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Principal Design Manager

Mott Macdonald 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia

Full-time Senior

The Principal Design Manager will lead and coordinate multidisciplinary design activities for major infrastructure projects, ensuring technical robustness and compliance with standards. They are responsible for managing design scope, deliverables, interfaces, and risks throughout the project lifecycle to meet quality and budget objectives.

Responsibilities

  • The Principal Design Manager will lead and coordinate multidisciplinary design activities for major infrastructure projects, ensuring technical robustness and compliance with standards. They are responsible for managing design scope, deliverables, interfaces, and risks throughout the project lifecycle to meet quality and budget objectives.

Requirements

  • Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree in an engineering or built-environment discipline and possess significant experience in multidisciplinary design management. Strong leadership, communication, and technical assurance skills are essential for operating within the Saudi Arabian project-delivery environment.

Benefits

  • Annual bonus opportunities
  • Medical insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Annual leave
  • Maternity leave
  • Paternity leave
  • Professional membership support
  • Learning and career development

Key Skills

Leadership Project Management Multidisciplinary Design Coordination Technical Assurance Risk Management Scope Management Deliverables Management Interface Management Compliance with Engineering Standards Budget Management Quality Management Stakeholder Communication Team Collaboration Construction Engineering Knowledge Infrastructure Design Transport Systems Expertise Energy Systems Knowledge Water Infrastructure Understanding Defense and Security Project Experience Built‑environment Regulations Decision‑making Mentoring Strategic Planning Problem Solving Change Management Contract Administration Reporting and Documentation

About Mott Macdonald

We are an engineering, management and development consultancy and one of the largest wholly employee-owned firms of our kind. We plan, design, deliver and maintain the transport, energy, water, defence and security, and buildings infrastructure that is integral to people's daily lives. Our core strength is using our expertise to overcome complex challenges to deliver benefits for our clients and the communities they serve.

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