Delivery Manager

Role purpose and scope

Delivery and construction

• Own assigned corridor, yard, terminal, depot, civil, track, or rail-systems scope against agreed scope, schedule, cost, and quality targets.
• Develop delivery plans, package strategies, and production priorities; set clear accountabilities and measurable outputs.
• Lead construction readiness, mobilization, and execution, including logistics, temporary works, work packs, permits, and sequencing.
• Drive productivity and remove constraints related to resources, access, approvals, materials, or design queries.
• Manage rail construction staging, including safe coordination near operational areas where applicable.

Safety, quality, and interfaces

• Lead HSE compliance through toolbox talks, site inspections, incident prevention, and corrective actions.
• Own ITPs, inspections, NCR closure, punch lists, test packs, traceability, and quality records; prepare for commissioning and handback.
• Resolve interfaces across track, civil works, signaling, telecoms, power, depots, terminals, utilities, and third-party works.
• Maintain an active interface matrix and coordinate permits, access, utility diversions, and traffic management.

Planning and commercial delivery

• Maintain 2–6-week lookahead plans and rolling execution schedules with Planning and Project Controls.
• Own progress metrics, production reporting, and constraint logs; drive resequencing, resource leveling, acceleration, and productivity recovery actions.
• Identify changes early and support contract notifications, claims, and variations with contemporaneous site records.
• Minimize rework and nonproductive time; contribute to subcontractor performance management and change-impact evaluation.

Leadership and handover

• Lead multidisciplinary teams, coach package managers and supervisors, and chair daily and weekly delivery, constraint, and interface meetings.
• Provide factual updates on risks, mitigations, and required decisions to the Project Director and client counterparts.
• Plan section completion, testing readiness, commissioning support, and staged handovers.
• Ensure as-builts, applicable O&M inputs, test evidence, and handover packs are complete and accepted.

Essential experience and qualifications

• Strong delivery or construction management record on major infrastructure projects; freight or heavy-haul rail experience is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex site execution involving multiple contractors and high interface density.
• Strong planning and production management, lookahead, constraint-removal, and progress-reporting competence.
• Proven site HSE and quality compliance leadership; excellent stakeholder management and communication across multicultural teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Rail Engineering, or a similar field.
• Valid driving license and willingness to travel or stay near remote sites as required.

Desirable experience and qualifications

• Saudi Arabia or wider Middle East project experience is desirable.
• Rail systems integration and commissioning-readiness familiarity is desirable.
• FIDIC/PMC delivery and supervision-consultant experience are desirable.
• Professional registration is desirable; safety leadership training is also noted.

Location and work model

• Saudi Arabia project location; site-based with travel across the corridor, depots, and terminals as required.
• New employees must attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office.

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