Senior Designer â?? Fire Protection Gauteng JHB

Purpose

The purpose of this role is to design high quality, impactful and fully compliant fire protection systems that deliver value for money solutions for the client. In addition, this role will represent design and be the design technical lead in the project teams.

Key Performance Areas

Project Design

• Coordinate design for allocated projects by preparing for project, understanding design requirements, defining preliminary design project timelines, leading project team and managing delivery of project to standard and deadlines as scheduled and per agreed project plan
• Participate in project meetings to understand customer and operations requirements by attending, verifying technical requirements and specifications, verifying compliance complexities, discussing project timing and deadlines and gathering information to share with design team (if relevant) as scheduled and required
• Lead project design teams by allocating design tasks to team members, defining critical success factors, providing technical guidance and oversight and integrating all parts of design into final design within deadline
• Manage project design compliance and quality by reviewing completed designs, verifying against compliance and quality standards and requirements, amending, approving and submitting for final signoff within deadline
• Present designs to project teams (sales, operations and technical) by attending meetings, presenting designs, receiving feedback, debating design amendments and implementing approved changes as and when required
• Mentor junior design project team members by monitoring design process, providing guidance and technical advice and supporting improved delivery from design team members as required
• Complete post implementation profit analysis of projects by participating in post project implementation review, evaluating design assumptions versus actual, calculating design costs, developing design recommendations to improve future project profitability and submitting for approval within agreed deadline
• Build mutually supportive and responsive relationships with project team members (sales, operations and technical) and customers (professional team/consultant/client) by engaging on project requirements, providing technical, cost management and drawing support and contributing to overall project success at all times and as required

Design

• Complete required CAD designs by receiving specifications, applying design standards and requirements, checking for cost management and value for money and completing design in line with standards and deadlines
• Calculate hydraulic requirements for cost effective pipe size application by completing design, reviewing water supply parameters and limitations, allocating p
  
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