Design Manager Roads & Highways

About the job

• Join a global consultancy delivering iconic infrastructure projects
• Work alongside industry-leading specialists in a collaborative flexible environment
• Shape your career with genuine professional growth opportunities

About SMEC

SMEC is a global engineering consultancy renowned for delivering complex sustainable infrastructure solutions across transport water energy and urban development markets. Our teams are empowered to innovate solve technical challenges and contribute to projects that positively shape communities across Australia and worldwide.

Infrastructure

At SMEC we understand that our continued success within the infrastructure market is the result of building long-term client relationships. We listen and understand the specific needs of our clients and deliver a complete value chain of services to provide sustainable solutions across major infrastructure projects worldwide.

The Role

We are seeking to engage a highly experienced Design Manager to join our Roads & Highways team in Melbourne. This role is intended for a senior practitioner (15 years experience) who is well known and respected within the local transport infrastructure market.

In this role you will be responsible for delivering technical design management and design consultancy services of a complex nature (design fees up to $2 million) ensuring client requirements are met while providing visible credible leadership across pursuits and project delivery.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Ensuring highquality deliverables that align with the project brief and all relevant project stakeholder and statutory requirements.

• Providing senior technical leadership to develop and manage project scope delivering fitforpurpose road and highway design solutions agreed with client and contractor stakeholders.

• Implementing strategies to proactively address program delivery and design risk ensuring appropriate standards and requirements are defined and applied.

• Managing all design activities from preliminary through to detailed and final design including value engineering interactive D&C contractor workshops design package coordination version control and stakeholder distribution.

• Supporting strategic pursuits by bringing recognised roads design leadership credibility and strong market presence to client and partner engagements.

• Being accountable for client satisfaction by ensuring suitably skilled resources are available to deliver project outcomes.

• Communicating openly and regularly with internal contributors clients contractors and approval authorities.

• Managing technical disputes design clarifications and scope definition to achieve bestforproject outcomes.

About You

Suitable applicants will have:

• Tertiary qualifications in Engineering.
• CPEng accreditation.
• RPEQ / RPEV / NSW PER (or ability to obtain)
• Demonstrated experience in detailed design and design management across Roads & Highways transport infrastructure and major linear projects.
• 15 years experience with a strong reputation and industry recognition in the local transport market.
• Proven leadership and management experience across multidisciplinary design teams.
• Thorough knowledge of relevant roads and transport authority standards and regulatory frameworks.
• Highlevel communication skills and the ability to engage effectively with senior clients authorities and delivery partners.

How To Apply

All applications must be submitted online. To apply click on the Apply Now link below and follow the prompts.

For a confidential discussion regarding this opportunity please contact Carl Thiedeke

To find out more about SMEC please visit our careers page at recruitment activities go through our Resourcing function and currently this role doesnt require agency input. Please do not forward resumes directly to SMEC employees/managers; we do not accept unsolicited resumes and are not responsible for any associated fees.

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