Technical / Design Director (Marina) - PMC

Saudi Arabia  |  Permanent

Our Global Project Management Consultancy client has a new requirement for a well experienced Marina Technical / Design Director to join their team in Tabuk, KSA to work on a Giga-project in the Kingdom. Successful candidates will have a proven background as a Technical / Design Director on major Marina Developments across the wider GCC and a proven background working in a recognised PMC or Design Consultancy business.


This role is available for immediate joining and is a direct hire, permanent placement with our client.


Key Responsibilities:

  • Champion health, safety, welfare of engineering management staff and consultants
  • Lead a team of engineering management professionals
  • Collaborate with others within the Engineering Directorate to achieve inter-workstream coordination
  • Collaborate with interface directors/manager(s) and stakeholder directors/manager(s)
  • Collaborate with Construction Delivery team to ensure constructability and delivery timeframes are agreed and achieved.
  • Oversee implementation of Safety in Design procedures by engineering management team
  • Review and approve scopes of design services for use in consultancy RFPs and Service Orders
  • Lead the engineering management team in contributing to tendering processes (consultancies; construction contracts; design/build contracts; others)
  • Review and approve engineering management team’s reviews and comments on service order proposals from consultants
  • Oversee the technical and commercial management of the delivery of services by design consultants
  • Oversee reporting of progress vs. programme of consultants’ services
  • Oversee reporting on cost vs. contract value of consultants’ services
  • Oversee coordination of design schedules with construction schedules
  • Lead the implementation of risk management procedures by the engineering management team (individual consultancies; broader design development and impact on overall programme)
  • Lead the continual updating of engineering management team deployment plans
  • Direct the resourcing of engineering management
  • Lead the preparation of job descriptions and collaborate with the Engineering Directorate in the recruitment and hiring of engineering management staff
  • Set KPIs of engineering management staff, monitor progress toward achievement and support them in achieving same


Technical / Design Director (Marina) Experience:

  • 20+ years’ experience in design in the employ of consultants and/or contractors
  • Minimum 10 years’ experience as an engineer &/or engineering manager for marine projects in preliminary and final design stages (i.e. plans and specifications)
  • Minimum 6 years’ experience on major marine works projects in a manager-level (preferably director-level) role with responsibility for multi-discipline, multi-consultant design development
  • Effective communication (written and verbal) at all levels of the organisation
  • Design leadership of multi-discipline, multi-location and multi-cultural teams
  • Skill in formulating and communicating clear direction to engineering management team and design consultants - defining and prioritising objectives
  • Skill in influencing decision-making through marshalling of facts, persuasively presenting recommendations and calmly, positively responding to challenge and scrutiny
  • Chairing of meetings to achieve objectives in minimum time
  • Reading and managing the big picture, best for project outcome
  • Strong communication skills with Client, Stakeholders and Contractor teams
  • Collaborative management style


Interested candidates are invited to share their up to date CV and details directly to jobs@j10consulting.ae for further review and process


Date Posted: 10 Oct 2024

Status: Filled