Design Coordinator

About Decima International

Decima International is a professional services company specializing in project management and controls. The company serves clients in the United States and the Middle East, with a mission to be a premier professional services provider across its engaged industry sectors. Decima International operates on a foundation of client partnership, fostering an environment for talented professionals, and regulating growth to maintain high service standards.

The Role of Design Coordinator

Decima International is seeking a Design Coordinator to support multidisciplinary design activities for major data center projects in Riyadh. This full-time role involves assisting the Design Manager in coordinating technical information, tracking design deliverables, and facilitating communication among consultants, contractors, and engineering disciplines. The successful candidate will contribute to ensuring design information is accurate, coordinated, properly tracked, and available to support construction, commissioning, and handover activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Design Manager in coordinating multidisciplinary design activities.
• Coordinate design information across CSA, MEP, ICT, Security, and other technical disciplines.
• Track design deliverables, outstanding actions, and submission status.
• Maintain design registers, trackers, and action logs.
• Track RFIs, technical submittals, drawings, design comments, and clarifications.
• Follow up with consultants, contractors, and project teams on overdue submissions and responses.
• Support multidisciplinary design coordination meetings and prepare meeting minutes.
• Monitor the closure of action items from design coordination meetings.
• Assist with BIM coordination and clash detection/resolution activities.
• Identify design coordination issues, gaps, and conflicts, escalating them to the Design Manager.
• Support drawing and design-package reviews for completeness and coordination.
• Assist with monitoring design progress against project schedules.
• Maintain accurate records of approvals, revisions, design changes, and technical decisions.
• Coordinate design documentation required for construction activities.
• Support the preparation of design progress reports and client presentations.
• Assist with commissioning and handover documentation as required.
• Support communication between engineering disciplines, consultants, contractors, and project stakeholders.

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented and possess the ability to manage complex technical information and communication flows within large-scale projects. This role requires a professional who can effectively support design management functions and contribute to the successful delivery of data center projects.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, focusing on major data center projects. The role involves working within a professional services environment, collaborating with diverse engineering disciplines, consultants, and contractors.