Technical Design Manager

Role overview

Key responsibilities

• Manage design deliverables across multiple projects and oversee drawings, reports, technical documentation, and tender packages.
• Support resource planning, staffing budgets, assignment schedules, and appropriate discipline staffing levels.
• Monitor design quality and progress against schedule, cost, quality, production, and overhead-budget requirements.
• Establish discipline standards and procedures, support quality improvement, and recommend process improvements.
• Recruit, evaluate, develop, counsel, and conduct performance reviews for personnel as required.
• Participate in design reviews, value engineering workshops, technical and safety meetings, and multidisciplinary coordination.
• Ensure designs comply with codes, standards, client requirements, and project goals.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders to resolve technical challenges and deliver integrated solutions.
• Promote digital engineering workflows, quality assurance, knowledge sharing, mentoring, and standard procedures.
• Attend design meetings, validate minutes, present cross-disciplinary solutions, and maintain clear stakeholder communication.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Over 20 years of design experience, including 10 years in technical coordination roles for site infrastructure and landscape projects.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary design teams on large-scale projects.
• Strong understanding of applicable codes, standards, and regulatory frameworks.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to manage multiple design packages and deliverables simultaneously.
• Proficiency in design and document control tools such as AutoCAD, Revit, and BIM360.

Desired skills

• Experience on infrastructure or large-scale projects in the Middle East.
• Working knowledge of BIM, Navisworks, or similar digital design platforms.
• Understanding of cost, risk, and schedule integration within project controls.
• Experience with government or semi-government clients.
• PMP, RICS, PE, or equivalent certification would be advantageous.
• A KSA driving license would be advantageous.