Rambøll Hiring for Design Manager – KSA Job at Dubai Full Time

What we are looking for?

Ramboll are looking to hire an experienced Design Manager to join their Middle East buildings team delivering iconic building projects across the UAE and KSA. This is an excellent opportunity for a senior-level professional looking to advance their career to the next level with a world leading organization.

Our portfolio of live and exciting projects includes cultural, aviation, commercial, residential, hospitality and retail projects across the Middle East.

Are you our new Design Manager? Click the apply-button to send your application.

Inviting bright minds
Do you want to push the boundaries of your profession and develop your excellence in an open, collaborative and empowering culture? We work to create a sustainable future and our inspiring projects and innovative solutions aim to set the standard among our peers. You will join a global company that has been growing successfully since its founding in 1945. Together, we lead and leave a positive impact on societies, companies and people around the world.

You will join our Building Department
Ramboll is committed to building our business here in the Middle East and to improve our capture rate for projects in the region. We are taking the next step in this regard with the addition of a new Design Manager .

The Design Manager will be part of the Middle East Buildings Team. They will report to the buildings department Design Director.

Your key tasks and responsibilities will be:

• Be able to engage with the client on behalf of every discipline related to their packages
• Outline the package scope and ensure full understanding of deliverables, timings and client and authority requirements
• Take full ownership of deliverables register of the package and ensure all disciplines and sub consultants deliver to that register
• Review and check deliverables register for each package prior to implementation
• Drive coherence and quality of the package submissions, ensuring synergies between disciplines
• Review and approve all individual submissions that arrive from the disciplines ensuring that a fully integrated design approach has been followed (synergies and compliance)
• Upwards – report to the PM any deliverables deficiencies, scope gaps, timing issues or resourcing issues.
• Work closely with the design team to ensure quality and integrity of the package’s submissions adhering to the design assurance protocol
• Lead all technical coordination meetings with client and authorities with regards to the lead package
• Lead all internal coordination meetings with the Architect, internal Ramboll team and Subconsultants
• Ensure all disciplines are obtaining the required information from their design party counterparts as needed throughout the project lifecycle
• Responsible for maintaining a design action tracker to track discipline progress and ensure all design team requirements and client brief requirements are met
• Work closely with the BIM delivery lead to ensure the BIM Model is well coordinated and resolve clashes as they arise
• Drive digitalisation in design
• Manage and liaise with all discipline core leads with the appropriate integrity to ensure non bias approach to any discipline (independent approach)
• Review at the request of the PM efficiencies and resource overruns for disciplines but also being proactive to highlightingresource deficiencies or capacity issues within disciplines
• Maintain a compliance and checking list (register) to ensure adequate audit trail through the review process (checklist)
• Monitoring changes in design direction and reporting to the Project Manager
• Carrying out Independent Design Reviews
• Ensuring that MOM are being kept through technical meetings and review and approve prior issuing via Document controller

Your starting point for constant growth
From the moment you join Ramboll, we will support your personal and professional development so that you grow with the company. For this role, we believe your starting point is:

• Bachelor’s and/ or higher Degree in Construction related field.
• Master’s Degree in Engineering, MBA, or related fields is a plus
• 10+ years of experience in the construction industry with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in Design management.
• Sound people management skills and ability to harmonize working relationships between team members from different cultural and technical backgrounds.
• Multi-disciplinary knowledge and ability to engage with technical experts from different backgrounds
• Experienced at:
  • Presenting to clients/authorities
  • Attending authority/client meetings
  • Delivering high quality coordinated designs across different building sectors
  • Driving continuous improvement in project delivery teams
  • Driving innovation in design

What we offer

• Excellent career growth and development opportunities
• Be part of a dynamic, expanding team within the Middle East
• A vibrant and inspiring culture, based on innovation and flexibility

Personal qualities that will help you succeed in this role include collaboration and team work, communicating and presenting, adaptability and learning.

Welcome to our Buildings division
As one of the top 10 building designers in the world, Ramboll works on more than 10,000 building projects each year. 5,000 experts across the world specialize in creating more innovative, sustainable, and liveable buildings. We place particular emphasis on our liveable buildings concept where we balance the cultural, social, and physical values of buildings, to improve the quality of life for building users.

Ramboll in Middle East, Asia Pacific and Africa
Ramboll has more than 1,500 experts working across 15 offices in the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Africa. We are present in Dubai, Doha, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, China, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Our experts are applying their passion to deliver innovative solutions in markets as diverse as Buildings, Transport, Planning & Urban Design, Water, Environment & Health and Energy. Founded in Denmark, Ramboll is a people company. We invite you to contribute to a sustainable future working in an open, collaborative, and empowering culture.

How to apply
Apply online. Attach your CV, cover letter and relevant documents showcasing why you are the right fit for the role, and when you are available to start. We look forward to receiving your application