Design Manager

About the job

We are currently seeking an experienced Design Manager to join our established, high-performing team in Brisbane. This is an excellent opportunity to step into a senior role within a collaborative and dynamic environment, contributing directly to the success of major projects.

As a Design Manager, you will play a key role in leading the design process from inception through to project completion. You will work closely with clients, consultants, and stakeholders ensuring high-quality outcomes while meeting timeframes and project goals.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing and managing design programs to ensure timely contributions from all stakeholders.
• Coordinating and driving consultant teams to deliver comprehensive and accurate design documentation.
• Applying curiosity and critical thinking to challenge design assumptions and propose efficient, innovative solutions.
• Recommending and integrating cost-effective construction strategies into the design process.
• Ensuring design outputs meet all compliance, regulatory, and contractual requirements.
• Building and maintaining strong, respectful client relationships to influence positive project outcomes.

About you

You are a passionate design professional with a sharp commercial mindset and drive to make a lasting impact. Your expertise and leadership will not only shape individual projects but also contribute to the continued evolution and success of our business.

We’re looking for someone who brings:

• Tertiary qualifications in Design, Construction, or a related discipline, supported by significant experience in a Design Management role.
• A strong commercial focus, with the ability to uncover cost efficiencies and practical design solutions.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills, with the confidence to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Proven ability to identify and proactively manage design and project risks.
• A collaborative approach and the capability to build and maintain strong, trusted relationships across clients, consultants, and internal teams.

About McNab

McNab is one of the largest Construction, Development and Property groups in Australia, with turnover now exceeding $1bn each year. Despite our growth and size, we've never lost our small company DNA - which centres around genuine care for our staff, customers and all our stakeholders. Success for us isn't about awards or growth, it's when we deliver so well that our customers are proud to wear a McNab T-Shirt on weekends!

We genuinely care. We make it easy. We deliver certainty.

This is our promise - to our clients, and everyone we deal with. Delivering on these three things really, really well is what drives us at McNab. Everything we do, from recruiting and training to performance and promotion, centres around this promise.

We leverage the entire McNab Group to deliver certainty for our clients at a time of unprecedented uncertainty in the industry. And our approach works. From delivering our own property developments, to manufacturing our own building products, and a plethora of aligned businesses, your career at McNab goes well beyond traditional construction roles.

McNab benefits

• Birthday leave – Celebrate your special day on us!
• Social Club and team events – Work hard, play hard with regular team events.
• Annual health and fitness subsidy – Stay fit and healthy with our health benefits.
• Parental leave program – Supporting you through life’s important milestones.
• Employee Assistance Program – We’ve got your back, with support whenever you need it.
• Tailored development opportunities – We invest in your growth with tailored training programs.

Apply today. With a culture of having fun and doing our job really, really well, we want people on our team who share our values, bring new ideas and want to make a difference. Sound like you? APPLY NOW or Visit mcnab.net.au/work-with-us for more information.