Technical Manager

Job Purpose

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain the Program Technical Governance Framework, including engineering review procedures, technical standards, compliance requirements, and engineering assurance processes
• Provide strategic leadership, technical direction, and performance oversight to the multidisciplinary Program Technical Team, ensuring consistent application of engineering standards and best practices across all project packages
• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary technical reviews of engineering reports, design submissions, specifications, calculations, and technical studies prepared by Lead Developers and consultants
• Ensure the successful integration of roads, transportation, utilities, drainage, irrigation, electrical, telecommunications, and associated infrastructure systems across the program
• Identify and resolve multidisciplinary engineering conflicts, interface issues, and technical constraints to support coordinated project delivery
• Ensure compliance with approved technical standards, specifications, utility requirements, statutory regulations, and operational objectives through robust engineering assurance processes
• Lead the technical evaluation of design modifications, engineering deviations, Value Engineering proposals, and change requests, assessing their impact on safety, quality, functionality, cost, schedule, sustainability, and lifecycle performance
• Support technical risk identification, mitigation planning, and engineering decision-making throughout the program lifecycle
• Coordinate with Lead Developers, consultants, contractors, utility providers, government agencies, and regulatory authorities on technical matters, utility interfaces, approvals, and compliance requirements
• Prepare technical reports, executive summaries, engineering assessments, and recommendations for PMCM Management and the Client
• Lead technical workshops, multidisciplinary coordination meetings, engineering review sessions, and stakeholder engagements while promoting continuous improvement and engineering excellence

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, Utility Engineering, or a related engineering discipline
• Chartered Professional membership or equivalent professional accreditation
• Minimum of fifteen (15) years of professional experience in infrastructure engineering, utilities, transportation, land development, urban development, or major capital projects
• Experience within PMCM, PMC, EPCM, consultancy, developer, or client-side organizations, preferably on large-scale infrastructure and land development programs in Saudi Arabia or the GCC

• Executive Technical Reporting & Stakeholder Management

• Leadership, Strategic Thinking, Communication, and Problem Solving