Senior Project Manager / Resident Engineer

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Act as senior site representative and principal interface with the client, contractors, designers, authorities, and other consultants.
• Lead mobilisation, site establishment, and deployment of the multidisciplinary supervision team.
• Administer the construction contract and ensure compliance with drawings, specifications, approved method statements, ITPs, and contractual requirements.
• Chair progress, technical, commercial, and coordination meetings; issue minutes and drive actions to closure.
• Direct inspections, RFIs, shop drawings, material submittals, method statements, NCRs, snagging, and close-out workflows.
• Monitor programme, resources, interfaces, and critical risks; require and assess recovery plans when progress falls behind.
• Oversee quality, HSE, and environmental compliance; escalate breaches and ensure corrective actions.
• Review progress measurement, payment recommendations, variations, claims, and extension-of-time matters with planning and cost teams.
• Coordinate testing, commissioning, authority approvals, completion certification, handover, as-built records, and O&M documentation.
• Prepare weekly and monthly reports covering progress, quality, HSE, commercial matters, decisions, risks, and client actions.
• Mentor the site team, allocate responsibilities, maintain discipline, and ensure consistent application of project procedures.

Skills, knowledge, and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
• Typically 10 or more years of relevant experience, including at least 5 years in senior site leadership or a Resident Engineer role on major developments.
• Experience with large, multidisciplinary building or infrastructure programmes in KSA or the GCC.
• Strong knowledge of contract administration, construction sequencing, QA/QC, HSE, testing, commissioning, and handover.
• Working knowledge of FIDIC-based contracts and KSA statutory and authority requirements.
• Professional registration and PMP, MRICS, MCIOB, or equivalent certification are advantageous.
• Excellent written and spoken English, reporting, and stakeholder communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and relevant project systems.
• Able to work in a multidisciplinary, fast-paced consultancy environment in KSA; high standards of integrity, confidentiality, organization, and attention to detail.

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