Associate Director MEP (Buildings)

Mace combines construction expertise with consultancy to unlock potential in every person or project and redefine the boundaries of ambition. Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey. The project: This is an opportunity to work on one of the largest programmes in Saudi Arabia. This unique project consists of major mixed-use development including sports facilities, entertainment, and arts along with all associated infrastructure. Mace is one of the delivery partners requiring high-calibre and experienced professionals to lead integrated teams throughout each phase of the project. Manage MEP technical excellence across the commercial offices business unit, translating vision into investment-ready assets. Provide specialist design assurance, coordinate multidisciplinary consultants, drive compliance, sustainability and smart building outcomes, optimise value, manage performance and support stakeholder approvals from concept through to construction-ready delivery. Your responsibilities will include: • Champion safety first, ensuring compliance with HSE standards while fostering wellbeing, inclusion and a positive safety culture. • Manage end-to-end project delivery, maintaining quality systems and supporting senior leaders to achieve programme milestones. • Oversee budgets, risks and ethical governance, contributing to long-term business sustainability. • Lead collaborative project teams, driving performance, stakeholder engagement and best practice innovation across all phases. • Oversee safety, wellbeing and leadership values. • Lead MEP design, assurance, procurement and technical coordination. • Drive consultant performance, compliance, risk mitigation and approvals. • Build collaborative teams, monitor milestones and deliver coordinated, high-quality outcomes. • Provides MEP leadership to design team(s) managing the design(s), coordinating technical, procurement, commercial, risk and opportunities management across MEP systems and interfaces. • Supports the design team(s) in undertaking technical design reviews to ensure compliance with all project requirements and strategy, project, design and development briefs. • Supports the design managers in coordination with external consultants through design stages ensuring conformity to the project stated objectives, in line with stage gate approval process, and provides recommendations. • Reviews outputs of design consultants, including related design documentation, to ensure compliance with all project requirements and strategy, project, design and development briefs. • Manages coordination and collaboration between development, delivery, construction, consultants, contractors and authorities to ensure early identification of design risk and proposal of mitigating strategies. • Ensures all design and development teams maintain strict compliance with industry standards, codes, required regulations and framework, regulations and COBU design technical, sustainability, and smart building guidelines to guarantee the success of the project. • Assesses the Consultants and Contractors MEP submittals to ensure conformity to the specifications including correct processes and procedures. • Manages functional MEP review and reporting on progress of design/engineering deliverables based on agreed milestone gates and earned value. • Acts as MEP technical liaison including design matters relating to contracting, procurement and requisitions. You’ll need to have: • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, architecture or construction management, project management or relevant field of study. • A master’s degree would be an advantage. • Professional registration in the respective discipline (or similar – i.e. Chartered Engineer) would be an advantage • Registration as a Project Management Professional (PMP) would be an advantage. • 10–15+ years of MEP management experience, including senior design leadership on large-scale commercial office or mixed-use developments. • Experience in leading a design team to deliver to program, balancing competing requirements on project to deliver design outcome (e.g. cost v. time v. quality). • Expert knowledge of local and international design standards, codes and regulations. • Previous KSA/Middle East experience preferred • Track record delivering BCO Grade A/investment-grade office towers or business park product from concept through to handover. • Strong command of design review processes, authority approval pathways and international best practice in commercial office design. • Experience managing multi-disciplinary international consultant teams (architecture, structure, MEP, facade, sustainability). • Excellent stakeholder management and executive presentation skills; comfortable operating in a fast-paced, giga-project delivery environment • Major program experience – managing multiple projects, conflicting priorities, and stakeholders. • Supports team through periods of bus

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, architecture or construction management, project management or relevant field of study. A master’s degree would be an advantage. Professional registration in the respective discipline (or similar – i.e. Chartered Engineer) would be an advantage. Registration as a Project Management Professional (PMP) would be an advantage. 10–15+ years of MEP management experience, including senior design leadership on large-scale commercial office or mixed-use developments. Experience in leading a design team to deliver to program, balancing competing requirements on project to deliver design outcome (e.g. cost v. time v. quality). Expert knowledge of local and international design standards, codes and regulations. Previous KSA/Middle East experience preferred. Track record delivering BCO Grade A/investment-grade office towers or business park product from concept through to handover. Strong command of design review processes, authority approval pathways and international best practice in commercial office design. Experience managing multi-disciplinary international consultant teams (architecture, structure, MEP, facade, sustainability). Excellent stakeholder management and executive presentation skills; comfortable operating in a fast-paced, giga-project delivery environment. Major program experience – managing multiple projects, conflicting priorities, and stakeholders.

Champion safety first, ensuring compliance with HSE standards while fostering wellbeing, inclusion and a positive safety culture. Manage end-to-end project delivery, maintaining quality systems and supporting senior leaders to achieve programme milestones. Oversee budgets, risks and ethical governance, contributing to long-term business sustainability. Lead collaborative project teams, driving performance, stakeholder engagement and best practice innovation across all phases. Oversee safety, wellbeing and leadership values. Lead MEP design, assurance, procurement and technical coordination. Drive consultant performance, compliance, risk mitigation and approvals. Build collaborative teams, monitor milestones and deliver coordinated, high-quality outcomes. Provides MEP leadership to design team(s) managing the design(s), coordinating technical, procurement, commercial, risk and opportunities management across MEP systems and interfaces. Supports the design team(s) in undertaking technical design reviews to ensure compliance with all project requirements and strategy, project, design and development briefs. Supports the design managers in coordination with external consultants through design stages ensuring conformity to the project stated objectives, in line with stage gate approval process, and provides recommendations. Reviews outputs of design consultants, including related design documentation, to ensure compliance with all project requirements and strategy, project, design and development briefs. Manages coordination and collaboration between development, delivery, construction, consultants, contractors and authorities to ensure early identification of design risk and proposal of mitigating strategies. Ensures all design and development teams maintain strict compliance with industry standards, codes, required regulations and framework, regulations and COBU design technical, sustainability, and smart building guidelines to guarantee the success of the project. Assesses the Consultants and Contractors MEP submittals to ensure conformity to the specifications including correct processes and procedures. Manages functional MEP review and reporting on progress of design/engineering deliverables based on agreed milestone gates and earned value. Acts as MEP technical liaison including design matters relating to contracting, procurement and requisitions.