Design Manager - MEP

Buro Happold Limited; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Attractive salary and benefits package

Exposure to high-profile project work

Professional environment focused on excellence

Job summary

Buro Happold Limited seeks a Design Manager – MEP to oversee the management of MEP design on a luxury development project in Riyadh. This role is vital to ensuring MEP systems are coordinated and aligned with project goals.

Qualifications include a bachelor’s in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering and proven design management on major projects. The position offers an attractive salary and a focus on excellence in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing MEP design for high-end developments.
• Strong knowledge of design coordination processes.
• Experience in digital design environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage MEP design development across all project phases.
• Coordinate systems design deliverables across disciplines.
• Lead coordination with various project teams to resolve issues.

Skills

MEP design management

Building services coordination

BIM coordination

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Job description

Design Manager – MEP

Want to help deliver the building systems behind a world‑class luxury development in Riyadh? Your experience managing MEP design on complex projects might make you our new Design Manager – MEP. Here, expect the exceptional. This role will be central to ensuring that MEP systems are coordinated, efficient, buildable and aligned with the performance expectations of a major luxury project.

Responsibilities

• Manage MEP design development across all project phases, ensuring alignment with project brief, programme and budget.
• Coordinate mechanical, electrical, plumbing, ELV and specialist systems design deliverables.
• Review consultant submissions for completeness, compliance, coordination and technical quality.
• Lead coordination with architectural, structural, interior design and infrastructure teams to resolve clashes and interface issues.
• Support technical design reviews, workshops and design gateway approvals.
• Track design risks, RFIs, change requests and technical issues to closure.
• Participate in value engineering and design optimisation exercises focused on efficiency, maintainability and luxury user experience.
• Support the preparation of scopes, RFPs and technical evaluations for consultants and specialist suppliers.
• Monitor deliverable programmes and consultant performance.
• Provide regular progress reporting to project leadership and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Proven MEP design management experience on major high‑end developments.
• Strong knowledge of building services coordination and multidisciplinary design processes.
• Good understanding of technical standards, authority requirements and construction interfaces.
• Experience in BIM coordination and digital design environments is preferred.
• Strong organisational, reporting and communication skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and maintain focus on quality and delivery.
• Middle East experience, ideally on luxury or large‑scale projects, is preferred.

Benefits

• A key role on a signature luxury project in Riyadh.
• Exposure to technically challenging, design‑led and high‑profile project work.
• An attractive salary and benefits package.
• A professional environment focused on excellence, collaboration and delivery.