Design Coordinator

Overview

Coordinate multi‑disciplinary design deliverables and ensure timely, compliant project execution.

Key Responsibilities

• bim management
• drawing review
• subcontractor coordination
• rfi management
• document control
• value engineering

Tasks

As a Design Coordinator, you’ll serve as a crucial link across design, construction, and client interfaces. You will play a key role in aligning project timelines, design deliverables, and construction execution. Your work will directly impact project success, ensuring design activities are clearly defined, technically sound, and delivered on time. Join ALEC Building and be a driving force behind digital excellence on world-class projects. You’ll be part of a multidisciplinary Design & Engineering team, working closely with design managers, consultants, subcontractors, authority bodies, and internal construction teams. You’ll lead coordination efforts across civil, structural, architectural, and infrastructure works—ensuring compliance, consistency, and progress at every stage. -Lead and guide teams responsible for major design components during both design and construction supervision stages. -Track and follow up on DFCs, EIs, and DCRs. -Coordinate project activities with subcontractors; monitor and report performance. -Review shop drawings for compliance with contract and specifications. -Liaise with consultants to ensure timely approvals of drawings/documents. -Coordinate multi-discipline information and proactively identify and resolve constraints. -Delegate and review Design team assignments. -Host and coordinate technical meetings and design workshops. -Contribute to and support the value engineering process. -Ensure drawing production and distribution as per schedule. -Support design abortive works claims due to IFC changes. -Assist in managing subcontractor works and flag technical deviations. -Prepare and raise RFIs & CVIs; ensure response clarity. -Support the Design Manager with the creation of key documents (Project Design Management Plan, PEP, QA/QC Plans, submittal schedules, etc.). -Review Tender and IFC information models issued by consultants (2D drawings, BIM models & asset data) as per ISO 19650. -Support subcontractor coordination processes and reviews. -Ensure engineering strategies are aligned with business objectives across all phases—Pre-construction, Construction, and Post-construction. -Validate quality of information received from all stakeholders. -Collaborate with Planning to update the working program. -Integrate competing or conflicting design elements to ensure project requirements are met smoothly. -Manage Civil, Structural, Architectural, and Infrastructure deliverables to ensure alignment with contract documents and project goals. -Ensure awareness and application of specification requirements and contract obligations. -Ensure modelers/drafters have correct information for ALEC shop drawing updates; manage timely document submittals. -Maintain and track drawing delivery schedules; manage document control for publishing. -Ensure accuracy of as-built/redline drawings—collect field data, coordinate with modelers, and validate final drawings. -Reviewing in Revit, Revizto, and Navisworks -Ensure BIM management is embedded in the program.

Requirements

• autocad
• microsoft office
• adobe acrobat
• civil engineering
• 3 years
• design coordinator

What You Bring

-High standards of confidentiality and trust -Excellent English communication skills (written and verbal) -Proficient in: -Confident decision-maker with strong time management and stress-resilience -Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering or Architecture -Experience in team mentorship and task delegation -AutoCAD & Microsoft Office -Minimum 3 years in a Design Coordinator or Senior Architecture/Structure Coordinator role within the GCC -Adobe Acrobat -Contractor or Subcontractor experience preferred -Demonstrated alignment with ALEC’s values: Integrity, Courage, Reliability, Value Our People, Innovation -Strong organizational and technical review skills

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Benefits

-Opportunity to contribute to the most iconic projects in the region -Supportive and collaborative project culture

About Alec

-Evolved into a regional powerhouse in complex construction. -Now part of Dubai’s Investment Corporation (ICD), expanded operations across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Ethiopia. -Delivers complete turnkey solutions—from design and construction to MEP, fit‑out, modular builds, data‑centers and solar energy projects. -Iconic projects include One Za’abeel, Qiddiya Waterpark & Speedpark, Abu Dhabi’s Natural History Museum, and Wynn Resort in Ras Al Khaimah. -LEADS innovation in digital construction and piloting robotics automation in MEP works. -Through its ALEC Energy division, it has delivered on‑grid, off‑grid, rooftop, and hybrid solar PV systems. -With subsidiaries like TARGET Engineering, INPROSERV, and AJI Rentals, tackles marine, oil & gas, heavy‑lift, and EPC projects. -Its Advanced Engineering Solutions arm delivers façade, envelope, and technology systems for niche, high‑tech developments. -CULTURE of growth sees pioneering modular construction, data‑center infrastructure, and heavy‑equipment rental in new markets.

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