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Design Manager

Nigeria · Job Posted July 13, 2026
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The Design Manager is responsible for leading, coordinating, reviewing, and controlling all multidisciplinary engineering and design activities related to the Kano-Maradi Railway Project, ensuring that the railway infrastructure, stations, structures, track systems, signaling, telecommunications, electrical, mechanical, geotechnical, and associated facilities are designed in compliance with contractual requirements, client specifications, Nigerian standards, international railway standards, lender requirements, project schedules, and budget constraints.

Job Responsibility

  • Lead and manage all design activities for the railway project
  • Develop and implement the overall design management strategy
  • Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams
  • Ensure integration between civil, structural, geotechnical, architectural, railway systems, MEP, signaling, telecommunications, and environmental designs
  • Establish design priorities and technical standards
  • Develop and maintain the design schedule
  • Monitor progress against engineering milestones
  • Identify design risks and implement mitigation measures
  • Coordinate design deliverables with construction requirements
  • Ensure timely submission of design packages to the Client and Engineer
  • Review and approve engineering calculations, drawings, specifications, and technical reports
  • Verify compliance with project technical requirements and contractual obligations
  • Manage design interfaces between disciplines and contractors
  • Review value engineering proposals and optimization opportunities
  • Resolve complex engineering issues
  • Oversee engineering coordination for Permanent way and track design
  • Stations and ancillary buildings
  • Bridges and structures
  • Earthworks and drainage
  • Signaling systems
  • Telecommunications systems
  • Power supply systems
  • Depot and maintenance facilities
  • Freight yards and operational facilities
  • Act as the focal point for all design-related communications
  • Manage relationships with Federal Ministry of Transportation, Supervising Engineers, Independent Consultants, Design Consultants, Regulatory Authorities, Lenders and Technical Advisors
  • Participate in technical meetings and design review sessions
  • Implement design quality control processes
  • Establish document review and approval workflows
  • Ensure compliance with ISO and project quality management systems
  • Coordinate multidisciplinary design reviews
  • Manage non-conformities and design change requests
  • Provide technical support during construction
  • Review Requests for Information (RFIs)
  • Manage design clarifications and revisions
  • Coordinate responses to site engineering issues
  • Support commissioning and testing activities
  • Control design modifications
  • Assess technical and commercial impacts of design changes
  • Maintain design registers and revision histories
  • Obtain required approvals before implementation
  • Manage design budgets and consultant contracts
  • Monitor engineering expenditures
  • Plan and allocate design resources effectively
  • Optimize engineering costs while maintaining quality and safety standards
  • Ensure design compliance with Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) requirements
  • Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS) requirements
  • Lender standards (AfDB, EBRD, IFC and equivalent)
  • Sustainability and climate resilience requirements
  • Support incorporation of mitigation measures into engineering designs

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering, Railway Engineering, Structural Engineering, Transportation Engineering, or related discipline
  • COREN Registered Engineer
  • Professional Engineering Membership
  • Minimum 15 years of engineering experience
  • Minimum 10 years in major infrastructure projects
  • Minimum 5 years in railway, metro, transportation, or large linear infrastructure projects
  • Proven experience managing multidisciplinary design teams
  • Experience with EPC and Design-Build contracts
  • Master's degree is an advantage
  • PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management certification is desirable
  • Experience working on internationally financed infrastructure projects is preferred

Nice to have

  • Master's degree
  • PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management certification
  • Experience working on internationally financed infrastructure projects
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