DESIGN DEPARTMENT HEAD

JOB DESCRIPTION

DESIGN DEPARTMENT HEAD

Job Title: Design Department Head

Department: Design / Architecture & Engineering

Reports To: Managing Director

Supervises: Architects, Structural Designers/Engineers, Draftspersons, BOQ Staff, and other Design Department employees

Employment Type: Full-Time

The Design Department Head is responsible for the overall management, technical supervision, coordination, quality control, and timely delivery of all design activities

The position requires Technical Competence + Accuracy + Speed + Quality + Coordination + Accountability + Effective Employee Management and a strong hands-on technical professional and who is capable of personally performing and reviewing the following mandatory areas:

1. Structural Design

2. Drafting and Technical Drawing Production

3. Architectural and Other Design Works

4. Bill of Quantities (BOQ) Preparation and Review

In addition to technical competence, the Head of Design Department must be capable of managing employees, allocating work, monitoring performance, reviewing deliverables, providing feedback, solving technical problems, and ensuring that all projects are completed accurately and on time.

The position is responsible for ensuring that the Design Department works efficiently, responds quickly to project requirements, and maintains high technical and professional standards.

Key Responsibilities

A. Design Department Management

The Head of Design Department shall:

• Lead and manage the overall activities of the Design Department.

• Plan, organize, assign, and monitor the work of design employees.

• Allocate tasks according to employee skills, workload, project priority, and deadlines.

• Monitor the progress of all ongoing design projects.

• Ensure that employees understand their responsibilities, deliverables, and deadlines.

• Monitor employee productivity and quality of work.

• Identify delays, workload problems, and performance issues at an early stage.

• Take appropriate action to ensure that project deadlines are not missed.

• Coordinate with management regarding project priorities, staffing, resources, and deadlines.

• Ensure effective communication and cooperation among Architects, Structural Designers, Draftspersons, Civil Engineers, and BOQ/Quantity staff.

• Conduct regular departmental performance reviews.

• Provide technical guidance, coaching, and feedback to employees.

• Identify employee training and development requirements.

 B. Mandatory Technical Responsibilities

• Prepare and/or review structural design concepts.

• Perform structural analysis and design as required.

• Prepare and review structural calculations.

• Design structural elements such as foundations, columns, beams, slabs, walls, stairs, and other structural components as applicable.

• Review structural drawings and details.

• Coordinate structural designs with architectural and other engineering designs.

• Identify structural conflicts, errors, omissions, and technical problems.

• Ensure structural designs comply with applicable codes, standards, and project requirements.

• Check structural design work prepared by other employees before submission.

• Provide technical guidance to structural designers and engineers.

• Review drawings prepared by Draftspersons.

• Ensure drawings are accurate, complete, properly detailed, and coordinated.

• Ensure correct drawing standards, layers, dimensions, annotations, scales, titles, and revisions.

• Coordinate drawings between different disciplines. Identify drawing errors and inconsistencies before submission.

• Ensure drawings are prepared according to project requirements and company standards.

Job Requirements

Experience: 3 Years and Above

How To Apply

Interested and Qualified applicants can apply through our telegram below

https://t.me/HHCONSULTINGARC