Design Director

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Job Description

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Design Director to join our team! In this role, you will join a professional Project Management Team that is involved in multiple projects on confidential development. Provides technical direction to a team of design personnel engaged in all phases of a Hospitality project. Responsible for the technical excellence of the design tasks and analyses performed, and for on-schedule completion within or below budget in accordance with contractual obligations. Reviews project documents for technical accuracy and conducts in-field reviews of project quality to ensure adherence to project plan.

What You'll Be Doing

• Provides management and direction to the design consultants to ensure coordination and consistency between design and construction phases
• Oversees task order execution for Design Management Scope of Works under the framework agreement.
• Manage the design consultants in fulfilling its contractual obligations in relation to scope and on time deliverables.
• Identify and record scope changes in accordance with the change management plan.
• Lead and record daily/weekly design progress & engineering progress meetings with the design consultants and Client and interface coordination meetings.
• Schedule and actively participate in value engineering and constructability reviews.
• Preparation of weekly and monthly reports on task orders progress, opportunities and blockers.
• Manage design risks by updating the risk register on weekly basis, liaising with the design consultants & Client to develop mitigation measures and escalating issues.
• Support the Procurement Team with the preparation of requests for proposal (RFP) and invitation to tenderers (ITT) procurement packages.
• Work closely with the Senior Project Manager and Commercial and Procurement Team to resolve any existing or anticipated problems related to resources, quality of work, schedule performance or productivity.
• Support Commercial Manager with evaluation of consultants variations, claims and extension of time claims.
• Actively participate in and champion the Continuous Quality Improvement by reviewing processes efficiency, arranging regular lessons learnt and making improvement recommendations.
  
  
  

What Desired Skills You'll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in architecture (or related field) and typically 20+ years of related work experience including 10+ years in a supervisory and managerial role.
• Ability to work within established processes and to timelines set to deliver the design to meet downstream deadlines for procurement and construction.
• Previous experience working for a PMC within a large program with multiple consultants and a large client team.
• Professional membership of a recognized relevant organization.
• Must also possess a thorough knowledge of current technology and the capabilities and efficiencies of specific engineering software (AUTOCAD, Civil 3D, Revit) for use in completing engineering assignments
• Proven ability to perform in a supervisory/managerial capacity, excellent written and oral communications skills, and a thorough knowledge of industry practices and regulations are required.
• Strong discipline towards keeping contemporaneous records to provide an accurate audit trail for timelines set, decisions taken and agreements made.
• Ability to manage and influence stakeholders from the client and consultant organizations to achieve successful outcomes.
• Ability to negotiate and contain conflicts.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to effectively interact with a diverse group of stakeholders.
  
  
  

Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.

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