Head of Airport Infrastructure & Digital Design

Artelia Middle-East; Dubai; On-site; AED 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Artelia Middle-East seeks an Infrastructure Lead Manager to establish and lead its in-house infrastructure team for airside and landside airport design. You will oversee multidisciplinary delivery across pavements, drainage, utilities, AGL, power, and digital modelling while aligning with ICAO/FAA standards.

You will drive project strategy, governance, and commercial outcomes, managing bids, resources, and sub-consultants.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in civil engineering or closely related discipline.
• Minimum 15 years in civil/infrastructure engineering; 10+ on airport projects.
• At least 5 years in leadership or team management.
• References from at least two major airport projects; GCC experience preferred.
• Thorough knowledge of ICAO, FAA, aerodrome and authority requirements.
• Strong design-management, project-control and commercial-management capabilities.
• Familiarity with FIDIC-based contracts.
• Proficient in AutoCAD, Civil 3D; MS Office; working knowledge of Primavera P6 or MS Project; BIM coordination (BIM 360).
• Excellent client-facing, negotiation, presentation and English proficiency; Arabic or French advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary design delivery for runways, taxiways, aprons, roads and utilities.
• Define design strategies, scope, interfaces, deliverables, and review gates from concept to handover.
• Coordinate with airport planning, terminals, MEP, ICT, structures and phasing requirements.
• Act as technical escalation point; resolve cross-discipline issues and key decisions.
• Manage execution plans, schedules, resource allocation and man-hour budgets.
• Protect scope and fee integrity; track changes and manage sub-consultants.
• Support bids with robust staffing plans and technical submissions.
• Establish QA/QC workflows compliant with ICAO/FAA/regulations.
• Lead client engagements and executive reviews; champion safety and lifecycle value.
• Sponsor digital engineering and AI use cases with data security and verification.

Skills

Leadership

Airport infra

Client facing

Negotiation

English fluency

Arabic/French advantage

Education

Civil engineering degree

Chartered Engineer / PE

PMP / project management cert

Tools

AutoCAD

Civil 3D

MS Project / Primavera P6

BIM 360

Job description

Artelia Middle-East seeks an Infrastructure Lead Manager to establish and lead its in-house infrastructure team for airside and landside airport design. You will oversee multidisciplinary delivery across pavements, drainage, utilities, AGL, power, and digital modelling while aligning with ICAO/FAA standards.

You will drive project strategy, governance, and commercial outcomes, managing bids, resources, and sub-consultants.