Principal Design Director

AtkinsRealis Singapore Pte. Ltd.; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 230,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive life insurance

Premium medical insurance

Relocation assistance

Discretionary bonus program

Hybrid work solutions

Job summary

AtkinsRealis Singapore Pte. Ltd. is seeking a Principal Design Director to lead design management and technical delivery for large-scale industrial developments.

You will oversee multidisciplinary teams, ensure design excellence, and drive execution from concept to commissioning. You will provide strategic design governance, coordinate interfaces with clients and contractors, and mentor engineers across civil, structural, architectural, MEP, and process disciplines.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Architecture, or related discipline.
• 15–20 years of design, engineering and project delivery experience.
• Proven leadership of multidisciplinary teams on major capital projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee design strategy, governance and project delivery.
• Coordinate interfaces across civil, structural, architectural, MEP, process and other disciplines.
• Drive design reviews, constructability assessments and value engineering initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with regulations, quality standards and safety requirements.
• Mentor and develop engineering and design teams.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Multidisciplinary design

Project delivery

Education

Degree in Engineering or Architecture

Job description

Job Description Overview

The Principal Design Director (FOS) will lead the design management and technical delivery of large-scale industrial developments, ensuring design excellence, coordination across multidisciplinary teams, and successful project execution from concept through commissioning.

Your role

Lead and oversee the overall design strategy, technical governance, and project delivery. Manage multidisciplinary engineering and design teams across civil, structural, architectural, MEP, process, and specialist disciplines. Coordinate design interfaces between clients, consultants, contractors, and project stakeholders. Drive design reviews, constructability assessments, and value engineering initiatives. Ensure compliance with project requirements, statutory regulations, quality standards, and safety requirements. Support project planning, execution strategies, and risk management activities. Provide technical leadership during construction and commissioning phases. Mentor and develop engineering and design teams.

About you

Degree in Engineering, Architecture, or any related discipline. Minimum 15-20 years of experience in design, engineering, and project delivery. Proven experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams on major capital projects. Strong stakeholder management and client-facing capabilities. Demonstrated experience in EPC/EPCM project environments. Experience in pharmaceutical, industrial manufacturing, chemical processing, semiconductor, or data center projects will be a significant advantage. Professional registration or chartered status preferred.

Rewards & benefits

• Comprehensive life insurance coverage.
• Premium medical insurance.
• Generous annual leave balance.
• Flexible and hybrid work solutions.
• Remote work opportunities outside of country.
• Discretionary bonus program.
• Relocation assistance.
• Transportation & housing allowances (available for remote work locations).
• Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, family care, personal health, fitness, and nutrition.

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people. Find out more.

Worker Type Employee Job Type Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences. Created by the integration of long-standing organizations dating back to 1911, AtkinsRéalis is a world-class engineering services and nuclear company dedicated to engineering a better future for our planet and its people. We create sustainable solutions that connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and technology. We deploy global capabilities locally to our clients and deliver unique end-to-end services across the whole life cycle of an asset including consulting, advisory & environmental services, intelligent networks & cybersecurity, design & engineering, procurement, project & construction management, operations & maintenance, decommissioning and capital. The breadth and depth of our capabilities are delivered to clients in strategic sectors such as Engineering Services, Nuclear and Capital. News and information are available at Atkinsrealis or follow us on LinkedIn.