Design Manager

Job Description

• Establish and lead a multidisciplinary design team responsible for delivering integrated design solutions across all project facilities.
• Collaborate closely with the Process and Engineering teams to ensure a coordinated and aligned design approach.
• Serve as the primary interface with engineering partners, managing design expectations, deliverables, and technical alignment.
• Coordinate and facilitate BIM/model reviews, including defining review areas, managing schedules, overseeing clash detection, and ensuring design quality.
• Support the development of detailed project schedules and provide input into project cost estimates.
• Partner with Quality teams to ensure appropriate quality standards are embedded within design deliverables.
• Ensure EHS&S considerations are incorporated into designs, focusing on constructability, commissioning, operability, and maintainability.
• Implement systems and processes to monitor design quality, progress, and performance KPIs.
• Review and approve critical design elements and engineering deliverables.
• Lead engineering initiatives to identify cost optimization opportunities, schedule improvements, and risk mitigation measures.
• Provide engineering input into procurement and contracting strategies, including modularization, skid-mounted systems, and off-site fabrication approaches.
• Manage the transition of design activities between engineering teams and project execution teams to ensure continuity and consistency.
• Provide field engineering support during the construction phase, ensuring installations are completed in accordance with approved designs, specifications, and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in engineering, design, or project delivery within large-scale capital projects.
• Proven experience in a senior leadership role managing multidisciplinary engineering and design teams.
• Demonstrated track record delivering complex projects from design through construction, commissioning, and startup.
• Strong experience in stakeholder management, including coordination of consultants, contractors, and project teams.
• Experience managing engineering and design activities across multiple locations and teams.
• Strong understanding of project planning, cost control, risk management, quality, and safety requirements.
• Ability to identify and implement value engineering, cost-saving, and schedule optimization opportunities.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and decision-making skills.
• Willingness to travel as required to support project execution and stakeholder engagement.
• Flexibility to work across different project phases and locations as business needs evolve.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within highly regulated industries such as pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, semiconductor, advanced manufacturing, or similar environments.
• Experience on greenfield and large-scale capital investment projects.
• Familiarity with BIM/3D design coordination and multidisciplinary engineering integration.
• Knowledge of construction support, commissioning, and operational readiness activities.

Additional Information

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