Bluestone Recruitment
Senior Design Manager - Highly Complex and Technical Projects
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Important information
Contract type:
Permanent
Location:
Sydney NSW, Australia
Work mode:
Hybrid
Published on:
13 October 2026
What they need
Our client is seeking an experienced and highly skilled Senior Design Manager to join their growing and successful business.
Ideal sector experience: Education, Science, Data Centre, Health, Pharma & Commercial.
This role is to take the lead on a recent Data Centre project award but also have involvement in ECI's across the other sectors they work in.
All work is on a negotiated basis.
Responsibilities:
- Senior Design Manager – Pre-construction and Standards: This is a senior role which provides support to the Directors and has overall responsibility for the management of pre-construction tenders, projects, Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) design management across all sectors and partnering with the Directors to embed front-end buildability design innovation and minimum design standards.
- With significant Design leadership expertise across a range of sectors, this role requires a creative problem-solving mindset and collaborative, client focused interpersonal skills with the ability to manage multiple stakeholders, identify and prioritise key outcomes in a pressured environment.
- Summary of key responsibilities and duties:
- Leading design management of live projects, pre-construction and price submissions for negotiated work
- Leading ECI design management, design thinking and stakeholder management
- Leading the development and maintenance of design standardisation through development of company standards, systems and processes
- Leading the coordination of ESG/ESD, services and digital engineering input in pre-construction phase
- Technical design management guidance as required
- Contribute to business planning objectives
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in architecture, construction management or engineering
- 8 + years of experience in design management in the construction industry
- Experience working on largescale construction projects from $50m upwards
- Experience of pre-construction design
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Strong leadership and communication skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Knowledge of construction project management tools and software
- Understanding of construction contracts and regulatory requirements
- Familiarity with building codes and standards
Benefits and perks:
- Market competitive Salary and excellent working environment
- Collaborative and values-based workplace culture
- Strong benefits on offer
- Professional Memberships
If you are looking to add value to a busy, international business who are in a very strong position please get in touch with Alex Mitchell: [email protected] / 0449991120
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