Senior Design Manager – Wet Utilities / Infrastructure

Cornerstone Global Partners is partnering with a leading PMC delivering a large scale master planned development in Abu Dhabi comprising several thousand luxury villas, townhouses, and mixed use components.

We are seeking a Senior Design Manager – Infrastructure to join the team. The successful candidate will come from a strong engineering background with proven experience leading infrastructure design management across major masterplan developments, ideally large scale residential communities, with a strong focus on wet utilities including sewer networks, drainage, water systems, vacuum systems, and pump stations.

The role will initially be split between 2 days on site in Abu Dhabi and 3 days in the Dubai office , before transitioning to Dubai based full time .

The role will act as the key interface between the client, consultants, and authorities , ensuring infrastructure scopes are aligned with project objectives, authority requirements, and delivery timelines across a complex multi phase development. The position requires strong technical leadership , overseeing infrastructure design across utilities, roads, and site wide systems, including coordination of interfaces between utilities and structures such as bridges .

Candidates should have started their careers as Designers within wet utilities , with strong technical understanding of design challenges, authority approvals , and the confidence to engage with and challenge consultants and authorities where required. Site coordination experience and attending site meetings will also be expected.

Key requirements

• Minimum 10+ years UAE experience with strong Abu Dhabi exposure
• Strong understanding of Abu Dhabi authority regulations and approvals
• Experience on large scale villa or mixed use masterplan developments
• Strong leadership of infrastructure design across utilities, roads, and wet utilities systems
• Experience with sewer design, pump stations, drainage and water networks (vacuum systems advantageous)
• Experience managing utilities interfaces with bridges or major structures
• Strong technical design leadership capability
• Engineering background essential
• Post contract design management experience beneficial
• Strong Consultancy experience essential

This is an opportunity to play a senior role on one of Abu Dhabi’s most significant large scale master planned developments .