The Design Manager is responsible for leading multidisciplinary design coordination and integration across all works contracts and systems packages within a major infrastructure programme.
This role ensures that all design outputs are fully integrated, consistent, and aligned with project requirements, operational constraints, system interfaces, and statutory expectations within a highly regulated and technically complex environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Design Leadership & Integration
- Lead multi-disciplinary design coordination and integration across all relevant works contracts and systems packages
- Drive alignment of design outputs across civil, structural, architectural, building services, E&M, and system-related disciplines
- Ensure that all designs are fully integrated, consistent, and aligned with overall project objectives
- Design Management Framework
- Establish and implement the design management process for the PDMC, including:
- Design submission protocols
- Review workflows and approval cycles
- Comment management and resolution tracking
- Decision records and technical coordination procedures
- Ensure structured, auditable, and consistent design governance across all packages
- Design Baseline & Consistency Control
- Maintain oversight of the integrated design baseline across all contracts
- Ensure consistency of design assumptions, criteria, and parameters across disciplines and packages
- Manage configuration control and ensure that design changes are properly coordinated and documented
- Technical Design Reviews & Coordination
- Coordinate and lead technical design reviews involving:
- Civil, structural, architectural, building services, and E&M disciplines
- System-related and interface-sensitive packages
- Ensure design interfaces, requirements, constraints, assumptions, and constructability considerations are fully addressed
- Support multidisciplinary coordination to ensure designs are integrated, congruent, and consistent across the programme
- Interface & Requirements Management
- Ensure that interface requirements across contracts, disciplines, and systems are clearly defined, coordinated, and resolved
- Integrate authority comments, operational constraints, and technical requirements into the design development process
- Support the Client’s integration function on requirement compliance, interface design management, and integration risks
- Digital Design & BIM Coordination
- Work closely with BIM and CDE teams to maintain project-wide design coordination using federated models and digital collaboration platforms
- Ensure that digital design deliverables are aligned, coordinated, and compliant with project standards
- Promote effective use of digital tools to enhance integration and clash avoidance
- Risk, Compliance & Issue Resolution
- Identify and escalate technical conflicts, non-compliances, and gaps in design development
- Address constructability issues, design safety concerns, and coordination risks across packages
- Ensure alignment with applicable standards, statutory requirements, and authority expectations
- Support assurance processes to ensure designs meet required compliance and quality standards
- Technical Alignment & Standards Interpretation
- Coordinate with technical advisory functions where interpretation of applicable standards and baseline criteria require alignment or clarification
- Ensure consistency in application of project standards and technical requirements across all design packages
- Facilitate resolution of complex technical issues requiring cross-discipline input
- Documentation & Traceability
- Ensure all design decisions, review outcomes, and technical resolutions are properly documented and traceable
- Maintain clear audit trails for design development, approvals, and integration outcomes
- Support reporting requirements for project governance, client briefings, and assurance reviews
Key Requirements
Qualifications & Experience
- Degree in Engineering, Architecture, or related discipline
- Minimum 15 years’ experience in design management for large-scale infrastructure or major development projects
- Proven experience in multidisciplinary coordination and design integration across complex, multi-contract environments
- Experience in projects with significant system interfaces and stringent regulatory requirements preferred
Technical Competencies
- Strong knowledge of multidisciplinary design coordination (Civil, Structural, Architectural, Building Services, E&M and systems)
- Experience in design management processes, review workflows, and integration frameworks
- Familiarity with Hong Kong statutory processes and authority engagement
- Experience in BIM-led coordination and digital delivery environments
Leadership & Behavioural Competencies
- Strong leadership and coordination capabilities across diverse teams
- Highly structured, detail-oriented, and governance-driven
- Proactive in identifying and resolving design risks and integration challenges
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
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