Design Manager Infrastructure📣 Job Ad

About Mace and the Opportunity

Mace combines construction expertise with consultancy to enhance projects and unlock potential. The company's values guide its approach and define the professionals it seeks to join its journey. We are currently seeking a Design Manager Infrastructure to join our team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for a full-time role.

The Project Context

This role offers the opportunity to contribute to one of the largest programmes in Saudi Arabia. The project involves a major mixed-use development, encompassing sports facilities, entertainment venues, arts components, and all associated infrastructure. Mace serves as one of the key delivery partners, requiring experienced professionals to lead integrated teams throughout the project phases.

Role Summary

The Design Manager Infrastructure will be responsible for overseeing and coordinating multi-disciplinary design activities across various project stages. This role ensures design solutions comply with approved briefs, standards, budgets, and schedules, while maintaining high quality and integration. The position requires 7-10 years of relevant experience in design coordination or management.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate multi-disciplinary design activities across project stages, ensuring compliance with approved briefs, standards, budgets, schedules, and delivery requirements.
• Support senior leadership in overseeing design delivery, monitoring progress, maintaining governance processes, and providing regular design status reports to project stakeholders.
• Coordinate consultants, technical teams, contractors, and stakeholders to deliver integrated, compliant, and high-quality design solutions aligned with project objectives and standards.
• Review and assess design submissions, consultant deliverables, contractor submittals, and technical documentation for completeness, quality, coordination, and specification compliance.
• Lead the resolution of design clashes, technical queries, constructability challenges, interface issues, and design changes, while managing associated risks and mitigation measures.
• Maintain design management systems, including trackers, action logs, approval workflows, technical records, and reporting tools to support effective project control and decision-making.
• Facilitate effective communication, collaboration, and information distribution among internal teams, consultants, clients, and stakeholders to support timely reviews, approvals, and project delivery.
• Promote safety, sustainability, and compliance by applying industry standards, safety-in-design principles, regulations, and organizational values, while mentoring junior staff and supporting continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related discipline.
• 7–10 years of experience in design coordination or design management roles.
• Demonstrated experience working with multi-disciplinary design consultants.
• Good understanding of design development stages and coordination requirements.
• Strong organizational, communication, and stakeholder coordination skills.

Application Information

Mace is an inclusive employer and encourages applications from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you do not meet every criterion, you are encouraged to apply as your profile may be suitable for this or other roles within the organization.