An experienced Design & Build Manager is sought to shape complex construction projects, from the initial opportunity to the handover for execution. You will be at the intersection of design, engineering, budget, and execution. You will manage the design and tender process, bringing together the right internal and external parties. You ensure that design choices are not only technically sound but also feasible, affordable, and executable.
As a central pivot, you monitor quality, cost, planning, and profitability, ensuring that a project proceeds to execution with a well-substantiated dossier.
What you will do.
- Lead the entire preliminary process, from candidacy and tender to pricing, contract formation, and handover for execution.
- Analyze plans, specifications, studies, and technical dossiers to identify risks and opportunities in a timely manner.
- Coordinate, among other things, quantity surveys, permits, and technical dossiers, and monitor the completeness of the project dossier.
- Ensure a structured handover to the execution team once the project is awarded and sufficiently elaborated.
- Manage architects, engineering firms, and other design partners, and monitor the coherence between architecture, techniques, and execution.
- Work closely with internal departments such as calculation, purchasing, and engineering.
- Advise the client on design choices, technical feasibility, and possible optimizations.
- Continuously assess solutions for feasibility, quality, planning, and cost.
- Ensure that technical and design decisions are made and clearly documented in a timely manner.
- Build the project's pricing in collaboration with the calculation and engineering departments.
- Translate design changes and technical choices into their financial impact.
- Monitor the budget and profitability throughout the preliminary process.
- Actively seek optimizations that reconcile technical quality and economic feasibility.
- Monitor design planning, budget, quality, and decision-making within the project.
- Promote safe, sustainable, and energy-efficient solutions, taking into account our ISO 14001 approach.
- Contribute from your expertise to continuous improvement of our Design & Build approach and processes.
What they ask
- Master's degree in Civil Engineering, Architecture, Industrial Engineering, or Civil Engineering.
- At least 5 years of relevant experience within the construction sector (also as project manager, project preparation, architect, or calculator).
- Broad perspective on construction projects and familiar with multiple facets such as design, technical choices, calculation/pricing, feasibility, and project preparation.
- Experience with Design & Build projects, integrated project forms, or complex tender processes is a strong asset.
- Sufficient technical and financial insight to assess design choices based on quality, cost, planning, and feasibility.
- Familiar with collaboration between various parties such as clients, architects, engineering firms, calculation, purchasing, and execution.
- Analytical, communicative, and results-oriented.
- Maintains an overview in complex dossiers, monitors deadlines, and dares to guide decisions.
- Knowledge of Revit/BIM is a plus.
Practical
- A key position within a rapidly growing and innovative construction company, with significant autonomy and room for initiative.
- The opportunity to contribute to complex and technically challenging construction projects from the initial concept to handover for execution.
- Collaboration with clients, architects, engineering firms, calculation, purchasing, engineering department, and execution.
- A stable and family-oriented work environment with a flat structure, short communication lines, and a focus on long-term collaboration.
- A competitive salary package, including: company car, meal vouchers and eco-cheques, net expense allowance, free hospitalization insurance for the whole family, group insurance, cafeteria plan.
- Flexible working hours and the possibility of working from home.
- Training and growth opportunities.
- Freelance is negotiable.
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