Senior Design Manager - Infrastructure

Mace; Riyadh; Hybrid; SAR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Mace is delivering one of the largest programmes in Saudi Arabia, a major mixed-use development with sports facilities, entertainment, and arts, plus associated infrastructure. We are seeking senior professionals to lead integrated design teams from concept to construction, ensuring safety, quality, and alignment with objectives.

You will oversee design governance, progress reporting, risk management, and interfaces with stakeholders to protect project schedules and budgets while maintaining

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, or related discipline.
• 12–15+ Years’ experience in multi-disciplinary design management on large, complex developments.
• Proven experience acting as a senior technical lead and managing multiple consultants and infrastructure packages.
• Strong experience in design governance, assurance, and complex interface management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the design team by setting objectives, managing performance, and fostering a high-performing culture aligned with organizational values and safety requirements.
• Oversee design progress reporting, analytics, and risk management, identifying issues and implementing mitigation and value engineering strategies.
• Direct technical design reviews to ensure compliance with project requirements, design briefs, systems engineering, BIM, GIS, innovation, and relevant standards.
• Manage the design process from concept through construction documentation, coordinating consultants and ensuring alignment with project objectives and ways of working.
• Ensure all designs are fit for purpose, incorporating Safety in Design principles, quality assurance processes, regulatory compliance, and design sign-off requirements.
• Lead interface coordination among internal and external stakeholders to proactively manage impacts on project schedules, budgets, quality, and delivery outcomes.
• Ensure design development aligns with approved cost plans, business objectives, operational requirements, and change management procedures, including assessment of design changes.
• Oversee the development of design and engineering Work Breakdown Structures and ensure deliverables support procurement, construction staging, project phasing, and successful project execution.

Skills

Design governance

Leadership

Stakeholder management

BIM

Systems engineering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Job description

Mace combines construction expertise with consultancy to unlock potential in every person or project and redefine the boundaries of ambition. Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey.

The Project

This is an opportunity to work on one of the largest programmes in Saudi Arabia. This unique project consists of major mixed-use development including sports facilities, entertainment, and arts along with all associated infrastructure. Mace is one of the delivery partners requiring high-calibre and experienced professionals to lead integrated teams throughout each phase of the project.

You’ll Be Responsible For

• Lead and develop the design team by setting objectives, managing performance, and fostering a high-performing culture aligned with organizational values and safety requirements.
• Oversee design progress reporting, analytics, and risk management, identifying issues and implementing mitigation and value engineering strategies.
• Direct technical design reviews to ensure compliance with project requirements, design briefs, systems engineering, BIM, GIS, innovation, and relevant standards.
• Manage the design process from concept through construction documentation, coordinating consultants and ensuring alignment with project objectives and ways of working.
• Ensure all designs are fit for purpose, incorporating Safety in Design principles, quality assurance processes, regulatory compliance, and design sign-off requirements.
• Lead interface coordination among internal and external stakeholders to proactively manage impacts on project schedules, budgets, quality, and delivery outcomes.
• Ensure design development aligns with approved cost plans, business objectives, operational requirements, and change management procedures, including assessment of design changes.
• Oversee the development of design and engineering Work Breakdown Structures and ensure deliverables support procurement, construction staging, project phasing, and successful project execution.

You’ll Need To Have

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, or related discipline.
• 12–15+ Years’ experience in multi-disciplinary design management on large, complex developments.
• Proven experience acting as a senior technical lead and managing multiple consultants and infrastructure packages.
• Strong experience in design governance, assurance, and complex interface management.

Our values

Safety first - Going home safe and well:

We champion a safe, diverse and inclusive working environment, understanding the importance of wellbeing in every team.

Client focus - Deliver on our promise:

We own the quality of deliverables, strategic outcomes and build long term relationships with our clients.

Integrity - Always do the right thing:

We influence positive outcomes within our industry, while always aligning with our compliance obligations.

Create opportunity - For our people to excel:

We champion a continuous improvement culture throughout all activities, inspiring our people and teams to develop.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates.

We are also open to discussing part time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable with-in the role