Lighting Design Manager

Job Description

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Overview

Inhabit is a unique, multi-disciplinary team of professionals who are passionate about making a positive contribution to our built environment. We are a collective of experienced architects, designers, engineers and detailers who work both independently and in partnership to form a holistic approach to the services we offer. We focus on design-led engineering, providing technical and comprehensive solutions that consider aesthetics, engineering, cost, procurement, and sustainability to create buildings that are sensitive and inspiring within their socio-cultural context.

Position: Lighting Design Manager – part of the Lighting Design team within Inhabit and responsible for design, documentation, administration and compliance with project constraints for lighting design consultancy. This role includes legal responsibilities commensurate with the position and, ultimately, aims to grow the lighting business locally, regionally and internationally.

Objective: Grow the lighting business to a point where multiple lighting designers are required across different offices, to be overseen from a management and technical perspective under management guidance.

Major Function

• Major Function
• Project Operation / Management
• Customer / Client Service
• Marketing and Business Development
• Technical Quality Control
• Mentoring, Training and Personal Growth

Major Function Details

Major Function

• Duties include, but are not limited to, delivering work undertaken by self or through supervision of lighting staff
• Create, build and maintain business opportunities in lighting and establish an identity of specialist lighting activities
• Provide high quality, unique design for specialist lighting needs, interpreting client needs, working with architectural features and coordinating with other disciplines
• Provide leadership to project/design teams to ensure quality outputs
• Collaborate with Clients, Architects and other consultancy team members
• Manage allocation of work to Lighting team to ensure sufficient resources
• Foster cross-pollination opportunities in the Lighting team and promote interest in other disciplines to develop specialist skills
• Prepare project proposals with inputs from other disciplines as needed
• Participate in networking events/committees to promote Inhabit
• Provide training to Lighting team as the business unit develops
• Assist the Director with Performance reviews and recruitment activities
• Resolve day-to-day staffing issues
• Stay up to date with lighting analysis software and market products to support business development

Project Operation / Management

You shall be responsible for efficient and profitable completion of all projects under your control while maintaining high technical standards and client satisfaction. Detailed responsibilities and/or targets include:

• Cost planning and delivering outputs to meet project budgets
• Managing clients to secure work, marketing and fee proposals
• Allocation and management of time to suit programs and budgets; ensure on-time completion and no cost overrun
• Ensure high technical standards on projects to prevent client complaints

Customer / Client Service

You shall strengthen client loyalty and gain repeat business by providing high quality service and leading-edge lighting solutions. Responsibilities include:

• Communicate with clients to establish needs and maintain dialogue throughout the project
• Maintain an exceptional record in timely and quality client responses
• Aim for repeat business from all clients

Marketing and Business Development

You shall actively participate in marketing the practice as a multi-disciplinary engineering company and achieve targets in practice development, including:

• Assist in preparing project proposals with inputs from other disciplines (Acoustics, Lighting, Building Physics/Sustainability)
• Conduct presentations of proposals for prospective clients/projects
• Complete project sheets and comply with QA procedures
• Maintain regular contact with existing or prospective clients for potential future work
• Engage in client-focused activities to enhance the professional image of Inhabit

Technical Quality Control

You shall assume responsibility for work quality and serve as a senior peer review/checking role on projects, including:

• Provision of concept design, peer review and checking on international projects
• Take action to prevent design documentation and quality system non-conformity
• Maintain project documentation per Inhabit’s QA system
• Promote and support the quality management system

Mentoring, Training and Personal Growth

• Assist in the professional and technical development of junior staff
• Contribute to development and improvement of technical notes
• Coordinate and participate in design workshops with architects, suppliers and professionals
• Set personal development goals and targets

Role Capability Profile

Quality & Quantity of Work

• Assures accuracy, thoroughness and reliability of results
• Meets workload requirements
• Is proficient in required technical skills
• Demonstrates understanding of knowledge to complete responsibilities

Decisions

• Conducts thorough analysis before decisions
• Makes sound, timely decisions

Planning & Time Management

• Develops and implements effective action plans
• Meets deadlines and maintains performance under pressure
• Timesheet efficiency and punctuality

Performance Management

• Aims to achieve objectives
• Delegates tasks appropriately
• Provides information and authority, follows up progress
• Provides ongoing feedback and training

Initiative

• Shows initiative and delivers worthwhile ideas
• Adapts to changing needs

Relationships

• Interacts well with clients and colleagues
• Resolves conflicts effectively

Communication

• Listens and communicates ideas clearly, both orally and in writing
• Quality of presentations and correspondence

Personal Attributes

• Attitude, motivation, sense of urgency, confidence, and commitment
• Adaptability and willingness to learn; teamwork

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Interior Architecture
• Bachelor of Architecture

Additional Information

Other Requirements

• Correctly use and maintain PPE
• Takes reasonable care for health and safety
• Report hazardous conditions and near misses
• Participate in compliance and safety activities; abide by the Inhabit Code of Conduct
• May be assigned other duties as required

Other Relevant Information

• Travel to various work locations throughout the Middle East may be required
• Duties may be amended or reassigned as needed

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Industries: Civil Engineering

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2025-11-11 12:37:43