Senior Design Director

General information

Organisation

Egis is a global consulting and engineering firm working in construction,
transport and mobility services. Our mission: create and operate intelligent
infrastructure and buildings to further the transition to a low-carbon economy
and contribute to more balanced and sustainable territorial development.
To support our growth dynamic, we offer a wide variety of career opportunities
in more than ‎120 countries.
Joining our Group and its ‎16,000 employees means, above all, sharing our
values as a people-first company, strongly committed to sustainability and
innovation.

Reference

‎2022-‎7931

Position description

Job title

Senior Design Director

Contract type

Permanent contract

Job description

• Providing technical guidance, governance and day-today coordination of all contractor design review activities for contractual conformance


• Drafting and reviewing the status and adequacy of the design review plan to ensure continuing suitability and effectiveness


• Receiving, distributing, and tracking design reviews of the contractors design submittals for the duration of design and construction


• Contributing to the successful delivery of the project by leading and coordinating cross-discipline interfaces from a technical design perspective


• Ensuring appropriate processes and skills are in place to assure the safety and integrity of all engineering deliverables and projects


• Developing and managing a large multidisciplinary team of design engineers to raise the level of their technical capability and understanding


• Regularly engaging with the project senior management team when determining the allocation of resources (design/engineering) to support the project and initiating changes when necessary


• Providing leadership, direction and guidance to staff to ensure quality technical services are provided that meet both the project and client requirements


• Identifying and managing the delivery of information required by the contractors, the client and other internal and external stakeholders; monitoring their progress against agreed delivery dates


• Liaising with the client and the contractor to establish their requirements and to discuss technical solutions


• Identifying risks and opportunities associated with coordination (e.g. differing time scales for developing inter-related design solutions) and reporting back to the project senior leadership team


• Identifying, reviewing and advocating changes (variations) to designs in terms of technical capability, cost effectiveness, scope, durability and maintainability of design solutions

Profile

• Minimum of ‎18 years of experience.


• Bachelor's Degree in Architecture


• Successful track record in technical design review on mega Projects


• Ability to educate clients in all aspects of systems engineering


• Experience in mega-project/program in the Middle East


• Excellent communication, relationship management and influencing skills and effective collaboration with multiple stakeholders


• Experience of managing risk and opportunity and administering change on projects


• Leadership Skills

Position location

Job location

Middle-East/North Africa, Saudi Arabia

City

Riyadh

Candidate criteria

Minimum level of education required

‎4-Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Science

Minimum level of experience required

Over ‎10 years