Design Manager

Cornerstone Global Partners (CGP Group); Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Cornerstone Global Partners (CGP Group) seeks a Design Manager to lead its central design function for water and infrastructure EPC projects in Saudi Arabia. This permanent, head-office role supports multiple live projects and bid work, reporting to the Contracting Director.

You will manage a multidisciplinary design team, oversee the design process across projects and consultants, and drive design planning, schedule control, and constructability reviews.

Qualifications

• 18-20+ years' experience on large-scale EPC projects in a design manager role.
• Proven water-sector EPC design experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering; Master's preferred.
• Proven ability to lead a multidisciplinary design team, overseeing ongoing and tender-stage projects.
• Native Arabic speaker, English fluent to native.

Responsibilities

• Manages a multidisciplinary design team day to day and allocates work.
• Oversees the design process across projects and consultants, ensuring compliance with the project brief and client standards.
• Develops and manages the scope of services for internal design teams and consultants.
• Monitors and manages the design schedule and change control.
• Chairs key design meetings and conducts constructability reviews; prepares technical tender documents.

Skills

Leadership

Design management

Multidisciplinary teams

Project coordination

Quality assurance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Design Manager — Water & Infrastructure EPC (Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia)

Location: Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia

Reports to: Contracting Director

Contract: Annual, renewable

About The Role

A multidisciplinary EPC contractor with an active portfolio across the water and infrastructure sectors in Saudi Arabia is seeking an experienced Design Manager to lead its central design function. This is a permanent, head-office role supporting the wider project portfolio rather than a single site assignment, with involvement in both live projects and bid work.

Key Responsibilities

Manages a multidisciplinary design team day to day, allocating work across the team. Manages the design process across the company's projects and all design consultants, coordinating with every project-involved party. Develops and manages scope of services for the internal design team and involved consultants. Monitors and manages the design schedule. Reviews consultant deliverables for compliance with the project brief and client standards. Chairs key design and project meetings and oversees consultants' activities. Leads design change control, advises on methods of execution, and runs constructability reviews. Develops and implements the design management plan and the design responsibility matrix. Assists in developing the project quality plan and statutory approval flow chart, and in preparing technical documentation for construction tender packages.

Requirements

• Minimum 18-20+ years' experience on large-scale EPC projects in a design manager role
• Proven water-sector EPC design experience
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Master's preferred
• Proven ability to lead a multidisciplinary design team, with capability overseeing both ongoing and tender-stage projects
• Native Arabic speaker, English fluent to native