The Role
Leads consultant appointments, tenders, contract administration, design documentation, scheduling, stakeholder coordination, design reviews, approvals, value engineering, budgeting, and cost alignment. The role coordinates multidisciplinary international design teams across architecture, structure, MEP, façade, interiors, and facilities, resolves design issues, tracks deliverables, and supports transition to site design coordination.
Summary Generated by Built In
Consultant appointments
& contract administration
- Prequalify local and international consultants for all
design disciplines
- Prepare Requests for Proposal and administer tenders
- Clarify and evaluate proposals received and prepare tender
report with adjudication recommendation.
- Assist PM and Client to negotiate commercial terms and
prepare LOA and contract documents.
- Certify consultant bills for payment.
- Manage contractual claims and change orders.
Design leadership &
scheduling
- Implement documentation management and communication protocols
- Manage all design documentation with document controller
- Assist the planner in preparing the pre-construction
master schedule.
- Prepare design briefs with inputs from client, operator,
PM, and QS team
- Lead all design meetings/calls, prepare agenda &
minutes, and follow-up on assigned tasks
- Prepare design schedules with weekly/fortnightly
deliverables and inter-discipline dependencies
- Track design deliverables against schedule, flag delays,
and implement recovery plans
- Lead design reviews and approval process by all
stakeholders and drive inter-discipline coordination.
- De-bottleneck design hold-ups and help stakeholders to
reach consensus.
- Ensure the operator brand standards are incorporated in
the design and leverage the operator operational expertise to improve the
design functionality.
- Post tender documentation, hand over design role and
responsibilities to site design coordinator
Budgeting, value
engineering, and cost management
- Assist the QS team to prepare the project budget and
subsequent updates. Review the budget and ensure it is consistent with the
designs.
- Throughout the design, ensure designers adhere to the
budget brief and identify any deviation.
- Identify areas for potential value engineering to improve
designs and/or reduce cost in coordination with the designers, the operator,
and the client.
Requirements
- B.Arch. or BE/BTech with experience in managing schematic
or design development stage.
- post-graduate degree or PMP certification is a plus.
- A minimum of 10–12 years’ experience in design management
or project management for high end residential, commercial, retail or hospitality
projects.
- International experience is a plus.
- Tender/contract
drafting experience is a plus.
- Excellent
interpersonal and leadership skills, able to lead international,
multidisciplinary teams, and develop constructive relationships with all
stakeholders.
- Good
written and spoken English, able to convey complex ideas and design briefs in a
concise and clear manner
- Good
planning and organizational skills, able to effectively schedule and coordinate
various design activities. MS Project proficiency is a plus.
- Sharp
analytical mind with good problem-solving skills
- Solid understanding of all
design disciplines, architecture/structure/MEP/Façade/ ID/ Facility and inter-discipline
coordination process
Benefits
We offer a comprehensive benefits package rooted in full statutory compliance, including our contributions to the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) to ensure your long-term financial security. In addition to mandated Gratuity for your dedicated service, we provide competitive variable pay structures tied to project performance, comprehensive medical and accidental insurance, and site-specific allowances wherever applicable.
Skills Required
- B.Arch. or BE/BTech degree with experience managing schematic or design development stages
- 10–12 years of experience in design management or project management for high-end residential, commercial, retail, or hospitality projects
- Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills, including the ability to lead international multidisciplinary teams and build stakeholder relationships
- Good written and spoken English, with the ability to communicate complex ideas and design briefs clearly
- Good planning and organizational skills for scheduling and coordinating design activities
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Solid understanding of architecture, structural, MEP, façade, interior design, facilities, and interdisciplinary coordination
- Postgraduate degree or PMP certification
- International experience
- Tender and contract drafting experience
- MS Project proficiency
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The Company
What We Do
Ascentis is an international engineering and project management firm founded in 2006 and operating across South Asia and Africa. It provides engineering and project management services to the real estate sector, delivering end-to-end solutions from feasibility through commissioning. The company serves complex building projects and emphasizes world-class professional standards, high quality, and uncompromising integrity in its client partnerships and project delivery.
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