Senior Design Manager – Utilities

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Want to lead utilities design on a major luxury development in Riyadh? Your experience managing complex utilities packages and sitewide coordination might make you our new Senior Design Manager – Utilities.

Here, expect the exceptional.

This role sits at the centre of delivering robust, coordinated and future-ready utility systems for a flagship luxury project.

The purpose of this role is to provide senior design management for utilities packages across a major luxury project in Riyadh. You will be responsible for overseeing dry and wet utility design, corridor coordination, authority interfaces, consultant management and technical assurance throughout project delivery.

Lead utilities design management across concept, developed and detailed design stages.

Oversee design coordination for power, telecom, district cooling, water, sewerage, stormwater, irrigation and related utility networks.

Manage consultant teams and review utility strategies, layouts, calculations and technical submissions.

Coordinate with infrastructure, roads, transport, architecture and landscape teams to resolve corridor and interface issues.

Support authority engagement, technical approvals and utility provider coordination.

Identify and manage risks, changes and design constraints affecting utility packages.

Lead value engineering and design optimisation initiatives to improve efficiency, constructability and lifecycle performance.

Monitor programme milestones, deliverable schedules and consultant performance.

Prepare reports and updates for project leadership and client teams.

Support procurement documentation, consultant selection and technical bid evaluations where required.

Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical or Utility Engineering, or a related field.

Significant experience managing utility design on major infrastructure or mixed-use developments.

Strong understanding of wet and dry utility systems and multidisciplinary coordination.

Experience with authority approval processes and utility stakeholder engagement.

Strong analytical, organisational and technical reporting skills.

Ability to manage complex design interfaces in fast-paced project environments.

BIM and digital coordination experience is advantageous.

Middle East experience, particularly in Saudi Arabia or the GCC, is strongly preferred.

A senior role on a landmark luxury development in Riyadh.

The chance to shape the utility backbone of a high-profile destination project.

An attractive salary and benefits package.

A high-performing and multidisciplinary project environment.

At Buro Happold, everyone else’s extraordinary is just our everyday.

Buro Happold values individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of the way you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.

Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive.

We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment and are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing difference allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.