One95 Global Recruitment

Senior Technical Manager

A leading Tier 1 main contractor is seeking an accomplished Senior Technical Manager to join their Riyadh-based leadership team, supporting the delivery of one of Saudi Arabia’s most high-profile giga projects. This is a critical senior role within the contractor’s technical and design leadership function, responsible for managing complex multidisciplinary design delivery from pre-construction through to construction and handover.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage the full technical and design function for a major landmark giga project from pre-construction through to delivery.
  • Provide strategic technical leadership across architectural, structural, MEP, façade, and specialist design disciplines.
  • Oversee consultant design teams, ensuring deliverables meet contractual requirements, client expectations, statutory approvals, and construction feasibility.
  • Act as the primary technical interface between client, consultants, internal engineering teams, procurement, and construction operations.
  • Manage the design program, technical submissions, approvals, RFIs, value engineering, and design change processes.
  • Ensure designs are coordinated, buildable, compliant with Saudi codes and international standards, and aligned with commercial and programme objectives.
  • Support tendering, procurement, and early contractor involvement activities with robust technical input.
  • Drive design risk management, technical compliance, and quality assurance across all project stages.
  • Lead and mentor design and engineering managers, fostering a best‑practice technical culture within the project team.
  • Provide senior‑level technical input to executive reporting, client meetings, and critical decision‑making forums.

Requirements

  • Minimum 20+ years’ experience across the design and construction industry.
  • Degree qualified in Architecture (strongly preferred) or a related design/engineering discipline.
  • Must have experience working for design consultancies AND major main contractors on high value projects.
  • Demonstrated experience in Engineering Manager or Design Manager roles on large‑scale & high-value, complex projects.
  • Strong track record delivering complex, multi‑disciplinary building projects, ideally large mixed‑use, commercial, residential, or mega‑developments.
  • Previous experience working in Saudi Arabia or the wider Middle East is highly desirable.
  • Excellent understanding of design management within EPC / design‑and‑build contracting environments.
  • Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills, with the ability to operate at client and executive level.
  • Experience working on high‑profile flagship or giga projects is a significant advantage.

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