Associate Director – Design (Real Estate)

Job Description

Role Purpose/Mission
We are seeking a Associate Director, Design (Real Estate) Will Plan, coordinate all of the design-related matters on construction projects, helping to keep work running smoothly and on time are specialist project managers who oversee design-related matters on construction projects. They’re employed by construction contractors (as opposed to the initial design consultants or architects) and help ensure that the multi-disciplinary teams involved in the project work together smoothly and that everything is delivered on time and within budget.
They typically start work on a project before construction begins and continue until construction is complete, with their tasks changing as the project progresses.

Accountabilities:
• Managing the design processes involved in a construction project, including ensuring that drawings are ready on time, reviewing designs and making them available to the appropriate people
• Liaising with clients on design-related matters
• Establishing and maintaining effective methods of communication between the teams involved in design work throughout the project
• Maintaining records and documents throughout the project
• Assessing, mitigating and managing risks connected with design
• Ensuring designs and design work meets health and safety legislation, sustainable building standards (such as BREEAM – the Building Research Establishment’s Environmental Assessment Method) and industry codes of practice
• Managing the design team
• Chairing design meetings, writing reports and giving presentations.