Project Director – Construction Supervision

Project overview

Leadership and construction delivery

• Lead the construction-supervision team and services, ensuring compliance with contracts, drawings, specifications, and applicable standards.
• Act as the senior client interface and manage key stakeholder relationships.
• Oversee contractor and subcontractor performance, progress, programme, quality, safety, and project risks.
• Lead senior project, progress, technical, and coordination meetings; escalate and resolve project issues.
• Oversee site supervision, inspections, approvals, technical submissions, shop drawings, material submittals, and inspection requests.
• Manage non-conformances, defects, and technical issues through closeout.
• Coordinate architectural, structural, civil, MEP, infrastructure, roads, and utility supervision.
• Promote safety and wellbeing and ensure contractor compliance with HSE, quality, and project requirements.
• Oversee reporting, risks, constraints, decisions, milestones, payment evaluations, variations, claims, and change management.
• Maintain project records and coordinate authority submissions, inspections, and approvals.
• Work with the client, contractors, consultants, and project team to support delivery and handover.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a relevant engineering discipline.
• Typically 20+ years of relevant experience, including substantial major construction and construction supervision experience.
• Significant experience in a Project Director, Construction Director, Resident Engineer, or equivalent senior leadership role on major multidisciplinary projects.
• Proven experience managing large multidisciplinary construction-supervision teams and main contractors and subcontractors.
• Strong senior client-facing communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Strong understanding of construction contracts, contractor administration, inspections, technical submittals, change management, payment evaluation, and reporting.
• Demonstrable knowledge of HSE, quality assurance, and construction governance.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Advantageous experience

• Experience delivering complex hospitality, mixed-use, buildings, or destination developments is highly advantageous.
• Infrastructure, roads, and wet and dry utilities experience is beneficial.
• Major-project experience in Saudi Arabia or the wider Middle East is advantageous.
• Professional membership or registration with a recognized engineering or project-management institution is desirable.