Associate Project Director - MEP
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About the Role
Mace Group is seeking an Associate Director – MEP for a major sports complex development in Riyadh. The role involves leading MEP design management, technical assurance, and compliance from concept through delivery.
Key Skills for This Role
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage all MEP engineering and design management activities in the Engineer role across the project lifecycle
- Provide technical leadership and governance for MEP disciplines, ensuring alignment with international standards and best practice
- Manage review, coordination, and approval of MEP design submissions, calculations, specifications, and technical reports
- Oversee interface management between architectural, structural, and MEP disciplines to ensure fully integrated design solutions
- Chair and contribute to technical workshops, design reviews, and coordination meetings
- Support value engineering, buildability, and whole life performance optimisation of MEP systems
- Provide guidance on energy efficiency, sustainability, low carbon design, and operational resilience for large scale sports venue
- Manage and mentor MEP engineers and design managers, fostering high performance and technical excellence
- Support procurement and tender activities, including technical evaluations of specialist contractors and suppliers
- Monitor construction stage activities including technical queries, inspections, testing, commissioning, and handover support
- Ensure robust technical risk management, change control, and quality assurance processes are applied throughout delivery
Requirements
- Proven experience in a senior MEP design management or engineering leadership role on large, complex developments
- Strong background working in an Engineer, Consultant, or Design Authority role
- Experience on sports, stadiums, arenas, or complex public assembly projects is strongly preferred
- Demonstrated capability across the full project lifecycle, from early design through construction and handover
- Excellent understanding of international MEP design standards, codes, and regulations
- Strong stakeholder management skills with ability to influence multidisciplinary teams
- Experience working in the Middle East and with fast paced, high profile programmes is advantageous
- Necessary visa criteria for Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and relevant work experience on high valued projects for a project management consultancy
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Position Overview
- Opportunity for a secured role due to commence in July subject to approval.
- Work on one of the largest programmes in Saudi Arabia: major mixed use development including sports facilities, entertainment, and arts.
- Mace seeking experienced Associate Director – MEP to join team on a major international sports complex development.
- Role accountable for leading MEP design management, technical assurance, and compliance across the programme.
You’ll be responsible for
- Lead and manage all MEP engineering and design management activities in the Engineer role across the project lifecycle.
- Provide technical leadership and governance for MEP disciplines, ensuring alignment with international standards, statutory requirements, and best practice.
- Manage the review, coordination, and approval of MEP design submissions, calculations, specifications, and technical reports.
- Oversee interface management between architectural, structural, and MEP disciplines to ensure fully integrated design solutions.
- Chair and contribute to technical workshops, design reviews, and coordination meetings.
- Support value engineering, buildability, and whole life performance optimisation of MEP systems.
- Provide guidance on energy efficiency, sustainability, low carbon design, and operational resilience suitable for a large scale sports venue.
- Manage and mentor MEP engineers and design managers, fostering high performance and technical excellence.
- Support procurement and tender activities, including technical evaluations of specialist contractors and suppliers.
- Monitor construction stage activities including technical queries, inspections, testing, commissioning, and handover support.
- Ensure robust technical risk management, change control, and quality assurance processes are applied throughout delivery.
You’ll need to have
- Proven experience in a senior MEP design management or engineering leadership role on large, complex developments.
- Strong background working in an Engineer, Consultant, or Design Authority role.
- Experience on sports, stadiums, arenas, or complex public assembly projects is strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated capability across the full project lifecycle, from early design through construction and handover.
- Excellent understanding of international MEP design standards, codes, and regulations.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience working in the Middle East and with fast paced, high profile programmes is advantageous.
- Necessary visa criteria for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and relevant work experience on high valued projects/programmes for a project management consultancy business.
Our values
- Safety first Going home safe and well.
- Client focus Deliver on our promise.
- Integrity Always do the right thing.
- Create opportunity For our people to excel.
Additional Information
- Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates.
- Open to discussing part time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.
- Employee Referral Scheme available.
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