Design Manager

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Undertakes full day to day Design Management role on more complex projects or on a range of smaller but more challenging projects or running a component of a major project.

**Technical Excellence**
- Delivery of EC Africa Projects, understand status, budget, risks, etc.
- Understands and embrace AECOM PM’s best practices, and AECOM’s PDS and EC GEPs
- Has a solid Technical Background on Multidisciplinary Engineering Projects and can contribute to technical discussions when needed
- Undertakes the full responsibility and tasks of the design management of projects
- Able to analyse all types of projects commercially and advise the Project Delivery Teams of the commercial health of their projects and highlights concerns in advance.
- Prepares and assists in various levels of project reporting. Key contributor in the preparation of the monthly status reports.
- Reviews and approves output from project cost and schedule systems. Prepares or reviews presentations based on system output.
- Delivers effective communication, inclusive of clients and team members, to clarify expectations and requirements
- Prepare cost proposals for projects or programs.
- Prepare project reports, KPIs and ensures that Quality Procedures are followed within EC Africa, and multi-centric Projects that are managed in EC Africa.
- Collaborate and coordinate closely with the Lead Office Project Manager and design teams
- Ensures assigned design teams effectively coordinate with each other
- Responsible for ensuring that any additional work/changes in scope are approved by clients
- Ensures that quality reviews are conducted and that the appropriate Lead Verifiers are assigned to the projects
- Collaborate with the client to confirm the design approach and that it satisfies the client scope of services and expectations
- Supports other Africa EC Lead PMs/DMs in their day to day duties and project discussions.

**Qualifications**
- Honours degree in built environment field of study with a minimum of four (4) years' relevant post-graduate experience
- B-Tech degree in built environment field of study with a minimum of five (5) years’ relevant post-graduate experience
- National Higher Diploma in built environment field of study with a minimum of six (6) years’ relevant post-graduate experience
- National Diploma in built environment field of study with a minimum of seven (7) years’ relevant post-graduate experience
- Tertiary qualification in Project Management related field of study, such as procurement, quantity surveying, engineering, architecture, planning, contracting, etc with a minimum of five (5) years' relevant post-graduate experience

**Additional Information**

**About AECOM**

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle - from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public

**Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity**

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

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