Senior Project Manager - Design (Civil - Infrastructure) (DB)

JASARA PMC is looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager specializing in Design (Civil - Infrastructure) to join our dedicated team. In this pivotal role, you will oversee the design and execution of large-scale infrastructure projects aimed at enhancing the social infrastructure landscape of Saudi Arabia. Your expertise will guide project teams in delivering innovative, sustainable solutions that meet the highest standards of quality and efficiency.

As the Senior Project Manager - Design, you will play a crucial role in overseeing the design and development of various projects, ensuring that they are delivered on time, within budget, and meet the highest quality standards. Responsible for managing the technical design reviews from concept to execution to ensure compliance with the project and client requirements and standards.    

The role will also require collaboration with commercial, project management, engineering, and design technical leaders to create opportunities for efficiency and innovation.  

• Lead the team, with a focus on delivering innovative solutions that provide superior outcomes. Provide consistent leadership and will support client focus and responsiveness and will help to ensure identification and anticipation of client needs. 
• Manages the team’s deliverables through effective leadership by setting individual objectives, managing performance and developing the team to maximize performance. 
• Leads the design progress in coordination with external consultants for roads and transportation infrastructure including the underground bulk utilities; managing the design from concept through to construction documentation stages ensuring conformity to the project stated objectives and providing recommendations, highlighting risks and mitigations strategies. 
• Ensure smooth coordination with consultants, making sure they adhere to project timelines and meet the clients’ high-quality standards. 
• Leads the design team in undertaking technical design reviews to ensure compliance with all Project Requirements and Strategy, Project, Design and Development Briefs, including BIM, GIS, innovation, optioneering and value engineering.  
• Lead the team to ensure design deliverables are provided by the design consultants in accordance with their contract and district and sub-district program requirements. 
• Collaborate closely with various internal departments, clients, consultants, contractors and stakeholders to fully understand project requirements and create innovative design solutions that satisfy client requirements and local codes and standards. Effectively manage the required interfaces to raise possible impacts to project programs, budgets and quality issues. 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, consultants, contractors and stakeholders to ensure effective coordination and integration of various design elements to achieve seamless progression from design, construction to final handover. 
• Proactively monitor and track project progress, promptly identify and resolve any design-related challenges or conflicts that may arise and report timeously on these. 
• Efficiently manage and maintain meticulous project documentation, including design records, change orders, and necessary approvals. 
• Set-up and chair meetings with the client, consultants, design team and stakeholders whilst capturing minutes of meetings as necessary. 
• Manages all matters related to design being ‘fit for purpose’ specifically ‘Safety in Design’  
• Leads the design sign off process by all design consultants / sub-contract designers  
• Ensures quality assurance processes are in place to review design deliverables and ensure compliance with project specifications, design standards and regulatory requirements.  
• Ensure the team designs according to the cost/business plan, system and operations plan.  
• Assist Cost Consultants assess the cost of design changes and track accordingly ensuring proper change management processes are adhered to throughout the design process.  
• Overseeing production of Work Breakdown Structure for design/engineering deliverables which is suitable for production of design documentation and is in accordance with procurement, construction staging and project phasing requirements.