Senior Manager: Technical (Architecture, Civil & Structures)

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One of three positions in the team - The Senior Project Manager: Technical (Architecture, Civil, Structures & Rail) is a senior, client‑facing role within a PMC organization, responsible for managing and assuring the end‑to‑end design and build process for architectural, civil, structural, and rail infrastructure works on a major program (e.g., metro, mainline, light rail, or multi‑modal hub).

This is a non‑operational role focused on project and design management, technical governance, safety by design, and contractor oversight on behalf of the client. The role ensures that all consultants, contractors, and stakeholders deliver coordinated, safe, compliant, and constructible designs and built works that meet the employer’s requirements, authority regulations, and project objectives for scope, time, cost, quality, and safety.

Key Responsibilities

1. Client Representation & Governance

• Act as the primary PMC focal point for technical matters across architecture, civil, structures, and rail infrastructure (track, earthworks, rail civil interfaces).
• Represent the client in high‑level technical, design, and coordination meetings with consultants, contractors, authorities, and third parties.
• Ensure employer’s requirements, design briefs, and technical standards (including rail‑specific criteria) are clearly communicated, understood, and implemented by all delivery partners.
• Provide independent advice and recommendations to the client on technical, risk, and program issues related to the built environment and rail scope.

2. Design Management & Technical Assurance

• Lead and manage the full design lifecycle (concept, schematic, detailed design, IFC\text{IFC}IFC) for:
  • Architectural works (stations, depots, ancillary buildings, public realm)
  • Civil and structural works (viaducts, bridges, tunnels, cut‑and‑cover, retaining structures, foundations, earthworks)
  • Rail civil and track‑related infrastructure (trackform, slab/ballast design, formation, drainage, trackside civil works)
• Review and comment on design submissions, BIM models, calculations, reports, and specifications to ensure compliance with:
  • Employer’s requirements and project design criteria
  • Local building and rail infrastructure codes and authority requirements
  • Applicable international standards
• Chair and coordinate multi‑discipline design review workshops, value engineering, and constructability reviews to optimize solutions for safety, functionality, operations, and cost.
• Oversee requirements management and traceability for the architectural, civil/structural, and rail infrastructure scope from requirements capture through verification and close‑out.
• Ensure adherence to technical assurance processes, including formal design verification and validation, peer reviews, and independent checks.

3. Interface & Multi‑Discipline Coordination

• Coordinate all interfaces between architecture/civil/structures/rail and other disciplines (MEP, signalling, telecoms, power, rolling stock, systems integration, utilities, highways).
• Manage and maintain interface registers, ensuring early identification and resolution of cross‑discipline and cross‑contract issues (e.g., track–structure interaction, rail–station integration, rail–road interfaces).
• Ensure that architectural and structural designs accommodate rail system, track alignment, clearance, access, evacuation, and maintenance requirements.
• Support project‑wide design and interface governance in collaboration with the Design & Interface