Design Manager
Elevate Your Career with Preformance
Are you ready to take your career to the next level? Join Preformance (part of the Southbase Group), an independent project advisory company that leverages technology, innovative thinking, and decades of real-world construction expertise to solve complex challenges and gain cost efficiencies while reducing and managing risk. At Preformance, we pride ourselves on our innate understanding of construction materials and methodology, ensuring a 'whole-of-project' perspective from the outset. This results in achievable designs with robust construction sequences and the correct planning necessary to deliver above expectations, on time and on budget.
Be Part of a Passionate and Innovative Team
By joining Preformance, you'll be part of a team that is passionate about challenging traditional construction norms and running projects that bring enjoyment and control to the client experience. Our team of professional engineers, architects, and BIM Managers intimately understand the design process and work to bring all parties onto the same side of the table. With a comprehensive range of design management services that can be customized according to individual client and project needs, you'll have the opportunity to work on diverse and exciting projects that make a real impact.
About the role
For our Preformance team, we are looking for an experienced Design Manager with a background in architecture or services to lead health projects. This role will involve projects of a larger scale and potentially provide more detailed technical reviews of complex projects .
The Design Manager is responsible for managing the design process, with a high focus on buildability and efficiency, to ensure the optimum solution is arrived at. They provide leadership to the design team and closely manage the client and stakeholder expectations. Through their exceptional understanding of the design process across all disciplines they will manage discipline interfaces and the sequencing of design activities.
As a pivotal member of the Pre-Construction team, the Design Manager must lead by example and positively contribute to the team, championing the Company’s ‘Inside the Box’ culture, providing day-to-day guidance and mentoring of team members, whilst directly and indirectly contributing to day-to-day delivery, competitive strategy and net margin target achievement.
Skills Required:
- 5 years + in the vertical build Construction
- Degree Qualified in Architecture or Engineering
- Professional Qualification (CPEng or Architectural Registration).
- Communication Skills: Ability to work collaboratively with professionals from diverse technical backgrounds, facilitating knowledge sharing and supporting project delivery.
- Problem-Solving Skills: Ability to tackle design challenges with innovative solutions.
- Continuous Professional Development: Participation in ongoing learning or certifications to maintain and enhance skills and knowledge.
