Design Compliance Manager - Landscape
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About the Role
Mace 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 are delivered in accordance 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, 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.
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 working on high valued projects/programmes for a project management consultancy business.
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Project Overview
- 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.
- Mace is one of the delivery partners requiring high caliber and experienced professionals to lead integrated teams throughout each phase of the project.
Role Overview
- Mace is seeking an experienced design compliance manager landscape to support a major programme currently in the construction phase, acting in the capacity of the engineer.
- In this role, you will provide independent landscape design assurance and compliance oversight, ensuring that all landscape and public realm works are delivered in accordance with the approved design, employer’s requirements, and applicable codes and standards.
- You will play a key role in protecting design intent, maintaining quality standards, and resolving design related challenges during construction, particularly across complex, high profile developments.
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.
Our values
- Safety first Going home safe and well: We champion a safe, diverse and inclusive working environment, understanding the importance of well being in every team.
- Client focus Deliver on our promise: We own the quality of deliverables and strategic outcomes and build long term relationships with our clients.
- Integrity Always do the right thing: We influence positive outcomes within our industry while always aligning with our compliance obligations.
- Create opportunity For our people to excel: We champion a continuous improvement culture throughout all activities, inspiring our people and teams to develop.
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