Senior Project Manager (Museums/Cultural Institutions📣 إعلان

About the Role

AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Senior Project Manager to join its team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role focuses on high-profile cultural developments that integrate heritage, innovation, and sustainability across multiple cultural assets. The Senior Project Manager will lead and coordinate the scope of work for Exhibition Design Management and Construction Supervision on specialist museums, cultural institutions, and visitor experience projects. This position is responsible for overseeing the coordination, implementation, and delivery of world-class museum exhibitions and cultural experiences from concept design through fabrication, installation, commissioning, and handover, ensuring adherence to international standards, project objectives, schedules, budgets, and conservation requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage exhibition design development from concept through detailed design and execution, ensuring alignment with curatorial narratives, visitor experience strategies, and operational requirements.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary design teams, including exhibition, interior, graphic, and lighting designers, architects, AV/multimedia consultants, experience designers, and conservators.
• Supervise exhibition fit-out and installation works on-site, monitoring contractor and fabricator performance against approved drawings and specifications.
• Conduct regular inspections to verify workmanship quality, compliance with local regulations, international museum standards, and health and safety requirements.
• Oversee exhibition fabrication processes, including factory inspections, mock-up reviews, and verification of quality and compliance with designs.
• Coordinate the design and manufacture of museum showcases and display systems, ensuring compliance with artifact conservation requirements such as temperature, humidity, lighting, and security.
• Manage the integration of multimedia and AV systems, overseeing the installation and commissioning of interactive exhibits, projection systems, LED displays, and immersive environments.
• Develop and implement exhibition quality control procedures, conduct site inspections, track defects, and manage snagging and close-out processes.
• Monitor project schedules and exhibition delivery timelines, coordinating all activities and identifying schedule risks.
• Serve as the primary liaison between clients, consultants, contractors, fabricators, and museum operating teams, facilitating meetings and presenting project updates.
• Support procurement processes for exhibition contractors and specialist vendors, including reviewing technical bids and managing contractual compliance.
• Manage exhibition testing, commissioning, and handover activities, verifying system functionality, coordinating operational readiness, and overseeing staff training.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Architecture, Interior Design, Construction Management, Engineering, Museum Studies, Exhibition Design, or a related field.
• Minimum of 15 years of experience in exhibition design, museum projects, cultural developments, or visitor attractions.
• Proven experience delivering high-profile museum projects in the Middle East.
• Experience supervising exhibition fit-out and specialist installation contractors.
• Strong understanding of museum conservation and collection care requirements.
• Experience working with government, cultural, and heritage sector clients.

Preferred Project Experience

• National Museums
• Cultural District Developments
• Heritage Interpretation Centers
• Visitor Experience Centers
• Science Museums
• Children's Museums
• Art Museums
• Archaeological Museums
• World Expo Pavilions
• Immersive Cultural Attractions
• UNESCO Heritage Visitor Facilities

About AtkinsRéalis

AtkinsRéalis is a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. The company connects people, data, and technology to transform global infrastructure and energy systems. Working with industry partners, clients, and a global team of consultants, designers, engineers, and project managers, AtkinsRéalis is committed to engineering a better future for the planet and its people across various end markets.