Full Time Design Manager Jobs, in China Construction Yangtze River (Malaysia) Johor - Maukerja

Job Responsibilities:

• Overall Design Management: Develop and implement design management plans, drawing requirement schedules, and coordination mechanisms for the construction phase, ensuring that design deliverables meet construction progress and quality requirements.
• IFC (Issued for Construction) Drawing Review: Organize the review of architectural, structural, piling, MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing), and external works drawings to identify conflicts regarding grid lines, dimensions, elevations, positioning, and technical specifications.
• Shop Drawing Coordination and Review: Guide engineers, drafters, and specialized subcontractors in the preparation, review, and submission of shop drawings; verify interdisciplinary interfaces and construction feasibility.
• Interdisciplinary Design Coordination: Coordinate architectural, structural, MEP, and BIM interfaces, including equipment foundations, openings and sleeves, cable trenches, vertical shafts, and equipment transport routes.
• Piling and Civil Works Coordination: Address technical design issues related to pile locations, pile testing, foundations, structural elements, roads, drainage, and site hoarding.
• RFIs and Design Changes: Manage the preparation, review, and tracking of Requests for Information (RFIs), technical clarifications, and design changes; assess their impact on construction, procurement, costs, and project schedules.
• Drawing and Technical Submissions: Maintain a register of shop drawings, technical documentation, and design issues; track the approval status from consultants and ensure the timely resolution of outstanding items.
• Consultant and Client Coordination: Organize design coordination meetings, facilitate the timely resolution of queries by architects, structural engineers, and MEP consultants, and document and follow up on meeting decisions.
• BIM Clash Coordination: Coordinate the verification of BIM models against construction drawings and conduct clash detection in critical areas, ensuring that coordination outcomes are incorporated into the latest approved drawings.
• Design Schedule and Risk Management: Monitor pending RFIs, drawings awaiting approval, and critical interfaces against the master construction schedule; provide early warnings for potential risks and develop corrective measures.
• On-site Technical Support: Resolve design-related conflicts during construction and provide technical support for construction methods and site-specific issues; escalate major issues to the relevant design consultants for confirmation.
• Drawing Version Control and As-Built Documentation: Collaborate with document control to ensure that the latest approved drawings are used on-site; collect approved design changes, as-built survey data, and as-built documentation from subcontractors.
• Team and Compliance Management: Manage design engineers, drafters, and the design deliverables of subcontractors; formal design approvals and statutory sign-offs shall be executed by authorized professionals.

Job Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree or higher in Civil Engineering, Architectural Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a related field; professional qualification certificates are a plus.
• Work Experience: 8+ years of experience in construction engineering or design management, including at least 3 years in design coordination or technical management; experience with data center projects is preferred.
• Professional Competence: Proficient in the design interfaces for architecture, structures, pile foundations, MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) systems, and external works; capable of organizing multi-disciplinary drawing reviews and constructability assessments.
• Drawing Management: Familiar with processes for IFC (Issued for Construction) drawings, shop drawings, RFIs (Requests for Information), design changes, as-built drawings, official submissions, and version control.
• Technical Standards: Knowledgeable regarding engineering design and consultant submission requirements in Malaysia; able to identify design issues related to grid lines, dimensions, elevations, openings, and equipment foundations.
• Software Skills: Proficient in AutoCAD, Excel, and the MS Office suite; experience with Revit, Navisworks, or BIM coordination platforms is an advantage.
• English Proficiency: Capable of reviewing drawings, preparing RFIs, and conducting technical meetings in English, as well as communicating effectively with clients, design consultants, and subcontractors.
• Management Skills: Able to coordinate design teams and specialized subcontractors, manage design schedules and task assignments, maintain issue logs, and ensure the resolution and closure of identified risks.
• Additional Advantages: Familiarity with design coordination for data center technical spaces, equipment foundations, equipment transport routes, MEP system integration, and external utility networks.