Senior Design Manager – Utilities
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About the Role
Buro Happold is seeking a Senior Design Manager – Utilities to lead utilities design on a major luxury development in Riyadh. The role involves overseeing dry and wet utility design, corridor coordination, authority interfaces, and consultant management.
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Responsibilities
- Lead utilities design management across concept, developed and detailed design stages.
- Oversee design coordination for power, telecom, district cooling, water, sewerage, stormwater, irrigation and related utility networks.
- Manage consultant teams and review utility strategies, layouts, calculations and technical submissions.
- Coordinate with infrastructure, roads, transport, architecture and landscape teams to resolve corridor and interface issues.
- Support authority engagement, technical approvals and utility provider coordination.
- Identify and manage risks, changes and design constraints affecting utility packages.
- Lead value engineering and design optimisation initiatives to improve efficiency, constructability and lifecycle performance.
- Monitor programme milestones, deliverable schedules and consultant performance.
- Prepare reports and updates for project leadership and client teams.
- Support procurement documentation, consultant selection and technical bid evaluations where required.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical or Utility Engineering, or a related field
- Significant experience managing utility design on major infrastructure or mixed use developments
- Strong understanding of wet and dry utility systems and multidisciplinary coordination
- Experience with authority approval processes and utility stakeholder engagement
- Strong analytical, organisational and technical reporting skills
- Ability to manage complex design interfaces in fast paced project environments
- BIM and digital coordination experience is advantageous
- Middle East experience, particularly in Saudi Arabia or the GCC, is strongly preferred
Full Job Posting
Your next role
- The purpose of this role is to provide senior design management for utilities packages across a major luxury project in Riyadh.
- You will be responsible for overseeing dry and wet utility design, corridor coordination, authority interfaces, consultant management and technical assurance throughout project delivery.
Your key duties
- Lead utilities design management across concept, developed and detailed design stages.
- Oversee design coordination for power, telecom, district cooling, water, sewerage, stormwater, irrigation and related utility networks.
- Manage consultant teams and review utility strategies, layouts, calculations and technical submissions.
- Coordinate with infrastructure, roads, transport, architecture and landscape teams to resolve corridor and interface issues.
- Support authority engagement, technical approvals and utility provider coordination.
- Identify and manage risks, changes and design constraints affecting utility packages.
- Lead value engineering and design optimisation initiatives to improve efficiency, constructability and lifecycle performance.
- Monitor programme milestones, deliverable schedules and consultant performance.
- Prepare reports and updates for project leadership and client teams.
- Support procurement documentation, consultant selection and technical bid evaluations where required.
Your Skills And Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical or Utility Engineering, or a related field.
- Significant experience managing utility design on major infrastructure or mixed use developments.
- Strong understanding of wet and dry utility systems and multidisciplinary coordination.
- Experience with authority approval processes and utility stakeholder engagement.
- Strong analytical, organisational and technical reporting skills.
- Ability to manage complex design interfaces in fast paced project environments.
- BIM and digital coordination experience is advantageous.
- Middle East experience, particularly in Saudi Arabia or the GCC, is strongly preferred.
What We Offer You
- A senior role on a landmark luxury development in Riyadh.
- The chance to shape the utility backbone of a high profile destination project.
- An attractive salary and benefits package.
- A high performing and multidisciplinary project environment.
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