Design Manager - Landscape Architecture

Role Overview

Design Manager – Landscape Architecture with Egis Group. Lead day-to-day management and coordination of landscape and public-realm design across early-stage concept through detailed and IFC delivery, ensuring design excellence, commercial control, and full interdisciplinary integration.

Company Overview

Omrania, part of Egis Group, is a landscape architecture and planning practice with a portfolio spanning historic and cultural spaces to large-scale urban parks across the region. With a strong pipeline of work and ambitious transformative projects, the company offers excellent opportunities for professional growth and development.

Role Purpose

To manage landscape and public-realm design projects from concept through detailed delivery, leading a multi-disciplinary team while maintaining design excellence, commercial control, and compliance with quality and regulatory standards.

Key Responsibilities

Design Management and Team Leadership

• Plan, manage, and deliver assigned projects within approved time, fee, and quality parameters.
• Develop commercial awareness by actively monitoring fee utilisation, scope changes, and initiating change-control processes where required.
• Prepare and maintain resource and deliverable schedules in coordination with the Head of Department and Project Managers.
• Contribute to sub-consultant procurement, scope definition, and technical performance assessment.
• Lead, mentor, and motivate a multi-disciplinary team including Landscape, Irrigation, BIM, Visualisation, CAD, and Environmental specialists.
• Implement structured QA/QC and peer-review procedures at every design gateway.
• Coordinate early integration of civil, MEP, and infrastructure requirements.
• Ensure landscape designs incorporate sustainability, accessibility, and safety-in-design principles.
• Deliver complex landscape projects while providing technical and managerial guidance throughout design and construction support.
• Delegate tasks effectively, monitor progress, manage risks, and report proactively.
• Ensure compliance with internal Quality Management Systems and ISO 9001 processes.
• Adopt full ownership and accountability for assigned projects.

Stakeholder Management and Communication

• Represent the Landscape discipline in client and consultant meetings, managing expectations and promoting company values.
• Lead client presentations, design workshops, and coordination reviews.
• Translate complex technical data into clear visual and verbal narratives for stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients, partners, and authorities.
• Maintain consistently high Client-Satisfaction Scores through proactive service.
• Exhibit fluent written and spoken communication in English and Arabic where applicable.
• Foster a collaborative, respectful culture aligned with company values.

Design and Technical Expertise

• Oversee and review preparation of all landscape deliverables, including Design Delivery Plans, Reports, Drawings, Hardscape/Softscape Packages, Irrigation and Grading Plans, Planting Strategies, Sustainability Narratives, and Material Schedules.
• Collaborate with Head of Department and Project Managers on complex technical challenges ensuring constructability and environmental performance.
• Ensure accurate production of tender and IFC documentation aligned with authority standards including RCRC, MOMRA, SBC, and Dubai Municipality.
• Develop and track deliverables lists per contract scope.
• Maintain awareness of current codes, standards, and sustainable design best practice.
• Lead BIM integration using Revit LA, Civil 3D, and Navisworks, ensuring model accuracy, coordination, and Level of Development compliance.
• Review sub-consultant deliverables and coordinate with Architecture, Structure, MEP, Infrastructure, and Interior Design teams.
• Work with Quantity Surveyors and Specification Writers to develop landscape specifications, Bills of Quantities, and cost schedules.
• Contribute to Value-Engineering, tender evaluation, and site support.
• Champion innovation in digital design, visualisation, and sustainable materials.

Department Operations and Reporting

• Report weekly to Head of Department and Management on schedules, deliverables, and resource allocation.
• Work closely with Project Managers for programme tracking and risk reporting.
• Coordinate within the team and across disciplines to ensure cohesive project delivery.
• Participate in QA reviews and knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Support development of internal standards, templates, and digital workflows.
• Mentor team members and contribute to the Landscape Skills Framework through structured Continuing Professional Development and feedback.
• Contribute to proposals: scope identification, design methodology, management plans, deliverables lists, and design budgets.
• Maintain formal documentation including Minutes of Meetings, Design-Change Logs, Coordination Trackers, and Risk Registers.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Landscape Architecture from a recognised university (required).
• Professional accreditation or eligibility such as CMLI or ASLA (preferred).
• Minimum 15 years total experience, including at least 3 years in a design-management capacity within the GCC.
• Comprehensive understanding of landscape design principles, construction techniques, and regional authority codes.
• Demonstrated success in managing large-scale public-realm projects.

Skills & Competencies

• Proficiency in Revit LA, Civil 3D, AutoCAD, Navisworks, Microsoft Project, and BIM 360.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills.
• Ability to manage budgets, prioritise workloads, and deliver under pressure.