Senior Design Coordinator Al Futtaim Real Estate

Al Futtaim Group is currently looking for a Senior Design Coordinator in UAE who will be responsible to coordinate all design information from Consultants / Specialist Contractors drawings and assist in the preparation of workshop drawings. Supervision and development of junior co-ordinators. This is a mid level full time role. For this role the salary ranges from 12000 AED to 25000 AED, which may be slightly negotiatable during the interview.

Duties of Senior Design Coordinator

• Design Coordination: Collate information from related Arch / Struct / MEP consultant’s drawings/ design calculations / RFI responses / EI / amendments advised by sub-contractors and incorporate them into the appropriate workshop drawings.
• Check drawing development / presentation / accuracy of drawings.
• Ensure compliance with the latest specifications and drawing standards.
• Acts as the first contact person as design questions and issues arise in the field.
• Establishes design coordination meetings with suppliers / subcontractors and issue follow up notes.
• Coordinate with vendors and assist Project consultant in material selection and detailed drawing development.
• Liaise with procurement department during subcontract finalization for responding the technical queries from the Supply chain.
• Liaise with project commercial department for finalization of scope between trade contractors, especially finalize scope gap between trade contractors.
• Ensure all design information is current and coordinate with all trades having model deliverables for timely delivery of the project.
• Creates project closeout documents as per project specifications and liaise with Project consultant for approval.
• Efficiency: Plan and organize workload to meet project priorities.
• Creates and manages lists of open decision items and put a timetable that decisions must be made within the time frame without delaying the project schedule.
• Establishes design coordination meetings with suppliers / subcontractors and issue follow up notes.
• Demonstrate ability to work unsupervised but also highlight issues to senior design staff.
• Resolve issues and coordination of information to meet required timescales and site activities raising RFIs as necessary.

Eligibility Requirements for Senior Design Coordinator

• Degree in Civil Engineering.
• Minimum of 5 years of UAE experience in a similar role.

Skills Desired

• Demonstrate good written and oral skills.
• Interact with Senior / Junior staff / Client / Site Team to provide appropriate feedback (meetings, advance info etc).
• Communicate with vendors and assists Project consultant in material selection and detailed drawing development.
• Show ability to manage workload with subordinate staff.
• Extensive knowledge and experience with a variety of computer applications, including, but not limited to AutoCAD, MS Office, Photoshop.
• Demonstrate ability to visualize in 3D.
• Understand the requirements and ability to read Consultants / Sub contractors drawings.
• Raise RFI’s / highlighting areas left uncoordinated by the Consultants / Sub contractors.
• Understand different disciplines within the construction team and reflect this in the way coordination problems are resolved.
• Develop an understanding of electronic document management system.
• Understand the requirements of a collaboration system and how it will benefit the design department.
• Good Communication Skills.
• Ability to raise queries/RFI’s on a regular basis.
• Ability to work effectively with Design Management teams.

Lead Design Engineering Wood Abu Dhabi

MIS Supervisor Al Futtaim Automotive Dubai