Durban: Senior Designer – Fire Protection KZN

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Designer to join our team in Durban, responsible for designing high-quality fire protection systems that deliver value for money solutions for our clients. As the design technical lead in project teams, you will play a critical role in ensuring compliance with regulations and standards while driving innovation and excellence in your work.

Key Responsibilities

• 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

Requirements

• 3-5 years experience as Designer in fire protection
• Leadership and mentoring skills
• Functional and technical design expertise
• Project management and reporting skills
• Quality management and risk and compliance knowledge
• Excellent communication and report writing skills
• Ability to engage with stakeholders

Qualifications

• AutoCad and/or Revit qualification
• ASIB / IFE Certificate or similar is required (should a qualification not be available, significant relevant experience will be accepted)

Salary & Benefits

• Salary details are not specified in the original job description.