Project Director

Role overview

Project leadership and delivery

• Lead project delivery and multidisciplinary teams spanning engineering, design, procurement, construction, project controls, commercial, quality, safety, and stakeholders.
• Establish project governance, execution strategies, decision-making protocols, reporting, and clear organizational responsibilities.
• Own scope, schedule, budget, cash flow, risk, quality objectives, and performance targets; take timely corrective action.
• Develop and maintain the Project Execution Plan and integrate functional plans and procedures.
• Serve as the senior project delivery contact for clients, consultants, contractors, authorities, and other stakeholders.
• Lead executive-level progress, commercial, technical, risk, and stakeholder meetings; track decisions and commitments through closure.

Technical, commercial, and project controls

• Oversee design coordination, constructability, value engineering, applicable codes and standards, and resolution of critical technical issues.
• Oversee procurement and construction against approved design, schedule, cost, quality, logistics, safety, and commissioning requirements.
• Monitor schedule performance, cost forecasts, earned value where applicable, change management, risks, opportunities, and performance reporting.
• Oversee variations, claims, notices, change orders, payment matters, and contractual correspondence with commercial and contracts teams.
• Lead risk reviews and ensure mitigation, contingency, and recovery plans are implemented and monitored.
• Promote digital delivery, BIM, data-driven reporting, document control, and information management.

People, safety, and project completion

• Champion health, safety, environment, quality, and security and ensure compliance with company, client, statutory, and project requirements.
• Ensure adequate resourcing, approve staffing plans, support recruitment and mobilization, and maintain project leadership and technical capability.
• Lead and develop project leadership personnel, set performance expectations, and foster a collaborative, accountable team culture.
• Coordinate interfaces across disciplines, packages, contractors, adjacent projects, and external stakeholders.
• Oversee testing, commissioning, handover, closeout, lessons learned, and final account activities.
• Present project status, risks, financial performance, forecasts, and recommendations to senior management and the client.

Required qualifications and experience

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, Project Management, or a related discipline from a recognized institution.
• Over 20 years of progressive experience delivering major infrastructure, buildings, mixed-use, or large-scale development projects, including senior project leadership.
• Proven record as a Project Director, Senior Project Manager, or equivalent on large, complex, multidisciplinary projects.
• Strong knowledge of project management principles covering scope, schedule, cost, risk, quality, procurement, contracts, construction, commissioning, and stakeholder management.
• Experience managing large project teams, consultants, contractors, and multiple work packages.
• Strong commercial and contractual awareness, including change control, claims, cost forecasting, and contract administration.
• Leadership, negotiation, communication, presentation, problem-solving, and decision-making skills; ability to engage senior clients and stakeholders.
• Ability to develop project strategies, governance, recovery plans, and performance improvement initiatives.
• Proficiency in project reporting and common digital collaboration, document management, scheduling, and project controls platforms.

Desired skills and experience

• Experience delivering major infrastructure or large-scale development programs in Saudi Arabia or the wider Middle East is desired.
• Experience with government, semi-government, giga-project, or major developer clients is desired.
• Knowledge of regional permitting, authority approvals, stakeholder interfaces, and construction delivery practices is desired.
• Working knowledge of BIM, digital project delivery, integrated project controls, and reporting systems is desired.
• PMP, PE, CEng, RICS, or an equivalent internationally recognized credential is advantageous.
• Experience with complex procurement strategies, multiple contract packages, and high-value programs is preferred.

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