Senior Project Coordinator - Design Management

About the role

Egypt Education Platform is hiring a Senior Project Coordinator for its Corporate Office in Cairo, working on-site. The role covers design management, design coordination and supervision consultant and contractor coordination, acting as the client's focal point for design matters.

Key responsibilities

• Manage and monitor the design process from concept through detailed design, tender, construction and as-built, and set up the design management procedures, workflows and responsibilities
• Monitor the Design Consultant's performance against scope, programme, deliverables and contractual requirements, and review design submissions for compliance with the brief, employer requirements and standards
• Monitor design changes and their impact on cost, programme, quality, functionality and constructability, and document changes, comments, approvals and revisions
• Coordinate between architectural, structural, MEP, civil, landscape, infrastructure and specialist systems, resolving interdisciplinary conflicts and leading design coordination meetings
• Review and monitor BIM coordination and clash detection where applicable, and define the design interfaces between the Design Consultant and Contractor
• Act as the client's design management focal point with the Design Consultant, coordinate with the Supervision Consultant and monitor contractor design submissions, shop drawings, material proposals, technical submissions and RFIs
• Ensure approved design information is available for construction, document design changes arising from site conditions, and compile final/as-built design documentation at close-out
• Ensure designs comply with the project brief, local regulations, international standards, authority requirements and codes, and support value engineering
• Monitor design activities against the master programme, identify design-related delays and coordinate with the planning team on deliverables, approvals, procurement and construction priorities
• Support the commercial team in assessing the technical implications of design changes and variations

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture or Engineering
• Minimum 10-15 years of overall professional experience, with substantial experience in design management and coordination
• Proven experience managing multidisciplinary design teams and consultants
• Experience on large-scale educational, university, healthcare, commercial or mixed-use projects preferred
• Experience in an Owner/Client, PMO, Project Management Consultant or Design Management environment highly desirable
• Demonstrated experience managing design in both pre-construction and construction stages

Required skills

• Strong experience coordinating between Client, Design Consultant, Supervision Consultant and Contractor
• Experience with BIM coordination and multidisciplinary design coordination preferred