About this role
With more than 14000 people around the globe, GHD is one of the world’s leading professional services companies operating in the global markets of water, energy and resources, environment, property and buildings, and transportation. Serving clients across five continents and the Pacific region, GHD people share a passion for exceeding the expectations of our clients and contributing to their success.
About the Role
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Design Manager to lead and oversee the delivery of multidisciplinary design for major building projects. This senior role requires strategic leadership, strong technical acumen, and the ability to drive design excellence while coordinating seamlessly across regional and global teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and oversee the full design delivery for complex, large-scale building projects, ensuring alignment with project objectives while working closely with Project Managers and Project Directors.
- Provide strategic direction to multidisciplinary design teams, ensuring all design elements are fully coordinated, technically robust, and aligned with client requirements.
- Collaborate across regions, disciplines, and business groups to secure the necessary technical support, optimise resource utilisation, and resolve design challenges throughout all project phases.
- Ensure client expectations are clearly understood, communicated, and embedded in the design process to support sound decision-making and successful outcomes.
- Manage, mentor, and develop a high-performing design team, fostering a culture of accountability, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.
- Work with Business Group and project leadership to monitor workload, address resourcing needs, manage team performance, and ensure alignment with project delivery targets.
- Demonstrate strong ownership and accountability, proactively addressing challenges while balancing project, client, and team requirements to achieve high-quality results.
- Oversee the execution of design processes and project delivery within a complex, multi-disciplinary environment, ensuring compliance with company standards, project objectives, and local legislative requirements.
- Develop, implement, and continuously improve design management policies, processes, and procedures, leveraging global best practices and quality frameworks.
- Ensure consistent application of company standards, operating procedures, and technical processes across all assigned projects, coordinating activities across disciplines to meet deadlines and key milestones efficiently.
- Exercise sound judgement within defined operational boundaries, ensuring effective task completion and optimal alignment of resources for client and business success.
- Collaborate with internal teams and technical disciplines to enhance delivery efficiency, support project integration, and uphold the highest standards of design quality across all projects.
Qualifications & Experience
- Proven experience delivering and leading design for complex, large-scale building projects.
- Strong technical background in architecture, engineering, or a related discipline.
- Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate across disciplines, business groups, and geographies.
- Experience in managing, coaching, and developing design teams.
Other facts
About GHD Group Pty Ltd
We are committed to addressing the world’s biggest challenges in the areas of water, energy and communities.
GHD is a global network of multi-disciplinary professionals providing clients with integrated solutions through engineering, environmental, design and construction expertise. Our future-focused, innovative approaches connect and support communities around the world, resiliency and sustainability for generations to come.
Established in 1928, we remain wholly owned by our people. We are 10,000+ diverse and skilled individuals connected by over 200 offices, across five continents – Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America, and the Pacific region.
See our list of office locations and contact numbers in ghd.com/en/about-ghd/office-locations
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GHD reconnaît et comprend que le monde est en constante évolution. Nous sommes engagés à résoudre les plus grands défis mondiaux dans les secteurs de l’eau, de l’énergie et de l’urbanisation.
Nous sommes une entreprise de services professionnels dotée d’une expertise de pointe en ingénierie, en construction et en architecture. Nos démarches avant-gardistes et innovatrices rapprochent et soutiennent les communautés à l’échelle mondiale. En livrant d’excellents résultats sociaux et économiques, nous visons à bâtir des relations durables avec nos partenaires et nos clients.
Fondée en 1928, GHD appartient entièrement à ses employés Nous sommes plus de 10 000 employés diversifiés et qualifiés dans plus de 200 bureaux et sur cinq continents : Amérique du Nord et Amérique du Sud, Asie, Australie et Europe, ainsi que dans la région du Pacifique.
Apprenez-en davantage sur nous à ghd.com
What you'll do
- Lead and oversee the design delivery for complex, large-scale building projects while ensuring alignment with project objectives. Collaborate across regions and disciplines to secure technical support and resolve design challenges throughout all project phases.
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