Stadium Design Lead — End-to-End FIFA Projects

Sener; Abu Dhabi; Hybrid; AED 360,000 - 720,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Career development

Mentorship programs

Competitive benefits

Multinational team

End-to-end ownership

Job summary

Sener in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Design Manager – Stadiums to lead the complete design lifecycle of FIFA-standard stadium projects. This role requires a structural or architectural engineering background and proven experience managing multi-disciplinary design teams from concept through IFC design and construction-stage deliverables.

The position offers a hybrid working environment and extensive opportunity to impact large-venue projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Architecture, or a related discipline.
• 15+ years of overall experience.
• Mandatory experience as a Structural or Architectural Engineer on FIFA-standard stadium projects.
• Mandatory experience managing the complete design lifecycle of major FIFA-standard stadium projects.
• Strong design management experience across concept, preliminary, detailed, and IFC stages.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary design teams and deliverables.
• Strong understanding of structural and/or architectural design coordination.
• Experience managing design programs, risks, interfaces, changes, and technical quality.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary design activities across concept, preliminary, detailed, and IFC design stages.
• Manage structural and/or architectural design teams, resources, deliverables, programs, technical quality, and design coordination.
• Coordinate structural, architectural, MEP, civil, specialist, and other design disciplines.
• Lead design reviews, technical workshops, coordination meetings, constructability reviews, and design resolution activities.
• Act as a key point of contact with clients, consultants, contractors, and stakeholders on design matters.
• Monitor design progress, risks, interfaces, changes, and deliverables.
• Review and oversee key design documentation, technical submissions, design changes, and design assurance activities.
• Provide design management leadership throughout the complete stadium design lifecycle.

Skills

Leadership

Design management

Stakeholder management

BIM

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Structural/Civil Engineering or Architecture

Tools

Revit

Navisworks

AutoCAD

Job description

Sener in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Design Manager – Stadiums to lead the complete design lifecycle of FIFA-standard stadium projects. This role requires a structural or architectural engineering background and proven experience managing multi-disciplinary design teams from concept through IFC design and construction-stage deliverables.

The position offers a hybrid working environment and extensive opportunity to impact large-venue projects.