Key Responsibilities:
- Always delivering to a high standard, confidently
manage projects, whilst actively engaging and contributing to the design team.
- Assumes decision-making authority and
owns overall technical and financial responsibility for all projects managed by
Project Leaders working under his/her guidance.
- Supervises project leaders throughout
all stages of the projects, from concept to construction, to ensure the “design
direction” set at the inception and during design development of a project is
followed throughout the project effectively.
- Leads all official client
communications upon project handover from the commercial team and thereafter.
- Regularly monitors projects’ progress
with the project leaders to ensure all deliverables are completed to the
client’s satisfaction and in accordance with the technical and contractual
terms of project contract.
- Oversees effective management of time
and resources and is responsible for the management and expenditure of fees and
timely execution of deliverables to meet project deadlines.
- Oversees multi-disciplinary project
teams of Landscape Architects, Architects, CAD technicians, Engineers, and
specialist support teams to ensure project works are carried out in accordance
with company standards and the project brief, and projects are delivered
successfully.
- Provides Mentorship to help grow the
capabilities of the team.
- Manages projects’ drawing production,
documentation, and administration in accordance with company design and quality
standards, policies and procedures and ERP system.
- Responsible for ensuring all QA/QC
procedures are followed, all checks are undertaken, required approvals are
obtained during design development and drawing and documentation production
prior to deliverables being released for submission to clients.
Technical
Competencies:
- Ability to manage
multiple landscape design projects of varying complexity, size and value.
- Oversee, review and challenge
works performed by the design, technical teams, and other disciplines.
- Be able to interpret technical
drawings and documentation, specifications and reports, proposals, technical
and financial terms, contracts, and tender documents.
- Demonstrate excellent software
skill in AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, MS Office. Knowledge of Sketch-Up,
Lumion, Revit, Rhino is an added advantage.
Management
and Corporate Competencies:
- Commercial
Awareness
- Effective
planning, organisational and execution skills,
- Project
planning and resource budgeting
- Team
leadership and people management
- Internal
and external client and stakeholder management skills
Position
Requirements:
- University
Degree – Bachelors/Post Graduation or equivalent - in landscape architecture or
architecture
- CMLI
UK or
equivalent advanced-level professional qualification (preferred)
- Min.
of 10 years of landscape
architecture work experience on sizeable design projects
- Experience
of working for international design/engineering related practices will be preferable
- Experience
in managing project teams/multiple staff
- Fluency
in English, verbal and written