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Senior Design Manager – Structures

Want to lead structural design management on a landmark luxury project in Riyadh? Your experience delivering complex structural packages on premium developments might make you our new Senior Design Manager – Structures.

Here, expect the exceptional.

This role is an opportunity to lead structural design management on a high-profile luxury development where technical quality, coordination and efficient delivery are critical.

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The purpose of this role is to provide senior structural design management across a major luxury project in Riyadh. You will oversee structural design delivery, consultant coordination, technical assurance and interface management to ensure the successful execution of structural packages across all project stages.

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Your key duties

  • Manage structural consultants and specialist engineering inputs across multiple project packages.

  • Review calculations, reports, drawings and design submissions for quality, coordination and compliance.

  • Coordinate closely with architecture, MEP, interiors, landscape and infrastructure teams.

  • Lead technical workshops, design reviews and gateway submissions.

  • Manage design risks, changes, value engineering and buildability reviews related to structural packages.

  • Support programme planning and monitor consultant deliverables against milestones.

  • Provide reporting and updates to project leadership and client teams.

  • Support procurement activities, consultant scopes and technical evaluations where required.

  • Mentor team members and support best practice in structural design management.

Your skills and experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in Structural or Civil Engineering.

  • Significant experience in structural design management on complex, high-value building developments.

  • Strong understanding of structural systems, consultant coordination and multidisciplinary design processes.

  • Ability to review and challenge technical design submissions effectively.

  • Strong communication, reporting and stakeholder management skills.

  • Experience in BIM-led project environments is preferred.

  • Middle East experience, ideally on major luxury, hospitality or mixed-use projects, is strongly preferred.

What we offer you

  • A senior role on a flagship luxury development in Riyadh.

  • The opportunity to shape technically complex and architecturally ambitious outcomes.

  • An attractive salary and benefits package.

  • A collaborative project environment with strong leadership exposure.

At Buro Happold, everyone else’s extraordinary is just our everyday.

Apply today and be a part of our legacy.

A place for everyone

Buro Happold values individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of the way you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.

Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive.

We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment and are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing difference allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.

Please let us know if there are any adjustments, we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact recruitment@burohappold.com so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.

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