Job Description

We are currently recruiting a Senior Design Manager. This role will be part of our Project Design Management (PDM) Office based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The purpose of this role is to provide proactive Design Management to deliver Major Building and/or Infrastructure Projects in KSA. You will be responsible for successful project execution and delivery, client interface, and leading the technical quality of all project-related matters. Oversee and lead all design execution for your designated role by managing remote design teams, who may be located in Dubai, UK or Europe.

Type of contract
Permanent
Grade
Associate Director
Area of Expertise
Cities
Region
Middle East, India and Asia
Office / Project Location
Riyadh
Ref No
6157

What will you be doing?

The Senior Design Manager (DM) can support clients at the strategic or project level. Their role is primarily to manage design teams and collaborators through the different stages of a design process. The following list gives a variety of responsibilities and tasks that the DM is expected to be able to deliver:

• Provide technical input into design-related material and deliverables within the scope of BH
• Leading the BIM approach to design development and collaboration
• Management of issues, risks and project change requests related to design, to ensure successful and on-time project delivery.
• Overseeing RIBA design stages within individual projects, and masterplan developments.
• Reviewing design submissions for gateway approvals
• Partaking in value engineering and cost validation exercises
• Supporting the Project Manager/Director in the overall project deliverables
• Creating RFPs for design consultants and related activities
• Writing weekly and monthly reports on the design progress
• Client liaison on all design matters
• Develop the best way in which programs or projects are to be structured, directed and managed, including the optimal organisation structure, authority and decision-making roles
• Define the organisation of the design and delivery process, including the level of client interface and oversight, resources and skills, design cycles, assurance approach, information and communication management and design packaging approach
• Support the Project Planner in developing the schedule and strategic milestones, analyse key dependencies and test various phasing options.
• Evaluate the progress of a project to detect limitations or faults in order to seek solutions to a more efficient process
• Use processes to delegate and ensure even distribution of tasks to project team members
• Conduct feasibility studies and oversee the selection of consultants and sub-consultants
• Support the growth and improvement of the PDM processes and procedures

Success will look like the following:

• Delivering technical excellence through remotely located design teams
• Meeting the client expectations in terms of quality, time and design to budget
• Knowledge share and development of more junior Saudi National staff based in Riyadh
• Successfully supporting commercial proposals for major design commissions

What will you bring?

A person who demonstrates the experience of working with clients and a broad understanding of the design process. You will be able to demonstrate a profile of:

• A highly organised, creative, and conscientious individual, capable of managing multiple key stakeholder expectations
• Able to operate in a BIM environment, familiar with REVIT, BIM360 and Navisworks
• Excellent written, visualisation and verbal communication skills, and can easily simplify complex concepts into compelling narratives to both technical and non-technical audiences
• A positive, resilient attitude with a willingness to undertake volume work processes
• Experience of acting as a mentor and coach to their team
• Proven ability to manage time and act with pace, demonstrating a highly organised approach to work, and customer service.
• A Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering or related field.
• 10+yrs experience, with a minimum of 5yrs within the Middle East
• Demonstrable leadership skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to write complex reports and RFPs
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent organisational and technical skills
• Good interpersonal and multi-tasking skills
• Exceptional time management and organisational skills
• Ability to adapt and stress management skills
• Good IT and mathematical skills

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Buro Happold is proud to be a practice of a diverse range of professionals. We actively promote inclusivity to enable every individual to reach their full potential, the more inclusive we are the better our work will be.

We are working to change the lack of representation of minority groups in the built environment, and are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative and elegant solutions through collaboration.