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Senior Design Manager Landscape

AtkinsRéalis


Job Location:

Riyadh - Saudi Arabia

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 17 July 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 14 October 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description

Overview

The Design Manager Landscape is responsible for overseeing and managing all landscape design activities across projects ensuring alignment with client requirements project objectives and regulatory standards. The role combines design management technical oversight and landscape expertise within a Project Management Consultancy (PMC) environment to deliver high-quality sustainable and coordinated landscape solutions.

Your role

  • Lead and manage all landscape design activities from concept through detailed design and construction support.

  • Coordinate landscape design with multidisciplinary teams (architectural civil utilities infrastructure and MEP).

  • Review and validate landscape design submissions from consultants for compliance with project scope quality standards and regulations

  • Ensure design integration across disciplines through regular design reviews and clash detection processes.

  • Develop monitor and manage the landscape design programme aligned with overall project timelines.

  • Provide expert input on landscape design including planting strategies irrigation grading drainage and hardscape.

  • Review landscape concepts for functionality sustainability and aesthetic quality.

  • Ensure use of appropriate plant species (native climate-appropriate low-maintenance).

  • Assess environmental impact soil conditions hydrology and long-term maintainability of proposed designs.

  • Verify implementation of sustainable design solutions including water efficiency and green infrastructure.

  • Liaise with clients authorities and stakeholders for design approvals and compliance.

  • Participate in technical meetings with consultants and contractors to resolve design issues.

  • Support project reporting by providing updates on landscape design progress and risks.

  • Monitor design changes and assess their impact on cost schedule and quality. Support value engineering exercises for landscape elements without compromising quality.

  • Identify and mitigate design-related risks and technical challenges.

  • Provide technical support during construction phases including responding to RFIs and reviewing shop drawings.

  • Oversee landscape implementation to ensure design intent is maintained.

  • Monitor site progress related to landscaping and coordinate with supervision teams

About you

  • Bachelors or Masters degree in Landscape Architecture or related field.

  • Minimum 1215 years of experience including significant exposure to design management and landscape projects.

  • Proven experience in PMC consultancy or large-scale infrastructure/urban development projects.

  • Strong knowledge of Landscape design principles and urban design Irrigation grading drainage and sustainability practices and Design coordination across disciplines

  • Strong leadership and team management skills

  • Excellent coordination and stakeholder management abilities

  • Proficiency in design and coordination tools (AutoCAD BIM GIS etc.)

  • Solid understanding of international standards codes and authority requirements

  • Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills

  • Ability to balance design quality cost and constructability

  • Acts as client representative for landscape design oversight rather than primary designer

  • Focus on review governance integration and delivery assurance

  • Ensures consultants deliver coordinated buildable and compliant landscape designs

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive at every stage of your life and your career.

This includes:

  • Tax-free salary.

  • Comprehensive life insurance coverage.

  • Premium medical insurance for you and your dependents.

  • Generous annual leave balance.

  • Flexible and hybrid work solutions.

  • Remote work opportunities outside of country.

  • Company gratuity scheme.

  • Discretionary bonus program.

  • Annual flight contribution.

  • Relocation assistance.

  • Transportation & housing allowances (available for remote work locations).

  • Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance legal matters family care personal health fitness and nutrition.

Seize every opportunity to sharpen your skills expand your expertise and be recognized for the impact you make.

About AtkinsRéalis

Were AtkinsRéalis a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people data and technology to transform the worlds infrastructure and energy systems. Together with our industry partners and clients and our global team of consultants designers engineers and project managers we can change the world. Were committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Worker Type
Employee

Job Type
Regular

At AtkinsRéalis we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender ethnic or national origin sexual identity and orientation age religion or disability but enriches itself through these differences.


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