Senior Design Manager - MEP (Electrical)

Jasara Program Management Company (Jasara PMC) is a leading Joint Venture between Public Investment Fund (PIF), Jacobs, and Saudi Aramco, established to deliver world-class program management services across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Jasara plays a key role in supporting the realization of Saudi Vision 2030, particularly in delivering giga-projects and large-scale infrastructure developments.

We are seeking a Senior Design Manager - MEP (Electrical) to join JASARA PMC. The Senior Design Manager – MEP (Electrical) oversees consultant-led electrical and power system design activities across all project stages, ensuring compliance with requirements, approved design briefs, Scopes of Work (SOW), applicable electrical standards, and authority regulations.

The role provides technical leadership and design governance for all electrical engineering disciplines, including power distribution, low voltage (LV) systems, medium voltage (MV) interfaces, substations, switchgear, emergency power systems, ELV integration, and smart city infrastructure. The position ensures electrical designs are coordinated with architectural, structural, mechanical, infrastructure, and specialist disciplines to deliver safe, reliable, efficient, and construction-ready solutions.

The Senior Design Manager does not undertake detailed design production but is responsible for reviewing, guiding, and assuring the quality, coordination, compliance, and deliverability of consultant design outputs while supporting the Design Director in technical assurance, cost alignment, value engineering, and delivery readiness.

Design Leadership & Governance

• Oversee, coordinate, and monitor all electrical and power system design activities throughout concept, schematic, detailed design, and construction documentation stages.
• Lead design governance processes related to electrical engineering, including design reviews, technical compliance reviews, change management, and stage-gate approvals.
• Ensure all electrical designs comply with standards, Saudi Building Code, SEC requirements, IEC standards, NFPA standards, and applicable international best practices.
• Establish and maintain electrical design standards, specifications, and technical guidelines across the project portfolio.

Consultant Management

• Manage electrical, MEP, and multidisciplinary consultants, ensuring compliance with approved design briefs, SOWs, project requirements, and quality standards.
• Review and challenge consultant submissions to ensure optimum technical solutions, operational efficiency, maintainability, and lifecycle value.
• Monitor consultant performance, deliverable quality, programme adherence, and technical compliance.
• Participate in consultant selection, technical evaluations, and procurement activities.