Design Manager - Creative / Theming / Attractions

Design Manager - Creative / Theming / Attractions

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WSP Middle East are currently looking for a Design Manager (Creative/Theming/Attractions) for a Theme Park PMC programme in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.

Your new role, what's involved:

• Overseeing the design process using technical expertise and management skills
• Driving 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
• Ensuring technical resources are managed effectively
• Ensuring design teams adopt and make effective use of standards and practices
• Ensuring required quality checking/approval procedures are carried out
• Applying and reinforcing standard designs and products across work programmes and rigorously challenging the teams to drive efficiency in our design programmes
• Preparing Scope of Works documents for each design stage, as part of RFPs and/or contract documentation for external consultants
• Supporting Client with input to production of brief documents as required
• Contributing to design team progress/quality reporting

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

• Bachelor's Degree in Architecture and membership of relevant professional body, such as RIBA or AIA
• 10 years of professional experience in project design, planning and implementation, preferably in KSA or GCC region
• Design management experience on creative, theming and attraction elements on a Theme Park project in a PMC capacity
• Excellent leadership skills and ability to delegate and coordinate responsibilities
• Strong conflict resolution/management skills
• Excellent analytical skills
• Strong team player with ability to balance conflicting priorities and take timely decisions
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

What's in it for you:

WSP recognizes 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 times 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 recognize 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!