Senior Design Manager – Transport
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About the Role
Buro Happold is seeking a Senior Design Manager – Transport to lead transport design coordination on a flagship luxury development in Riyadh. The role involves managing transport planning and design interfaces, overseeing access roads, internal circulation, parking, and multimodal integration.
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Responsibilities
- Lead transport design management from planning and concept development through detailed design.
- Coordinate transport consultants and interface with infrastructure, architecture, landscape and utilities teams.
- Review traffic and transport studies, access strategies, circulation plans and technical reports.
- Ensure transport design solutions align with luxury user experience, operational efficiency and authority expectations.
- Support design reviews, technical workshops and approval submissions.
- Manage transport related risks, changes and coordination issues across the programme.
- Contribute to value engineering and operational optimisation initiatives.
- Monitor consultant deliverables, key decisions and programme milestones.
- Provide reporting and recommendations to client and project leadership teams.
- Support the preparation of RFPs, technical scopes and consultant assessments where needed.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Transport Engineering, Planning or related discipline
- Significant experience in transport design management or transport planning for major developments
- Good understanding of access design, internal circulation, parking, servicing and integrated mobility planning
- Experience managing multidisciplinary coordination on complex projects
- Strong report writing, communication and stakeholder management capability
- Ability to assess technical submissions and guide consultant teams effectively
- Middle East experience preferred, ideally with large scale mixed use or destination projects
Full Job Posting
Your next role
- The purpose of this role is to lead transport design management across a major luxury development in Riyadh.
- You will oversee transport planning and design coordination related to access roads, internal circulation, drop off strategies, parking, service movements and multimodal integration.
Your key duties
- Lead transport design management from planning and concept development through detailed design.
- Coordinate transport consultants and interface with infrastructure, architecture, landscape and utilities teams.
- Review traffic and transport studies, access strategies, circulation plans and technical reports.
- Ensure transport design solutions align with luxury user experience, operational efficiency and authority expectations.
- Support design reviews, technical workshops and approval submissions.
- Manage transport related risks, changes and coordination issues across the programme.
- Contribute to value engineering and operational optimisation initiatives.
- Monitor consultant deliverables, key decisions and programme milestones.
- Provide reporting and recommendations to client and project leadership teams.
- Support the preparation of RFPs, technical scopes and consultant assessments where needed.
Your Skills And Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Transport Engineering, Planning or a related discipline.
- Significant experience in transport design management or transport planning for major developments.
- Good understanding of access design, internal circulation, parking, servicing and integrated mobility planning.
- Experience managing multidisciplinary coordination on complex projects.
- Strong report writing, communication and stakeholder management capability.
- Ability to assess technical submissions and guide consultant teams effectively.
- Middle East experience is preferred, ideally with large scale mixed use or destination projects.
What We Offer You
- A senior role on a landmark luxury project in Riyadh.
- The chance to influence mobility and access strategy for a high profile destination.
- An attractive salary and benefits package.
- A collaborative environment with strong exposure to senior project stakeholders.
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