SYSTRA is a global leader in mass transit and mobility solutions, relied on by over 50 million people every day. With a history spanning over 60 years, our Group has been committed to helping cities and regions develop their transport infrastructure with sustainability, accessibility, and innovation at the forefront of our designs.
We are seeking an experienced Design Manager to join our growing engineering team. The successful candidate will have strong technical, leadership, and interpersonal skills combined with commercial, contractual awareness, delivery experience, and the ability to grow a dynamic high-performance team.
Key Responsibilities:
* Manage tender designs and disciplines during delivery
* Support Design and Technical leads
* Develop and maintain project plans, forecasts, cost, and revenue budgets
* Manage technical risk, stakeholder, and client interfaces
* Maintain good relationships with external parties to enhance company reputation
The Design Manager will be accountable for the design delivery of allocated engineering work packages or tender design packages. This includes establishment and implementation of project plans, management and documentation of fee, programme, and scope changes, and ensuring timely flow of design information and technical accuracy.
Missions/Main Duties:
* Implement systems and procedures to maintain a cost-effective, high-quality, safe, and environmentally responsible approach to design, construction, commissioning, and other activities on relevant projects
* Prepare and develop design programmes and monitor design development progress against delivery programme and budgets
* Liaise with other design managers, projects, and business lead to balance resources across the project
* Apply project controls and procedures to allocated projects
* Support Bid Managers with aspects of Tender Preparation
* Implement contract administration processes, coordinate tender design activities, and support the procurement of Design and Build Contractors
Profile/Skills:
* Degree qualified within a relevant discipline
* Experience of managing coordinating multidisciplinary teams on infrastructure projects
* Experience managing design delivery programme and to budget
* Broad Design Engineering experience gained on infrastructure projects
* Good understanding of CDM regulations
* Excellent communications skills
* Working experience with ProjectWise and Bentley Systems