Senior Design Manager

-; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a Senior Design Manager in Dubai to manage large-scale projects across the Leisure & Entertainment sector. Key responsibilities include overseeing project teams, ensuring quality management, and maintaining client relationships. Candidates should have a minimum of 15 years of experience in the Middle East and a strong background in project delivery. Attractive tax-free salary and benefits are offered.

Benefits

Tax-free salary

Life insurance coverage

Comprehensive medical insurance

Paid annual leave

Relocation assistance

Transportation & housing allowances

Qualifications

• Minimum of 15 years' experience in the Middle East.
• Experience in project management in leisure or entertainment.
• Ability to manage a design team effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage and assign tasks to the design team.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and quality management.
• Act as the key point of contact for design teams.

Skills

Experience in managing large-scale projects

Knowledge of Leisure & Entertainment sector

Strong communication skills

Experience in project delivery

Job description

Overview

AtkinsRéalis is looking for a Senior Design Manager, in Dubai, UAE.

AtkinsRéalis is a world-class engineering services and nuclear company dedicated to engineering a better future for our planet and its people. We create sustainable solutions that connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. We deploy global capabilities locally to our clients and deliver end-to-end services across the life cycle of an asset including consulting, advisory & environmental services, intelligent networks & cybersecurity, design & engineering, procurement, project & construction management, operations & maintenance, decommissioning and capital. The breadth and depth of our capabilities are delivered to clients in strategic sectors such as Engineering Services, Nuclear and Capital. Learn more about our career opportunities at: https://careers.atkinsrealis.com

The selected candidate will have experience managing large-scale multi-disciplinary projects within the UAE and GCC, with a minimum of 15 years' experience in the Middle East. They will work with the project delivery team to establish project objectives, develop the project execution plan and oversee project scheduling, ensuring the project team stays on track, meets objectives and milestones, and adheres to project management standards. The candidate should have experience in the Leisure & Entertainment sector related to one of the following areas: Show and Theme Parks, Retail & Mall delivery, Stadia and arena venues. They will manage the relationship with the Client’s technical team, Client expectations, and ensure the project meets or exceeds Client requirements.

Responsibilities include managing and assigning tasks to the design team, ensuring access to tools, resources and technical support, and actively overseeing the quality of the work. Maintain project documentation, ensure regulatory compliance, and uphold the company’s project management methodology.

Key responsibilities and areas include:

• Project Delivery: act as a key point of contact for design teams and coordinate to align design components with the project’s vision and quality objectives.
• Accountability for the design coordination process, adherence to quality management, and coordination of daily design activities to meet timelines and resolve conflicts.
• Compilation of technical input into change management requirements with coordination with Technical Leads to assess impact on time and resources.
• Engagement with Client technical teams to achieve consensus on design philosophies and outcomes.
• Develop strategies for project design packaging aligned with construction phasing and schedule.
• Contribute experience and lessons learned from similar projects.
• Develop a multi-disciplinary programme with buy-in from technical leads aligned to project requirements.
• Technical set-up of project models (sheet numbering, deliverables) and active progress tracking to ensure deadlines and high design standards.
• Work within budgets defined and accepted by design Technical Leads.
• Share and promote the technical achievements of the technical team.
• Maintain consistent input from leaders of technical package groups.
• Report to the Project Director on solving complex design integration challenges, ensuring design elements work together functionally and aesthetically.

Financial Management

• Confirm that contractual deliverables have been met prior to invoicing.
• Compile potential changes or scope gaps with impact on time and effort.

Client Management

• Technical engagement with the Client.
• Provide advice and appropriate technical resources to address Client queries.

Why choose AtkinsRéalis?

• Tax-free salary.
• Life insurance coverage.
• Comprehensive medical insurance coverage.
• Paid annual leave.
• Company gratuity scheme.
• Discretionary bonus program.
• Annual flight contribution.
• Relocation assistance.
• Transportation & housing allowances.
• Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, family care, personal health, fitness, and nutrition consulting.

At AtkinsRéalis is committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity among our workforce. We aim to provide quality and fairness for all job applicants and employees and not discriminate on grounds of gender, marital status, age, race, ethnic origin, religious conviction, or disablement. We oppose all forms of unlawful treatment and discrimination. We are committed to a policy of treating all employees and applicants equally.

Worker Type
Employee

Job Type
Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.