Associate Design Manager - Adelaide

About the role

Aurecon is looking for an Associate Design Manager to lead its Design Management team in Adelaide. The position sits in the Delivery Management practice and combines project delivery, local capability leadership, client engagement, commercial accountability and winning work. It is a newly established role.

Key responsibilities

• Lead design management of major, complex and multidisciplinary projects from planning and concept through design, construction and commissioning.
• Set up project governance, scopes, packages of work, accountabilities, programmes, budgets and reporting.
• Coordinate architects, engineers, specialists, contractors and stakeholders, managing interfaces, dependencies and delivery risks.
• Lead the Adelaide Design Management team, including workload planning, mentoring, capability development, recruitment and succession.
• Act as a senior escalation point for project delivery, stakeholder and people matters.
• Build relationships with senior clients and represent Aurecon in key project, client and industry settings.
• Contribute to bids and pursuits by shaping delivery strategy, scope, fees, resourcing and client value propositions.
• Own commercial performance, including forecasting, scope management, variations, contingency and project risk.
• Work with the Practice Leader, Adelaide Buildings Leader, Project Directors and discipline leaders to strengthen local delivery performance.

Required profile

• Proven experience leading major, complex and multidisciplinary project teams in Buildings or similar demanding environments.
• Relevant qualification in engineering, architecture, project management, design management or a related discipline.
• Experience contributing to bids, pursuits and proposals.
• Adelaide market knowledge and established local relationships are highly regarded; experience in health, defence, data centres or other major Buildings sectors is also valued.

Required skills

• Design management, project engineering or integrated project delivery experience, with the ability to develop scopes and structure packages of work.
• Broad technical understanding across engineering and design disciplines.
• Commercial and project governance capability across fees, budgets, programmes, resourcing, scope and risk.
• Demonstrated people leadership, coaching and mentoring experience.