Senior Manager: Technical (Architecture, Civil & Structures)

Overview

Job Description

1. Client Representation & Governance

• Act as the primary PMC focal point for technical matters across architecture, civil, structures, and rail infrastructure (track, earthworks, rail civil interfaces).
• Represent the client in high level technical, design, and coordination meetings with consultants, contractors, authorities, and third parties.
• Ensure employer s requirements, design briefs, and technical standards (including rail specific criteria) are clearly communicated, understood, and implemented by all delivery partners.
• Provide independent advice and recommendations to the client on technical, risk, and program issues related to the built environment and rail scope.

2. Design Management & Technical Assurance

• Lead and manage the full design lifecycle (concept, schematic, detailed design, IFC ext{IFC}IFC) for:
• Architectural works (stations, depots, ancillary buildings, public realm)
• Civil and structural works (viaducts, bridges, tunnels, cut and cover, retaining structures, foundations, earthworks)
• Rail civil and track related infrastructure (trackform, slab/ballast design, formation, drainage, trackside civil works)
• Review and comment on design submissions, BIM models, calculations, reports, and specifications to ensure compliance with:
• Employer s requirements and project design criteria
• Local building and rail infrastructure codes and authority requirements
• Applicable international standards
• Chair and coordinate multi discipline design review workshops, value engineering, and constructability reviews to optimize solutions for safety, functionality, operations, and cost.
• Oversee requirements management and traceability for the architectural, civil/structural, and rail infrastructure scope from requirements capture through verification and close out.
• Ensure adherence to technical assurance processes, including formal design verification and validation, peer reviews, and independent checks.

3. Interface & Multi Discipline Coordination

• Coordinate all interfaces between architecture/civil/structures/rail and other disciplines (MEP, signalling, telecoms, power, rolling stock, systems integration, utilities, highways).
• Manage and maintain interface registers, ensuring early identification and resolution of cross discipline and cross contract issues (e.g., track structure interaction, rail station integration, rail road interfaces).
• Ensure that architectural and structural designs accommodate rail system, track alignment, clearance, access, evacuation, and maintenance requirements.
• Support project wide design and interface governance in collaboration with the Design & Interface leadership.

4. Safety, Engineering & Compliance (Non Operational)

• Embed safety by design principles into all architectural, civil, structural, and rail infrastructure solutions, covering construction safety, operational safety, and maintainability.
• Oversee compliance with engineering and safety standards, including structural robustness, fire and life safety, evacuation strategy, and rail specific safety requirements.
• Review and monitor RAMS, hazard identification, risk assessments, and mitigation measures relevant to the built environment and rail infrastructure scope.
• Coordinate with independent reviewers, safety assessors (ISA), and authorities to secure approvals and certifications.
• Ensure all required technical and safety approvals (including rail infrastructure approvals) are planned, tracked, and obtained in line with program milestones.

5. Design Build Coordination & Construction Support

• Align design outputs with construction methodologies and sequencing for stations, civil structures, and rail infrastructure; identify constructability issues early and drive resolution.
• Support the client in evaluating and approving design changes, technical deviations, and value engineering proposals from contractors that affect architecture, civil, structures, or rail.
• Oversee application of configuration management to architectural, structural, and rail civil designs, including version control and change tracking.
• Provide senior technical input on RFIs, non conformance reports, and field changes raised during construction; coordinate with design consultants and contractors to implement robust solutions.