Design Manager
As the Senior designer you will be responsible for managing the design functions on projects as assigned including liaising with the clients and other departments.
Duties and responsibilities:
* Meet with Client to determine Requirements & Needs.
* Design & Create solutions (Sketches, Plans & Specifications).
* Develop presentations which may include drawings, sketches, renderings, perspectives, color and material boards, photographs or models.
* Prepare working drawings and specifications for implementing the design (including materials, finishes, joinery work and furnishings.
* Consider materials, effects and costs, liaise with suppliers, arrange samples and prepare specifications.
* Collaborate with professional and technical consultants (mechanical, electrical and structural engineers, architects, audio-visual consultants).
* Report timescales & progress to the manager related to design finalisation.
* Discuss price quotations for designs using standard pricing schemes and including options for using different materials with projects department.
* Manage a team of designers & draftsman for the technical details and guide them on all design matters.
* Preparing the scope of work and timeline for team and drawings and conceptual details.
* Nominate suppliers and contractors according to the design and materials selected by the client.
* Provide a weekly report to the Director of Operations for the projects assigned and design issues and changes.
* Attend coordination meetings with regards to all design matters.
* Do coordination meetings with other consultants.
* Check drawing packages before issuance to owners and site.
* Following up preparing the material list, sample boards.
* Anticipating design work to be produced, time frames and resources needed as realistic programs.
* Follow up preparing of working construction shop drawings and coordinate with the structural - MEP drawings.
* Follow up and Coordinate between factory and project Manager. Engineer, subcontractor and the client representative at all the steps of the project from initiation step till handing over including monitoring and following up any expected variations to insure that the design had been followed by all parties.
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