Concrete Design Manager at KPR (Pty) LTD

Job description

Overall management of the discipline specific area within the design office, ensuring that the discipline solutions are efficiently and effectively managed, resulting in a completed product that is to the satisfaction of the client.

Main functions include (but not limited to):

• Overall management of the discipline specific area
• Overall management of the discipline specific area budget
• Overall management of the discipline solutions quality

Key Performance Areas and Indicators (Responsibilities):

• Engineering
• Carry out innovative detailed designs as required for specific disciplines following good engineering practices
• Ensure that the discipline designs are carried out in accordance with client standards and specifications, industry standards and the relevant legislation (quality of design)
• Provide design interface between disciplines
• Ensure (certified) design information received from vendors, contractors and consultants is accurate and interfaces with other designs
• Ensure the effective (peer) review and approval of discipline design
• Ensure continuous improvement, lessons learnt, value engineering, fit for purpose and latest technologies are implemented
• Carry the responsiblity for the engineering discipline sign off
• Interface with internal and external design and drafting disciplines
• Provide discipline inputs for studies and proposals
• Provide engineering support to the site team
• Perform commissioning discipline activities
• Manage the mark-up and back draughting of redline drawings
• Operational Management
• Management of the discipline design scope including management of the change control process.
• Management of the discipline so as to ensure timeous completion of project design deliverables.
• Management of the discipline budget and related cost control processes.
• Management of all design quality aspects so as to ensure conformance to the agreed project quality management plan.
• Management of design communications including documentation control and reporting.
• Management of the project execution phase including the design and procurement efforts as required.
• Financial
• Management of the commercial aspects of the projects so as to ensure that the project is generally profitable, and consistent with the margins envisaged at tender stage.
• Management of the manhour budget.
• Management of client invoicing process including ensuring that payments are received timeously.

Qualifications Formal Qualification Required

Essential / Advantageous

Degree Civil Engineering

Essential

Professional Engineer