The Senior Design Manager will lead Design Management projects across the UK and internationally, overseeing financial processes, sub-consultant management, and ensuring design deliverables meet quality and contractual standards. This role involves leading teams, implementing design management procedures, and supporting project execution within AECOM's financial and operational frameworks.
What You'll Do
- Managing the Design Process
- Lead Design Management projects across the UK and Internationally
- Management of AECOM financial process and invoicing
- Review of work outputs from team prior to issue to ensure quality and compliance with contractual obligations
- Managing Sub-consultants
- Prepare responsibility matrix to identify sub-consultant responsibility for each area of scope
- Draft and distribute sub-consultant back-to-back contracts so that all scope is accounted for
- Manage updates to sub-consultant contracts and prepare final documents
- Prepare and update cash flow projections
- Establish procedures for invoice submission for sub-consultants and monitor
- Track and report on the progress of all sub-consultant invoices and prepare a monthly Financial Report
- Establishment and Implementation of Design Management Procedures including: Roles and Responsibilities/Scope Delineation
- Preparing design programmes, monitoring and reporting progress
- Managing Deliverables/outputs
- Managing Design Quality
- Managing Design Budgets/Change
- Managing Approvals
- Organising Project Meetings & Design Workshops
- Managing Design Coordination
- Assist in the Management of the Design Management Team
- Achieve AECOM PM accreditation, take active role in management of design projects in accordance with AECOM financial systems and processes
- Lead/Support Design Management projects across the UK and Internationally as appropriate
- Assist in the development of junior Design Management team members through mentoring, training and reviews
- Review work outputs from junior Design Management team members prior to issue to ensure quality and compliance with contractual obligations
- Support the Design Management team Leadership as required
What We're Looking For
- Management of AECOM financial process and invoicing
- Review of work outputs from team prior to issue to ensure quality and compliance with contractual obligations
- Prepare responsibility matrix to identify sub-consultant responsibility for each area of scope
- Draft and distribute sub-consultant back-to-back contracts so that all scope is accounted for
- Manage updates to sub-consultant contracts and prepare final documents
- Prepare and update cash flow projections
- Establish procedures for invoice submission for sub-consultants and monitor
- Track and report on the progress of all sub-consultant invoices and prepare a monthly Financial Report
- Establishment and Implementation of Design Management Procedures including Roles and Responsibilities/Scope Delineation
- Preparing design programmes, monitoring and reporting progress
- Managing Deliverables/outputs
- Managing Design Quality
- Managing Design Budgets/Change
- Managing Approvals
- Organising Project Meetings & Design Workshops
- Managing Design Coordination
- Achieve AECOM PM accreditation
- Take active role in management of design projects in accordance with AECOM financial systems and processes
- Review work outputs from junior Design Management team members prior to issue to ensure quality and compliance with contractual obligations
Nice to Have
- Lead/Support Design Management projects across the UK and Internationally as appropriate
- Assist in the development of junior Design Management team members through mentoring, training and reviews
- Support the Design Management team Leadership as required
Team & Environment
- Passionate about innovation
- Turning bold ideas into reality
- Construct infrastructure
- Uplift communities
- Enhance lives
Benefits & Compensation
- Join our team, where we don't just construct infrastructure but also uplift communities and enhance lives
Work Mode
Global role with work locations across the UK and International regions.
