The Senior Design Coordinator plans and oversees the aesthetic elements of a project. The role is responsible to determine project requirements, develop design concepts, prepare cost estimates, source materials, review progress, and consult with clients every step of the way.
- Coordinate design activities between various engineering disciplines and project stakeholders to ensure alignment with project objectives and timelines.
- Manage the design process, including scheduling, tracking progress, and resolving design-related issues to meet project milestones.
- Ensure design deliverables meet quality standards, specifications, and regulatory requirements through reviews and audits.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date design documentation, including drawings, specifications, and technical reports.
- Facilitate collaboration and communication between internal design teams, consultants, contractors, and clients to ensure project requirements are met.
- Manage design changes and revisions, including assessing impacts on scope, schedule, and budget, and obtaining necessary approvals.
- Identify design risks and develop mitigation strategies to address potential issues and minimize project disruptions.
- Monitor design-related costs, track expenditures, and identify cost-saving opportunities to optimize project budgets.
- Serve as a primary point of contact for clients regarding design-related matters, providing updates, addressing concerns, and soliciting feedback.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement, innovation, and efficiency within the design coordination process to enhance project delivery and client satisfaction.
- Conducts and prepares design alternative schemes, where necessary; for Client’s review and comment.
- Manages and develops Value Engineering schemes and schedules to optimize with the latest technical innovations appropriate for the Project which will benefit cost efficiencies and accelerate the construction completion programmes.
- Develops various Schedules on Architectural finishes, materials, specifications criteria, etc. which may aid as a tools in the procurement and budget cost parameters required for the Project.
- Timely ensures that the design deliverables are meeting the client requirements.
- Timely ensures that the design deliverables are within the budget.
- Ensures that the design deliverables are meeting the planned dates in the approved time schedule.
- Ensures that the design documents meets the construction industry standards.
- Ensures the quality of design documents and coordination of all disciplines.
- Ensures that the design deliverables meets the Authorities requirements.
- Ensures to manage the interior design process (RFP, bids review, appointing of ID, ID design deliverables).
- Ensures to manage the coordination process between the ID and the AOR and ensure the deliverables are on time for each.
- Ensures to obtain the required control samples form the ID and handover to the project technical manager along with ID deliverables.
- Ensures to coordinate with procurement, estimation & the client to ensure that ID material are approved, technically accepted, available and value engineered within the budget.
- Ensures that the deliverables of the specialty consultants are integrated in the lead consultant design deliverables with no conflict.
- Support the implementation of HSE initiatives, participate in safety awareness activities, and contribute to incident reporting and resolution in alignment with company and IMS policies