you can make an impact

- On-site parking

- Work/life balance with flexible work arrangements

Bryant does not accept any unsolicited contact from Recruitment Agencies.

Candidates must be entitled to work in Australia and may be required to undertake a pre-employment medical and drug & alcohol testing.

📌 Design Manager (West End)
🏢 Bryant Building Contractors
📍 West End