Project Construction Director

About the Role

KBR Saudi Arabia is seeking a Project – Construction Director to join their team in Riyadh. This full-time position reports to the Programme Director and is responsible for project oversight from the PMO level, covering both pre and post-contract award phases. The role involves managing a masterplan for executive commercial, planning, and risk reporting oversight within a matrix PMO organization.

Role Objective

The primary objective of this role is to ensure controlled delivery, recommend appropriate commercial strategies, and manage projects through pre and post-contract stages. The Project – Construction Director will provide accurate status reports to facilitate timely decisions, prevent schedule slippage and cost overruns, and produce comprehensive close-out reports for each project.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide oversight and coordination with PMCs to develop, implement, and govern standard reporting formats for quality, commercial, planning, and safety.
• Validate progress throughout the pre and post-contract stage gate process.
• Validate earned progress against baseline schedules and coordinate with PMCs for project cost report preparation and validation.
• Oversee and validate PMC preparation of annual program-wide budgets and monthly cashflow reports.
• Participate in the development of value engineering proposals and value-adding initiatives.
• Identify and report risks to scope that may result in potential growth trends.
• Work closely with PMCs and PMO planners to perform forecasts for milestone completion.
• Support portfolio-wide risk management services to ensure effective governance, decision-making, and assurance, aligning with approved risk policies and frameworks.
• Collaborate with PMCs to perform stakeholder identification, analysis, and engagement planning, and identify risks to effective stakeholder management and third-party coordination.
• Coordinate with PMCs to validate the creation, accurate reporting, and management of the Approvals Register.
• Coordinate with PMCs to identify health, safety, environmental, and quality compliance risks and prepare mitigation plans.
• Coordinate with PMCs to report risks and develop mitigation strategies for project completion, conditions for taking-over certificates, and defect completion.
• Coordinate between PMCs and the Client for the management of operational readiness, asset transfer, and the defects liability period.
• Facilitate knowledge transfer to the Client and PMCs.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 15 years of relevant experience in project and construction management.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects from pre to post-contract award.
• Experience operating within a matrix PMO organization.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, requiring direct responsibility for oversight of delivery while collaborating with functional members across commercial, planning, and risk departments.

Application Process

Candidates meeting the specified requirements are encouraged to apply for this role.