Design Coordination Lead - Entertainment and Hospitality

About the Role

Join Parsons as a Design Coordination Lead in Qatar, contributing to a prestigious luxury hospitality and entertainment project. This role involves leading the multidisciplinary design coordination process for an innovative development featuring immersive entertainment, top-tier hospitality, premium retail, and varied leisure attractions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage design coordination activities across all project phases: design development, construction, testing, commissioning, and handover.
• Oversee coordination between Lead Architect, Lead Design Consultant, Architect of Record, specialist consultants, themed entertainment designers, ride vendors, show system experts, and Design & Build Contractor.
• Manage integration of architectural, structural, civil, MEP, landscape, utilities, themed attraction systems, ride and show systems, and other specialist disciplines.
• Organize and facilitate design workshops, technical reviews, interface meetings, and design resolution sessions involving all project stakeholders.
• Monitor and ensure design deliverables meet the approved schedule, addressing issues affecting cost, timeline, constructability, quality, or operational goals.
• Review multidisciplinary design submissions for completeness, coordination, constructability, maintainability, and adherence to client requirements and regulations.
• Coordinate review and resolution of RFIs, technical queries, design clarifications, shop drawings, and changes.
• Engage in value engineering and design optimization, maintaining design intent, guest experience, operational functionality, and project objectives.
• Collaborate with operators, attraction vendors, utility providers, authorities, and third parties to coordinate design interfaces.
• Track design changes and assess their impact on budget, schedule, quality, procurement, construction sequencing, and operational readiness; communicate accordingly.
• Partner with BIM Manager to facilitate multidisciplinary model coordination, clash detection, and design integration.
• Maintain design coordination registers, interface logs, action trackers, and technical documentation within electronic document management systems.
• Support construction teams with timely design responses, troubleshooting, and facilitating the transition from design through commissioning.
• Encourage collaborative interactions among all design stakeholders to enable effective decisions and successful project outcomes.

Candidate Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, or related field.
• Professional registration or certifications are advantageous.
• At least 10 years’ experience in multidisciplinary design coordination, management, or technical coordination related to large hospitality, entertainment, mixed-use, or destination projects.
• Experience in coordinating complex Design & Build projects with multiple design disciplines and specialized consultants.
• Demonstrated expertise working alongside themed entertainment designers, ride vendors, show system specialists for major entertainment or theme park projects.
• Familiarity with BIM-based design coordination and multidisciplinary design reviews.
• Strong knowledge of design development processes, construction documentation, authority approvals, and technical coordination during all project phases.
• GCC region experience is highly desirable.

Additional Preferred Skills

• In-depth understanding of multidisciplinary design coordination, management, and technical integration for extensive hospitality, entertainment, and mixed-use developments.
• Comprehensive familiarity with architectural, structural, civil, MEP, landscape, ride systems, show systems, utilities, and specialist building systems.
• Expertise in Design & Build delivery, constructability reviews, value engineering, and managing design changes.
• Proven ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders, including architects, designers, consultants, contractors, operators, utilities, and authorities.
• Advanced skills in BIM coordination, model integration, clash detection, and digital design workflows.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, presentation, negotiation, and stakeholder engagement abilities.
• Strong analytical skills and problem-solving aptitude to manage complex technical, design, and interface challenges under multidisciplinary and fast-paced conditions.
• Capability to evaluate complex technical documentation, drawings, specifications, and multidisciplinary deliverables.
• Well-developed organizational skills to handle multiple design streams concurrently while ensuring goal alignment, schedule adherence, budget control, quality standards, and operational requirements.
• Ability to work efficiently within large multidisciplinary programs promoting collaboration, technical excellence, and successful project delivery.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Parsons promotes equal opportunity employment irrespective of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, or genetic information.

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