Design Manager

About the Role

Join Parsons Corporation as a Design Manager in Tabūk, Saudi Arabia, where you'll play a pivotal role in leading engineering disciplines within major projects. At Parsons, we foster a culture of innovation, agility, and growth, empowering you to unlock your potential and expand your career horizons.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide both managerial leadership and technical guidance for significant engineering disciplines or interdisciplinary engineering functions.
• Lead the delivery of engineering services on large, complex projects and programs, including those exceeding $250 million installed costs.
• Oversee discipline staffing budgets, resource allocation plans, assignment schedules, and forecast workforce needs.
• Ensure that appropriate engineering talent is available across projects to meet delivery deadlines.
• Track quality, progress, productivity, and technical performance of engineering functions across multiple projects.
• Collaborate closely with Project Managers and Directors to resolve challenges relating to staffing, quality, scheduling, and technical execution.
• Develop, implement, and uphold engineering standards, procedures, manuals, and best practices specific to disciplines.
• Suggest enhancements to departmental workflows, standards, and delivery methods.
• Provide strategic oversight on complex engineering challenges ensuring adherence to codes, standards, and client requirements.
• Manage annual salary plans, guide salary decisions, and supervise recruitment, interviewing, selection, and development of engineering personnel.
• Lead employee performance management, succession planning, mentoring, and ensure smooth onboarding for new hires.
• Support business development by acting as a senior technical advisor for proposals, execution plans, staffing, presentations, and client interactions.
• Ensure discipline operations stay within approved budgets and optimize departmental performance metrics.
• Promote inter-disciplinary cooperation among engineering teams and external stakeholders.
• Stay abreast of engineering innovations, digital tools, and emerging technologies to continually enhance project quality and efficiency.
• Represent the engineering discipline at managerial meetings, client engagements, and technical forums.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum of 20 years progressive engineering experience with substantial leadership of large, multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Demonstrable expertise managing engineering disciplines on significant infrastructure, transportation, building, utilities, or complex multidisciplinary projects.
• Proficient in engineering resource planning, workforce management, budget oversight, and quality control.
• Strong knowledge in engineering design principles, industry standards, governance, and quality assurance processes.
• Experience developing and maintaining engineering standards, technical procedures, and discipline manuals.
• Credentials such as Professional Engineer registration or equivalent may be required depending on assignment.
• Excellent communication skills, leadership, negotiation, and stakeholder management abilities.

Desirable Skills

• Recognition as Professional Engineer (PE), Chartered Engineer (CEng), or equivalent international accreditation.
• Affiliation with professional engineering institutions or societies.
• Experience managing mega-projects or programs with capital values exceeding $250 million.
• Background in PMC, delivery partner, EPC, design consultancy, or client-side roles.
• Familiarity with digital engineering, BIM, automation, and advanced engineering technologies.
• Experience driving engineering governance, quality initiatives, and organizational change.
• Proven success in leading geographically distributed and multicultural teams.
• Strong strategic planning skills with dedication to technical excellence and continuous improvement.

Commitment to Diversity

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer supporting all employees irrespective of race, color, religion, gender (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, or genetic information.

Additional Information

Parsons prioritizes employees' wellbeing and offers extensive professional growth opportunities. Candidates are encouraged to join the Parsons journey and imagine limitless possibilities.

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