Godrej Fund Management - Design Coordinator

Role Summary:

The role involves translating design ideas into design briefs to be handed over to design consultants/architects and internal stakeholders. Support & deliver the milestones on time during the entire project lifecycle.

The incumbent is responsible for coordinating and monitoring the design for a project from pre planning through to construction by ensuring the availability of design drawings and specifications in his/her project.

This is achieved through:

- working closely with external architects and consultants for timely delivery of design outcomes

- ensuring that the design brief is maintained within budget

- guiding and advising the projects team on design modifications and clarifications during construction phase

Role & Responsibilities

Project Massing -:

- Understand the feasibility of the project in terms of built up area, saleable area during TDD stage

- Prepare a rough estimate for the project with FSI, number of towers, height, and other specifications and provide as input for the Costing & Budgeting estimation

- Prepare and send RFPs

- Consultant Recommendations and Vendor Management

- Determine competent architects and consultants for awarding various design related work and prepare recommendations for the Senior Leadership and Regional heads post initial negotiation rounds

- Ensure timely pay-outs to the vendors and consultants by coordinating with accounts team

Project Designing :

- Collaborate with leasing team to understand the USP and pricing of the project

- Extensively coordinate with architects appointed for the project for design briefs at various stages of the project(concept, schematic, GFA and GFCs) and ensure timely design briefs within the established milestones

- Liaise and closely work with structural and civil design teams to ensure alignment among all three elements

- Provide inputs on vetting for various design briefs and suggest improvements in tandem with the company expectations and envisaged product brief

Project Launch Readiness :

- Create renders, cut sheets, models in close coordination with the team to prepare for the site launch

- Collaborate with the leasing team to analyze their inputs from a customer point of view and accordingly incorporate those in the design

Project Execution :

- Coordinates with projects team during execution of the design.

- Monitors work in progress to ensure that construction is in accordance with the design

- Resolve Request for Information queries received from the Operations team

Process Adherence & Improvement :

- Identifies processes/procedures in own work area that need improvement

- Recommends process improvement ideas to streamline efficiency/costs/productivity

- Undertakes process improvement activities in own work area

- Complies with company defined guidelines and processes

- Adheres to project timelines

- Learning and Development

- Identifies self-development needs

- Takes concrete steps to pursue self-development through training, education, projects etc.

Key Interactions :

Internal :

1) Costing & Budgeting: For various budget allocation towards design requirements

2) Leasing: For working out the design USPs of the project, product mix and pricing strategies

3) Investment: Provide inputs for working out the feasibility of the project during TDD stage

External :

1) Consultants & Vendors: Architects, Landscape, Interior Designers, IGBCs

2) JVPs: For explaining and discussing on the design brief

3) Legal and Liaison: For coordinating on various inputs required for GFA drawings to seek RERA, MOEF, and other government approvals

Reporting to - Design Head

Skills required :

- Landscape Expertise (preferred)

- Prior experience in managing residential high-rise projects during execution stage

- Knowledge of the latest trends and techniques in Architectural

- Designs and layouts

- Understanding of legal documents such as agreements and contracts

- Working knowledge of design software

Preferred skills:

- Prior experience in Real Estate

- Prior experience in group housing and knowledge of local by-laws

Qualification & Experience:

Graduate/Post Graduate in Architecture with 15 years relevant work experience