Design Director

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WSP Middle East are currently looking for a Design Director to provide leadership in planning, organising, leading and controlling the project from design perspective for a large-scale PMC Theme Park Project.

Your new role, what's involved

• Overseeing the design process using technical expertise and management skills
• To drive efficiency and rigour in technical delivery by providing cross-programme co-ordination and technical leadership
• Responsible for driving excellence in health and safety, ensuring that risks are minimised in the design process
• Ensure technical resources are managed effectively
• Ensure design teams adopt and make effective use of standards and practices
• Ensure required quality checking/approval procedures are carried out
• Apply and reinforce standard designs and products across work programmes rigorously challenge the teams to drive efficiency in our design programmes
• Prepare of Scope of Works documents for each design stage, as part of RFPs and/or contract documentation for external consultants
• Support Client with input to production of brief documents as required
• Contribute to design team progress / quality reporting
• Responsible for design management through the various stages of design and the transition to construction
• Coordinating the input of multiple design parties and ensuring the output meets with the client's expectation
• Have an eye for quality and can take a holistic approach to design management considering multifaceted stakeholder requirements
• Ensure that the project design deliverables are on time, within budget and at the required level of quality
• Drive programme and understand the dependencies between design, procurement and construction when delivering large scale fast track projects in a diverse environment
• Maintain and develop a growing relationship with the client based on excellent operational delivery

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering
• Chartered / Professional Engineer or other memberships of Professional Institution
• 15+ years project design management experience on large mixed-use development projects in the Middle East
• Possess 15+ years experience in delivering fully coordinated, multi-disciplinary Design Management for Project Management and Construction Management on large mixed-use development projects in the capacity of Design Director
• Worked for an international consultancy for around 15-20 years and over 5 years of my experience has been in the Middle East
• Design Management and PMC experience on Theme Parks
• Excellent communication skills

What's in it for you

What if we can have work-life balance? What if we can be rewarded in ways that support our individual needs? What if we can be accepted for who we are? Here at WSP we can!

WSP recognises that work is only one part of our lives and making time for the other things in our life is important be that our families, our friends or ourselves. So, if working from home, working part-time or having flexible start and finish time will help with this let us know as part of your application.

As well as rewarding you with competitive pay, WSP offers standard benefits including first class medical cover, generous annual leave, and paid professional subscriptions.

Be you, be happy - we strive to have a friendly and inclusive culture which respects and maximizes the contribution individuals can bring to WSP. We recognise the benefits that people with varying backgrounds and experiences can bring. Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. We will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria.

Apply now and be the future of WSP!