Detailing & 3D Modeling Design Manager

Central Europe In-Country

REPORTS TO - Senior Design Manager
DIRECT REPORTS - Document Controllers
MAIN INTERFACES - CTG Clients (Contractors &
Consultant Engineers), Directors, Off-shore Team
Leaders
QUALIFICATIONS - Engineering Degree or relevant experience
ISSUE DATE - 2 November 2007

To manage the design detailing process from the initial sale through to the final payment for works completed

• Actively participate with directors & management to formulate plans for securing new opportunities.
• Maintain a broad network of relationships with Clients, Contractors & Consultants to identify potential new business opportunities & feedback information to directors & management.
• Work in conjunction with the directors to develop & maintain b2b relationships with current potential Client organisations.
• Manage the pre-contact activities involved in understanding & bidding potential projects.

• Define & clarify Clients specific design detailing requirements.
• Plan produce a detailing strategy for each project.
• Project-manage all jobs in accordance with the detailing strategy to ensure successful timely delivery of all projects using technology tools provided.
• Act as the conduit between internal / external stakeholders & ensure effective communication takes place between all stakeholders.
• Act as the in-country detailing expert & ensure all queries are resolved in a timely fashion.
• Actively manage change in the design process gain agreement to all additional works in advance of completion.
• Check all drawings for quality to ensure compliance with the prescribed detailing strategy.
• Manage the commercial aspects of the project, including invoicing and obtaining payment.

• Establish meaningful goals & objectives, delegate delivery responsibility to the lowest appropriate level & provide the drive, support, guidance & encouragement to ensure commercial success of the business.
• Ensure all DC’s have a good understanding of their role & responsibilities, giving the appropriate motivation & leading by personal example.

• Excellent understanding of the reinforced concrete design & detailing.
• Good comprehension of how structures are constructed, including a good understanding of the buildability issues faced by Clients in delivering projects.
• Thorough understanding of Health & Safety regulations & legislation.
• Ability to control and reduce health & safety risks.
• Knowledge & understanding of CDM regulations.

• Communicates accurately, concisely and in a timely manner, demonstrating effective listening skills.
• Works hard at adapting communication to suit different audiences.
• Communicates views & concerns openly, honestly & will constructively challenge others, handling disagreements & conflict effectively.
• Provides straightforward & accurate information about the most difficult & complex issues or policies.
• Ability to effectively influence & negotiate.
• Builds relationships both within CTG and externally.

• Prepared to take initiative, a self-starter who always rises to the challenge.
• Always looking for the next challenge.
• Has a positive attitude to change & remains resilient & positive even when under considerable pressure.
• Must be a ‘finisher’ with great attention to detail & can effectively cope with setbacks.
• Prepared to make personal sacrifice to ensure a goal is achieved.
• Strives to fulfil own potential & continues to self-develop.
• Actively seeks opportunities for learning, & advancing professional qualifications.
• Willingness to develop & work in a team; encourages & adopts team goals; understands & appreciates others roles; learns from others.

• Able to identify risks & opportunities & put in place pro-active plans to manage them.
• Able to define how changes in the external market affects the business & can put proposals forward to address these.
• Describe critical success factors of Clients for their projects & highlight strategies for delivering these.
• Highly competent in the application of IT skills.

• Understands the key measures by which his/ her performance will be measured.
• Works to ensure Client service is an integrated part of their work.
• Proactively drives through changes that bring about improvements.
• Actively works to improve the public perception of CTG.
• Proactive in using direct & informal contacts with Clients and/or their consultants to constantly monitor Client satisfaction & pick up cues regarding satisfaction & future needs/opportunities.
• Can quickly gain a good understanding of Clients business and is responsive to Client needs.
• Establish regular contact with Clients. Keep them informed of progress, to ensure continued satisfaction.

• Is able to develop innovative solutions that directly contribute to CTG & the Client both in the short & medium term.
• Challenges traditional views & looks for improvement through adopting a new approach.
• Willing to cast aside traditional assumptions & try approaching issues from a different angle or perspective.
• Effective at taking the ‘seed’ of an idea & developing it as an approach that can add value.
• Useful sounding board for new ideas & ways of doing things.