Dubai Design Coordination Lead for Mega Projects

AimGulf; Dubai; On-site; AED 200,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Mace is delivering a major, multi-phase development in Dubai, focused on creating a world-class destination for large-scale international events, business activity, and tourism. The programme forms a key part of the city’s long-term growth strategy and will significantly enhance its position as a global hub for commerce, innovation, and connectivity.

Dubai-based role requiring experience in post-contract design delivery and coordinating multiple work packages with consultants, contractors, and

Qualifications

• Experience in design coordination or design management within a consultancy/PMC environment.
• Post-contract design delivery on large-scale building or mixed-use developments.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary design teams across complex packages.
• Good understanding of construction methodology, sequencing, and buildability.

Responsibilities

• Support coordination and management of post-contract design delivery across multiple work packages, ensuring alignment with programme, cost and quality requirements.
• Assist senior design managers in overseeing the design process across consultants, contractors, and specialist suppliers.
• Drive coordination and integration of multidisciplinary design packages, ensuring interfaces are managed and risks mitigated.
• Monitor design progress against programme, identify delays and implement corrective actions.
• Support the review and approval of contractor design submissions, ensuring compliance with project requirements and standards.
• Facilitate and contribute to design coordination meetings, technical workshops, and stakeholder reviews.
• Ensure all designs comply with relevant regulations, standards, and project specifications.
• Work with construction, commercial, and logistics teams to align design with buildability and delivery strategy.
• Contribute to value engineering and design optimisation initiatives.
• Provide support on pre-contract activities, including technical design reviews, tender documentation and scope validation.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Degree in architecture/engineering

Job description

Mace is delivering a major, multi-phase development in Dubai, focused on creating a world-class destination for large-scale international events, business activity, and tourism. The programme forms a key part of the city’s long-term growth strategy and will significantly enhance its position as a global hub for commerce, innovation, and connectivity.

Dubai-based role requiring experience in post-contract design delivery and coordinating multiple work packages with consultants, contractors, and