Design Compliance Manager - Landscape
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About the Role
Mace Group is seeking an experienced Design Compliance Manager - Landscape to support a major programme in Saudi Arabia. You will provide independent landscape design assurance and compliance oversight, ensuring works align with approved design and standards.
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Responsibilities
- Act as part of the engineer's team, providing independent review, verification, and approval of landscape design and construction deliverables
- Lead landscape design compliance during construction, ensuring all works align with approved IFC drawings, specifications, planting strategies, and employer's requirements
- Review and approve shop drawings, material submittals, planting schedules, mock ups, RFIs, and landscape construction details
- Provide site based assurance of landscape installations, including hardscape, softscape, streetscape, public realm, irrigation systems, water features, and specialist landscape elements
- Ensure adherence to design intent, aesthetics, functionality, and quality standards
- Identify and manage design deviations, non compliance, and technical risks
- Review and verify landscape materials, planting selections, irrigation systems, and external finishes
- Support the issuance of engineer's instructions, approvals, and design compliance certifications
- Interface with contractors, supervision teams, and consultants to ensure clear interpretation and execution of landscape design requirements on site
- Support authority inspections, approvals, and statutory compliance processes related to landscape and public realm works
- Participate in mock ups, sample approvals, inspections, snagging, and handover activities
- Monitor the establishment and quality of planting works
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in landscape architecture (master's preferred)
- Professional accreditation (e.g. CMLI, ASLA, or equivalent) preferred
- 10+ years' experience in landscape architecture or public realm design
- Proven experience managing design delivery on large scale or master planned developments
- Experience in multidisciplinary coordination and consultant management
- MENA experience preferred
- Strong stakeholder management and technical communication skills
- Necessary visa criteria for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and relevant work experience on high valued projects/programmes for a project management consultancy business
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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.
You’ll be responsible for:
- Act as part of the engineer’s team, providing independent review, verification, and approval of landscape design and construction deliverables.
- Lead landscape design compliance during construction, ensuring all works align with approved IFC drawings, specifications, planting strategies, and employer’s requirements.
- Review and approve shop drawings, material submittals, planting schedules, mock ups, RFIs, and landscape construction details.
- Provide site based assurance of landscape installations, including hardscape, softscape, streetscape, public realm, irrigation systems, water features, and specialist landscape elements.
- Ensure adherence to design intent, aesthetics, functionality, and quality standards, particularly for high profile, design led public realm and landscape environments.
- Identify and manage design deviations, non compliance, and technical risks, driving resolution with contractors, landscape architects, and design consultants.
- Review and verify landscape materials, planting selections, irrigation systems, and external finishes, ensuring compliance with performance, sustainability, and maintenance requirements.
- Support the issuance of engineer’s instructions, approvals, and design compliance certifications in line with contractual requirements.
- Interface with contractors, supervision teams, and consultants to ensure clear interpretation and execution of landscape design requirements on site.
- Support authority inspections, approvals, and statutory compliance processes related to landscape and public realm works.
- Participate in mock ups, sample approvals, inspections, snagging, and handover activities, ensuring delivery meets required quality, operational, and maintenance standards.
- Monitor the establishment and quality of planting works, ensuring successful implementation and achievement of design objectives.
You’ll need to have:
- Bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture (master’s preferred).
- Professional accreditation (e.g. CMLI, ASLA, or equivalent) preferred.
- 10+ years’ experience in landscape architecture or public realm design.
- Proven experience managing design delivery on large scale or master planned developments.
- Experience in multidisciplinary coordination and consultant management.
- MENA experience preferred.
- Strong stakeholder management and technical communication skills.
- Necessary visa criteria for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and relevant work experience working on high valued projects/programmes for a project management consultancy business, which are required for immigration and client approval.
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