Water Features Discipline Lead

AtkinsRéalis Group; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis in Saudi Arabia seeks a Discipline Manager - Water Features to lead the planning, design, and delivery of decorative water features across hospitality, landscape, and large-scale developments. You will provide technical leadership and ensure projects meet client, code, and sustainability requirements.

Responsibilities include managing discipline resources, budgets, schedules, and team mentoring, while coordinating with architects, engineers, and suppliers to deliver innovative,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Civil, Water Engineering, Landscape Architecture, or related discipline.
• 10–15 years of water feature design, engineering and project delivery, including leadership.
• Proven experience delivering complex water feature projects within hospitality, mixed-use, theme park, public realm, landscape, or master-planned developments.
• Strong knowledge of hydraulic systems, pumps, filtration, water treatment, piping networks, and control systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the water features discipline across multiple projects and design stages.
• Oversee the design of decorative fountains, interactive water features, waterfalls, ponds, lakes, water walls, and special aquatic systems.
• Ensure designs comply with applicable codes, safety standards, environmental regulations, and client requirements.
• Coordinate with landscape architects, civil engineers, MEP engineers, structural engineers, and other stakeholders.
• Review and approve design calculations, technical specifications, drawings, reports, and construction documentation.
• Develop innovative and sustainable water feature solutions that optimize water usage, energy efficiency, and operational performance.
• Manage discipline resources, budgets, schedules, and project deliverables to ensure timely completion.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to engineers, designers, and project teams.
• Conduct design reviews, value engineering exercises, and risk assessments.
• Coordinate with suppliers, specialist contractors, and manufacturers regarding equipment selection and technical requirements.
• Support procurement activities through technical evaluations, tender reviews, and contractor assessments.
• Monitor construction activities and provide technical support during installation, testing, commissioning, and handover phases.
• Maintain strong client relationships and act as the primary technical authority for water feature-related matters.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, technical innovation, and adoption of best practices within the discipline.

Skills

Water feature design

Project management

Leadership

Budgeting

Scheduling

Stakeholder management

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's in Mechanical/Civil/Water Eng or related

Tools

AutoCAD

Revit

BIM

Hydraulic modeling

Pumps and filtration

Job description

AtkinsRéalis in Saudi Arabia seeks a Discipline Manager - Water Features to lead the planning, design, and delivery of decorative water features across hospitality, landscape, and large-scale developments. You will provide technical leadership and ensure projects meet client, code, and sustainability requirements.

Responsibilities include managing discipline resources, budgets, schedules, and team mentoring, while coordinating with architects, engineers, and suppliers to deliver innovative,