Design Manager

AECOMCape Town, ZA

18 hours ago

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Job title : Design Manager

Job Location : Western Cape, Cape Town

Deadline : December 07, 2025

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Technical Excellence :

Delivery of EC Projects, understand status, budget, risks, etc.

Understands and embrace AECOM PM’s best practices, and AECOM’s PDS and EC GEPs

Has a solid Technical Background on Multidisciplinary Engineering Projects and can contribute to technical discussions when needed

Undertakes the full responsibility and tasks of the design management of projects

Able to analyse all types of projects commercially and advise the Project Delivery Teams of the commercial health of their projects and highlights concerns in advance.

Prepares and assists in various levels of project reporting. Key contributor in the preparation of the monthly status reports.

Reviews and approves output from project cost and schedule systems. Prepares or reviews presentations based on system output.

Delivers effective communication, inclusive of clients and team members, to clarify expectations and requirements

Prepare cost proposals for projects or programs.

Prepare project reports, KPIs and ensures that Quality Procedures are followed within EC Africa, and multi-centric Projects that are managed in EC Africa.

Collaborate and coordinate closely with the Lead Office Project Manager and design teams

Ensures assigned design teams effectively coordinate with each other

Responsible for ensuring that any additional work / changes in scope are approved by clients

Ensures that quality reviews are conducted and that the appropriate Lead Verifiers are assigned to the projects

Collaborate with the client to confirm the design approach and that it satisfies the client scope of services and expectations

Supports other Africa EC Lead PMs / DMs in their day to day duties and project discussions.

Qualifications

Honours degree in built environment field of study with a minimum of four (4) years' relevant post-graduate experience

B-Tech degree in built environment field of study with a minimum of five (5) years’ relevant post-graduate experience

National Higher Diploma in built environment field of study with a minimum of six (6) years’ relevant post-graduate experience

National Diploma in built environment field of study with a minimum of seven (7) years’ relevant post-graduate experience

Tertiary qualification in Project Management related field of study, such as procurement, quantity surveying, engineering, architecture, planning, contracting, etc with a minimum of five (5) years' relevant post-graduate experience

Required :

Registration as Candidate Professional with SACAP, OR

Registration as Candidate Professional with ECSA, OR

Registration as Candidate Professional with SACPCMP (CCPM), OR

Certification as PMP with PMI

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