דרושים Design Director ב-Jacobs ב-Saudi Arabia, Neom

As the Project Technical Director at NEOM, you'll take ownership of overseeing and managing the entire design framework. You will be able to use your extensive knowledge, expertise, and experience in aviation infrastructure, including airport planning, airside and landside operations, and terminal design. Your background in project management and industry best practices will be crucial. You will be responsible for providing strategic leadership, ensuring project objectives are met within scope, budget, and schedule. You'll need a flair for collaboration and forming robust relationships within the various offices of Jacobs, to ensure successful interfaces with stakeholders to deliver successful outcomes.

You will be also responsible on the following:

• Provide overall leadership and direction, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and objectives. Define project scope, deliverables, and success criteria, in line with the client’s requirements.

• Establish and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including government agencies, regulatory bodies, contractors, and subcontractors, ensuring effective communication and collaboration throughout the framework lifecycle.

• Develop comprehensive project plans, including timelines, resource allocation, risk assessment, and mitigation strategies. Oversee the execution of project activities, ensuring adherence to project schedules and budgetary constraints.

• Utilize extensive knowledge and experience in airport architecture and engineering, as well as operations, to provide strategic guidance and ensure compliance with industry standards, regulations, and best practices.

• Develop and manage project budgets, monitor project expenditures, and implement cost control measures to ensure financial objectives are met. Evaluate and approve project-related expenses, contracts, and change orders.

• Implement quality control measures to ensure that project deliverables meet or exceed industry standards and client expectations. Establish and monitor quality benchmarks and implement corrective actions as necessary.

• Identify, assess, and manage project risks. Develop risk mitigation strategies and contingency plans to minimize potential disruptions and ensure project success.

• Build and lead a high-performing project team, including project managers, engineers, contractors, and support staff. Provide guidance, mentoring, and performance feedback to drive team productivity and foster a positive work environment.

• Oversee contract negotiations, procurement processes, and vendor relationships to ensure timely delivery of goods and services while maintaining compliance with project requirements and legal obligations.

Requirements:

• Delivery of design through the NEOM Plan of Works and THE LINE specific plans and procedures

• Collaboration with THE LINE Development and THE LINE Projects Neighborhood teams, to ensure integrated delivery.

• Collaboration with the Creative Design Director and the Neighborhood Design Directors, to ensure consistency across various Neighborhood and project scales.

• Ensure compliance with the Development Brief and Budget, and conformance to Development Control Regulations, Guidelines, and Design KPIs

• Manage technical quality of Neighborhoods design, and implementation of the Vision for The LINE

• Support delivery of contractual obligations, scope, schedule, budget.

• Support monthly internal reporting to NEOM leadership, City and City Integration team

What You'll Do:

• Assist the Director - Design Coordination in managing and overseeing the integration of all design efforts across NEOM The LINE, including collaboration with Urban Designers, Neighborhood Architects and engineers, Infrastructure Engineers, and consultants for critical city assets like basements and technical floors.

• Act as a key point of contact for design teams, facilitating effective communication and coordination to ensure all design components align with NEOM’s overall vision and quality objectives.

• Coordinate the daily activities of various design teams, ensuring that timelines are met, design conflicts are resolved, and the integration process runs smoothly.

• Manage design deliverables, tracking progress, ensuring deadlines are adhered to, and providing feedback to ensure high standards of design and functionality are maintained.

• Support the Director in problem-solving complex design integration challenges, ensuring all city design elements work together both functionally and aesthetically.

• Work closely with internal teams and external consultants to gather design information, facilitate cross-team collaboration, and drive alignment between design and technical requirements.

• Ensure that design processes and outputs are aligned with NEOM’s sustainability, innovation, and quality goals.

• Provide mentorship and guidance to junior team members within City Design Coordination, contributing to a culture of collaboration and excellence.

The Design Manager will manage the architectural design for THE LINE Neighborhoods and support the Senior Design Managers in the coordination of emerging designs provided by architectural design consultants for a Neighborhood. The Design Manager will ensure that the design work is executed according to scope, schedule, quality, and budget, and in compliance with the NEOM THE LINE Plan of Work procedures. The Design Manager will be responsible for the design of a neighborhood, encompassing approximately 500,000 m² of assets. Design Manager also will provide expert design management input across four neighborhoods and support the design for THE LINE Neighborhoods with one or multiple specialisms.

Responsibilities:

• Design Management Coordination, including Core Real Estate Asset Design, Non-Common Asset Design, Façade Design, Sustainability, and Public Realm Design

• Guide designers, reviewing designs, and ensure that project requirements are met

• Review and advise the design by special expertise, creative approach, requirements and quality of design, in support of Senior Designer leadership.

• Arrange and/or attend design coordination meetings and workshops

• Manage compliance with Design and Deliverables Requirements, Development Control Regulations (DCR's), Design KPIs and Specialist Design KPIs

• Support Senior Design manager in the coordination of Interfaces with the City, between different Neighborhoods, and with Anchor Assets

• Collaborate with Cost Consultants to ensure emerging designs are meeting budget targets.

• Manage the design in accordance with the development program and Initial Asset Briefs

• Manage the design in accordance with the development program and Initial Asset Briefs relevant to the Specialism

• Manage the completion of design registers:

o RFI Register

o Design to Budget

• Design Review: Contribute to qualitative architectural design reviews, providing analysis, comments in the CRS, and recommendations to Senior Design Manager.

• Manage Design Brief and Requirements compliance, ensuring completeness, and accuracy, including design coordination within architecture and across disciplines.

• Coordinate facilities management design with the Facilities Management Group

• Responsible for the design quality and coordination of design between different design streams

• Manages compliance with masterplan, vision and engineering integration

• Liaison with delivery teams, integration of designs

Key design related responsibilities:

• Design Management Coordination, including Core Real Estate Asset Design, Non-Common Asset Design, Façade Design, Sustainability, and Public Realm Design

• Guide designers, reviewing designs, and ensure that project requirements are met

• Review and advise the design by special expertise, creative approach, requirements and quality of design, in support of Senior Designer leadership.

• Arrange and/or attend design coordination meetings and workshops

• Manage compliance with Design and Deliverables Requirements, Development Control Regulations (DCR's), Design KPIs and Specialist Design KPIs

• Support Senior Design manager in the coordination of Interfaces with the City, between different Neighborhoods, and with Anchor Assets

• Collaborate with Cost Consultants to ensure emerging designs are meeting budget targets.

• Manage the design in accordance with the development program and Initial Asset Briefs

• Manage the design in accordance with the development program and Initial Asset Briefs relevant to the Specialism

• Manage the completion of design registers:

o RFI Register

o Design to Budget

• Design Review: Contribute to qualitative architectural design reviews, providing analysis, comments in the CRS, and recommendations to Senior Design Manager.

• Manage Design Brief and Requirements compliance, ensuring completeness, and accuracy, including design coordination within architecture and across disciplines.

• Coordinate facilities management design with the Facilities Management Group

Culture and Values

• Embrace NEOM’s culture and Values

• Act with honesty and integrity by following best practices, and upholding the robust standards and expectations set out in NEOM’s Code of Conduct.

• Maintain fair, ethical and professional work practices in accordance with NEOM’s Values and Code of Conduct.

• Adhere to NEOM’s Policies, procedures, and controls to ensure compliance with rules.

Reporting to: Design Director Neighborhoods Module 46, THE LINE

Requirements:

• Design quality management across Precinct level, based on city-level context/understanding

• Lead the design delivery from concept through schematic design for various architectural Asset types, residential, hospitality, commercial, retail, healthcare, education, culture, etc

• Oversee the management of Neighborhood master planning, architectural, and engineering design consultants, and understand significance of Public Realm design

• Commitment to innovation and design excellence

• Ensure creative and technical Quality of design and implementation of the Vision for The LINE

• Coordination with other Design Directors on interfaces across multiple neighborhoods

• In coordination with Creative Design Director and Design Management Director, manage Critical Technical Interfaces and determine solutions for these technical interfaces:

• of Neighborhoods with City-level designers and Urban Designers

• between Neighborhoods

• of Neighborhoods with Anchor Assets

• Sign-off on compliance with Procedures, eg Risk Register etc

• Collaborate with Cost Consultants to ensure emerging designs are meeting budget targets.

• Manage Design and Asset Brief compliance, completeness, and accuracy, including design coordination within architectural designs across disciplines.

• Ensure delivery of design through the NEOM Plan of Works and THE LINE Plans and Procedures

• Collaborate with THE LINE Development and THE LINE Projects Neighborhood teams, to ensure integrated delivery.

• Primary point-of-contact for project leadership, and escalation point-of-contact for Design Consultants

• Escalation point for Design Consultants

NEOM is an accelerator of human progress and a vision of what a new future might look like. A region in northwest Saudi Arabia on

the Red Sea, NEOM is being built from the ground up to include hyperconnected, cognitive cities, ports, next-generation

infrastructure and industries, enterprise zones, research centers, sports and entertainment venues and tourist destinations.

catalyst for change.

Role overview

The Design Manager will oversee the full spectrum of architecture design for different asset types relating to THE LINE. Manage the

full spectrum of architecture design for different asset types across THE LINE. Serves as a capable professional in an architectural

The Design Manager will manage the architectural design for THE LINE Neighborhoods and support the Senior Design Managers

in the coordination of emerging designs provided by architectural design consultants for a Neighborhood. The Design Manager will

ensure that the design work is executed according to scope, schedule, quality, and budget, and in compliance with the NEOM THE

LINE Plan of Work procedures. The Design Manager will be responsible for the design of a neighborhood, encompassing

approximately 500,000 m² of assets. Design Manager also will provide expert design management input across four

neighborhoods and support the design for THE LINE Neighborhoods with one or multiple specialisms.

Responsibilities:

· Design Management Coordination, including Core Real Estate Asset Design, Non-Common Asset Design, Façade Design,

Sustainability, and Public Realm Design

· Guide designers, reviewing designs, and ensure that project requirements are met

· Review and advise the design by special expertise, creative approach, requirements and quality of design, in support of

Senior Designer leadership.

· Arrange and/or attend design coordination meetings and workshops

· Manage compliance with Design and Deliverables Requirements, Development Control Regulations (DCR's), Design KPIs

and Specialist Design KPIs

· Support Senior Design manager in the coordination of Interfaces with the City, between different Neighborhoods, and

with Anchor Assets

· Collaborate with Cost Consultants to ensure emerging designs are meeting budget targets.

· Manage the design in accordance with the development program and Initial Asset Briefs

· Manage the design in accordance with the development program and Initial Asset Briefs relevant to the Specialism

· Manage the completion of design registers:

o RFI Register

o Design to Budget

· Design Review: Contribute to qualitative architectural design reviews, providing analysis, comments in the CRS, and

recommendations to Senior Design Manager.

· Manage Design Brief and Requirements compliance, ensuring completeness, and accuracy, including design coordination

within architecture and across disciplines.

· Coordinate facilities management design with the Facilities Management Group

· Responsible for the design quality and coordination of design between different design streams

· Manages compliance with masterplan, vision and engineering integration

· Liaison with delivery teams, integration of designs

· Design Management Coordination, including Core Real Estate Asset Design, Non-Common Asset Design, Façade Design, Sustainability, and Public Realm Design

· Guide designers, reviewing designs, and ensure that project requirements are met

· Review and advise the design by special expertise, creative approach, requirements and quality of design, in support of Senior Designer leadership.

· Arrange and/or attend design coordination meetings and workshops

· Manage compliance with Design and Deliverables Requirements, Development Control Regulations (DCR's), Design KPIs and Specialist Design KPIs

· Support Senior Design manager in the coordination of Interfaces with the City, between different Neighborhoods, and with Anchor Assets

· Collaborate with Cost Consultants to ensure emerging designs are meeting budget targets. · Manage the design in accordance with the development program and Initial Asset Briefs

· Manage the design in accordance with the development program and Initial Asset Briefs relevant to the Specialism · Manage the completion of design registers: o RFI Register o Design to Budget

· Design Review: Contribute to qualitative architectural design reviews, providing analysis, comments in the CRS, and recommendations to Senior Design Manager.

· Manage Design Brief and Requirements compliance, ensuring completeness, and accuracy, including design coordination within architecture and across disciplines.

· Coordinate facilities management design with the Facilities Management Group

Thefor THE LINE Design team will oversee and manage the creation of neighborhood master plans and architectural designs for the full spectrum of asset types for THE LINE Neighborhoods. The Senior Design Manager will manage a Neighborhood architectural design consultant and be responsible for organizing, coordinating, and ensuring the design work is executed according to NEOM THE LINE Plan of Work, and Consultants scope of services, schedule, quality, and budget. The Senior Design Manager is driving the Quality Assurance and Requirements compliance, in close collaboration with the Design Directors, and client team. The Senior Design Manager will be responsible for the design of a neighborhood, encompassing approximately 500,000 m² of assets

Key Responsibilities:

• Design Management Coordination on Neighborhood level

• Ensure Creative and Technical Design quality are implemented on Neighborhood level

• Ensure Requirements Compliance

• Collaborate with Cost Consultants to ensure emerging designs are meeting budget targets.

• Manage Design management registers:

o Assumptions, Issues, Design Change & Decisions Register

o Resource Register

o RFI Register

• Creation of Monthly Design Report

• CRS Management: comments and responses during design review

Responsibilities:

• Guide designers, reviewing designs, and ensure that project requirements are met

• Arrange and/or facilitate design coordination and design review meetings and workshops

• Design Management Coordination, including Core Real Estate Asset Design, Non-Common Asset Design, Façade Design, Sustainability, and Public Realm Design

• Quality Assurance of design and implementation of the Vision for the Line

• Manage compliance with Design and Deliverables Requirements, Development Control Regulations (DCR's), and Design KPIs

• Manage Design KPI Register, Risk Register, and Safety in Design Register

• Manage Design Review comments and responses, and Stage Review comment close-out

• Support Design Directors in the coordination of Interfaces with the City, between different Neighborhoods, and with Anchor Assets

• Manage the design in accordance with the development program and Initial Asset Briefs

• Design Review: Gatekeeper for the qualitative architectural design review

• Responsible as part of the Senior Design Management team for delivering THE LINE Architecture obligation, including stakeholder engagement, both internally and externally

Key design related roles:

• Responsible as part of the Senior Management team for delivering THE LINE Architecture mandate, including stakeholder engagement, both internally and externally.

• Managing the design by creative approach and aesthetic design.

• Work alongside THE LINE Design Group, Delivery team, Project team, on design delivery, from concept design to completion.

• Responsible to deliver the design of various architectural typologies: residential, mixed use, commercial, public, healthcare, educational, civic and cultural, etc.

• Strong ability to prepare, develop and edit drawings and presentations.

• Supervise the production of visualization, pre-concept, concept, developed and detailed design

• Acts as a reviewer of qualitative architectural design review process, providing analysis, comment, and recommendation to Executive Management.

• Management and oversight of Architects and Designers, including Managers and Professionals within the department.

• Draft comprehensive architectural sets from concept until detailed design documents.

• Manage Design and Asset Brief compliance, ensuring completeness, and accuracy, including design coordination within architecture and across disciplines.

• Support the development and review of architectural asset briefs.

• Prepare SoW, specifications, reports and related data tables.

• Develop design manuals, and standard design documents.

• Manage preparation of and check materials schedules, sample boards and mock-ups.

• Manage preparation of and check FF&E schedules and sourcing, including samples and mock-ups.

• Understand materiality and its specifications.

• Understand Public Realm Design and application.

• Technical detailing and construction administration experience.

• Ability to solve design issues in a creative and pragmatic way by developing multiple design options that meet the design approach and budget.

• Manage communication, coordination, and management of consultants, contractors, various NEOM departments/sectors.

• Leading a multidisciplinary team in the design and delivery of complex, high-profile, mixed-use developments.

• Taking ownership and responsibility for ensuring the project is delivered as desired, fit for purpose, on schedule, and to budget, while maintaining safety and quality controls.

• Providing strategic guidance on technical design standards and philosophy.

• Planning and directing the work of technical design and master planning consultants.

• Monitoring and providing technical support throughout the design and construction phases to ensure compliance with project specifications and requirements.

• Resolving design issues, providing guidance, and aligning with project requirements.

• Guiding designers, reviewing designs, and ensuring they meet project requirements and scope of work.

• Conducting review meetings with internal teams, vendors, and customers to plan and track deliverables.

• Evaluating and simplifying current working procedures and tracking deliverables.

• Leading technical design reviews and proposing design solutions that meet business needs and leverage global design standardization.

• Creating, submitting, and tracking relevant Capex documentation.

• Deep diving into technical details and leading problem resolution as needed.

• Collaborating with public and private sector clients, focusing on understanding their intentions and goals.

• Building a team consensus and enthusing team members to contribute their best efforts.

• Prepare and deliver presentations, reports, and other communication materials tailored to stakeholder needs.

• Ensure that all stakeholder engagement activities comply with the relevant regulations and ethical standards.

• Utilize data analytics to drive strategies and decisions.

Culture and Values

• Embrace NEOM’s culture and Values

• Act with honesty and integrity by following best practices, and upholding the robust standards and expectations set out in NEOM’s Code of Conduct.

• Maintain fair, ethical and professional work practices in accordance with NEOM’s Values and Code of Conduct.

• Adhere to NEOM’s Policies, procedures, and controls to ensure compliance with rules.