Design Manager - Health Care & Social Infrastructure

Overview

Manage design, budgeting, and delivery of health care/social infrastructure projects.

Key Responsibilities

• project planning
• technical scope
• design management
• change control
• project reporting
• budget management

Tasks

-Project Planning: Responsible for managing multi-disciplinary project delivery for health care and social infrastructure projects to produce a compliant, constructible design in accordance with Client requirements, Operation and Maintenance requirements, and Construction requirements. Manage the production of project and workstream plans, ensuring that all activities are identified, are appropriately organized and resourced to deliver project objectives, and comply with the organization's project and program management framework. -Technical Scope: Responsible for developing or verifying the technical scope of a project and working with disciplines to provide pricing during proposal, and subsequently work planning following project award to initiate design activities. -Design: Lead the creation and execution of design work plan and level of effort (LOE). Participate to continuously review and improve the overall project strategy to meet design schedule and budget with the ability to support staging and phasing requirements. Coordinate the preparation of the design criteria by the team leads. Ensure the design produced follows appropriate engineering processes, including GHD and Project specific processes. Lead the creation and execution of design work plan and level of effort (LOE). -Change: Contribute to implementing and following the project’s Change Control system, including proactive escalation of potential changes. -Project Reporting and Review: Manage the project review process; provide stakeholders with accurate and relevant information and key recommendations at established review points to enable them to evaluate progress and agree on change. -Leadership and Direction: Coordinates the preparation of the design criteria by the team leads. Ensure fluid communication between the project management team, the design team, construction team, and the various internal and external stakeholders as engineering elements. -Budgeting: Responsible for managing the engineering design budget and providing key inputs to the Project Controls team. -Quality Control: Responsible for coordinating Quality Control of all deliverable submittals in accordance with GHD’s Quality Management System. -Project Delivery: Participate reviewing and improving the overall project strategy to meet design schedule and budget. Familiarity with different project delivery methods on larger projects, including Progressive Design-Build (PDB), Alliances, and Public-Private Partnerships (P3s), is an asset. Convenes, chairs, and documents interdisciplinary design coordination meetings and brings forward updates and any critical issues that impact external stakeholders to the Project Manager.

Requirements

• clinical design
• ontario healthcare
• scheduling software
• 5+ years
• b.sc.
• bim

What You Bring

-Technical proficiency and previous project design experience in clinical design, construction, or operational environment. -Demonstrated experience in the Ontario healthcare planning and design environment, including various capital planning approval stages with the Ministry of Health -Knowledge of scheduling software and engineering and capital cost estimating techniques is a definite asset. -5+ years of design management experience on multi-discipline architectural or engineering teams for health care and social infrastructure projects within Canada. -Strong organizational skills. -Familiarity with different project delivery methods on larger projects, including Progressive Design-Build (PDB), Alliances, and Public-Private Partnerships (P3s), is an asset. -Bachelor’s (B.Sc.) degree or equivalent from a recognized college or university. -Strong skills in verbal and written communication. -Expertise in human-centered design or healthcare facility planning, including knowledge of hospital regulations, CSA Standards for health facilities, and accessibility standards. -The ability to deal with uncertainty, changing and multiple priorities. -Familiarity with building information modeling (BIM) and integrated project delivery (IPD) approaches.

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About Ghd

-With a focus on innovation, it integrates expertise across various sectors to deliver world-class solutions. -The organization is known for tackling large and complex projects, such as designing bridges and tunnels and constructing energy-efficient buildings. -Notable projects include infrastructure development for major cities and energy-efficient solutions for industrial facilities. -The organization continues to expand its digital and technological capabilities to ensure solutions are cutting-edge and sustainable.

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