Senior Project Manager

About the Role

Dar Al Riyadh Consultants is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead the construction supervision team for a large-scale mixed-use residential and commercial development in Riyadh. This is a full-time position requiring over 10 years of experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the construction supervision team and manage the delivery of a large-scale mixed-use residential and commercial development.
• Supervise the construction of detached and semi-detached villas, townhouses, and multi-unit apartment buildings, including studios and one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments.
• Oversee the construction supervision of retail, F&B, and Grade-A office components.
• Manage the delivery of the central clubhouse, amenities, parkway, public spaces, landscaping, and associated infrastructure.
• Ensure all works comply with approved drawings, specifications, contracts, authority requirements, and applicable codes.
• Lead multidisciplinary supervision teams covering architectural, structural, civil, MEP, infrastructure, landscape, quality, and HSE disciplines.
• Review contractor programmes, construction methodologies, resource plans, procurement schedules, and recovery plans.
• Monitor project progress, quality, cost, safety, risks, and key milestones.
• Coordinate interfaces between residential, commercial, clubhouse, landscape, infrastructure, and utility works.
• Chair progress, technical, coordination, quality, and risk-management meetings.
• Review contractor shop drawings, material submittals, RFIs, method statements, and technical proposals.
• Manage design changes, site instructions, variations, claims, and Extension of Time matters in coordination with commercial and planning teams.
• Ensure consistency and quality across repetitive residential units through approved mockups and benchmark units.
• Monitor testing, commissioning, authority inspections, snagging, and phased handovers.
• Manage client, consultant, contractor, developer, operator, and authority relationships.
• Provide executive progress reports, forecasts, risk assessments, and recommendations to senior management.
• Lead project closeout, including as-built drawings, O&M manuals, warranties, final accounts, and handover documentation.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of construction supervision and project-management experience.
• Valid Saudi Council of Engineers registration is mandatory for projects in Saudi Arabia.
• Proven experience managing large-scale residential or mixed-use developments.
• Demonstrated experience delivering villas, townhouses, and multi-unit apartment buildings.
• Experience with commercial facilities, including retail, F&B, and Grade-A office developments.
• Experience delivering clubhouses, community amenities, parkways, public-realm works, landscaping, and supporting infrastructure.
• Strong experience working for an engineering consultancy, construction supervision consultant, developer, or project-management consultant.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary construction supervision teams.
• Strong knowledge of project planning, quality management, HSE, contract administration, cost control, risk management, and handover.
• Experience managing repetitive residential units, mockups, prototype units, phased completion, and multiple work fronts.
• Sound knowledge of FIDIC contracts, applicable building codes, and authority requirements.
• Proficiency in project-management and reporting systems, including Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project.
• PMP, RICS, CIOB, or an equivalent professional certification is preferred.

Required Skills

• Strong understanding of civil, structural, architectural, MEP, landscape, roads, utilities, and infrastructure interfaces.
• Strong leadership, decision-making, negotiation, reporting, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is mandatory; Arabic is preferred.