Technical / Design Associate Director

Faithful+Gould

Saudi Arabia

Ref: SP117-222

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Technical / Design Associate Director (Remote location Al Ula)

Role Summary

Faithful+Gould are currently looking for Technical / Design Associate Director with demonstrated experience in the design management and delivery of large-scale five-star hospitality / conference centre style projects. The position is to oversee the design interface, management and coordination for a high-profile construction project based in AlUla, KSA.

Role Responsibilities

- Provide Technical Leadership, Direction and Support to Faithful+Gould's Project Management Consultancy team
- Manage and report on the design delivery performance for the time, cost, quality and other performance objectives as required from the supply chain, including the application of robust change management
- Oversee and manage the technical interface with all functions to ensure project and statutory requirements are understood, implemented, and discharged appropriately in the design and construction phases
- Engage with other functions including commercial, procurement, project controls, construction delivery, HSEQ etc. to ensure that technical issues are suitably understood and appropriately managed
- Liaise and collaborate with clients and all other project stakeholders to ensure all requirements are captured and executed through design to commissioning
- Coordinate deliverables, inputs and interfaces with the technical supervision team to ensure a verified, validated and configured design that meets the client requirements
- Ensure Faithful+Gould's core Health, Safety, Environment, Quality and Integrity principles are embedded into 'safety in design' and delivery projects
- Adopt a project culture of innovation and 'lessons learned' to drive continual improvement

Requirements

Requirements, Experience & Skills

- 10 years' experience in relevant sector experience across five-star Hospitality / Conference Centre
- Bachelor's degree ideally in Engineering, Architecture, or other related Built Environment fields
- Ideally holds Professional Chartered Membership with a recognise institution such as RICS/CIOB/ICE/RIBA etc.
- Proven track record in design delivery of major projects and package coordination post-contract as a PMC is essential
- Middle East experience preferred

SNC Lavalin's Faithful+Gould business is one of the world's leading integrated project and programme management consultancies, with over 2,400 professionals operating worldwide.

Our aim is to protect and maximize our clients' interests throughout the planning and delivery of projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, on budget. We pride ourselves on collaborating with client teams and developing long-term relationships.

Key services include - Project management, programme management, project controls, commercial management, cost management and expert scheduling and construction planning.

Our industry is going through a digital transformation and we have been investing in and pioneering digital methods to improve all aspects of our service. We have focused our digital transformation around platform modernization and product development and through standardization and automation, we are achieving efficiencies that are directly passed on our clients who benefit from a consistent quality of service as well as the savings.

Active in the Middle East for over 20 years, we have offices in the UAE, Qatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia. We hire and retain only the best people in the industry. Our success is built on recruiting - and then developing - brilliant people from a broad range of professional and cultural backgrounds. It's precisely this diversity of talent that sets us apart.

Acquired by SNC Lavalin in 2017, we also have an extensive depth of geographic exposure across 50 countries and the breadth of 53,000 experts. As one of the largest engineering contractors, we have access to 17,000 staff in the Middle East making us one of the largest multidisciplinary consultancies in the region.

About the Company

SNC Lavalin’s Faithful+Gould business is one of the world’s leading integrated project and programme management consultancies, with over 2,400 professionals operating worldwide.

Our aim is to protect and maximize our clients’ interests throughout the planning and delivery of projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, on budget. We pride ourselves on collaborating with client teams and developing long-term relationships.

Key services include - Project management, programme management, project controls, commercial management, cost management and expert scheduling and construction planning.

Our industry is going through a digital transformation and we have been investing in and pioneering digital methods to improve all aspects of our service. We have focused our digital transformation around platform modernization and product development and through standardization and automation, we are achieving efficiencies that are directly passed on our clients who benefit from a consistent quality of service as well as the savings.

Active in the Middle East for over 20 years, we have offices in the UAE, Qatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia. We hire and retain only the best people in the industry. Our success is built on recruiting – and then developing – brilliant people from a broad range of professional and cultural backgrounds. It’s precisely this diversity of talent that sets us apart.

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