Site Construction Manager (CCGT Plant / Cogeneration Plant)_Eastern Region📣 Job Ad

About the Role

WSP in the Middle East is seeking a Site Construction Manager for a full-time position in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia, including cities such as Dammam, Al Khobar, Dhahran, Al Jubail, Al-Ahsa, Ras Tannurah, Al Qatif, and Buqayq. This role involves site-based supervision and coordination of EPC construction works for a Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) / Cogeneration plant project. The Site Construction Manager will serve as a primary interface between the Client, EPC Contractor, and the WSP project team, ensuring construction activities adhere to safety standards, contract specifications, and project schedules.

Role Responsibilities

• Lead site construction supervision and coordination for EPC works, ensuring execution aligns with approved drawings, specifications, EPC Contract requirements, project procedures, and applicable codes and standards.
• Act as the daily site interface with the Client, EPC Contractor, and WSP project team for construction-related matters, including progress, priorities, constraints, site issues, and action closure.
• Drive EPC Contractor performance by monitoring daily site activities, manpower, equipment deployment, material availability, work fronts, and adherence to the approved construction schedule.
• Coordinate with the Client and EPC Contractor to ensure smooth completion of the WSP scope of works, including timely technical inputs, site responses, inspections, reporting, and issue escalation.
• Monitor construction interfaces between civil, mechanical, electrical, I&C, commissioning, and HSE teams, and facilitate resolution of interface issues affecting schedule, quality, or safety.
• Review construction method statements, ITPs, work permits, risk assessments, lifting plans, temporary works, and construction procedures, coordinating comments with relevant discipline specialists.
• Participate in site progress meetings, construction coordination meetings, Client meetings, EPC meetings, and project review meetings, ensuring key actions are recorded, assigned, and followed up.
• Prepare and circulate minutes of meetings, action trackers, site observation reports, and construction follow-up notes for attended meetings and site inspections.
• Coordinate with discipline engineers for resolution of RFIs/TQs, design clarifications, field changes, site instructions, inspection comments, and technical constraints during construction.
• Support construction planning, sequencing, and readiness reviews, including assessment of look-ahead schedules, critical path activities, work front availability, and construction constraints.
• Monitor site quality and HSE compliance in coordination with dedicated QA/QC and HSE teams, ensuring proper tracking and closure of construction observations, NCRs, punch items, and corrective actions.
• Coordinate site communications with the Client and EPC Contractor, supporting timely escalation of risks, delays, manpower shortfalls, material constraints, and unresolved technical or contractual matters.
• Support mechanical completion, pre-commissioning, commissioning readiness, punch list closure, and handover activities by verifying and documenting construction completion status.
• Maintain construction action logs, issue registers, RFI/TQ trackers, site instruction logs, NCR/punch list trackers, and other follow-up tools to drive timely closure.
• Provide inputs to construction progress reports, including physical progress, critical activities, constraints, delay events, recovery measures, manpower trends, and required key decisions.
• Support review of EPC Contractor invoices, progress claims, and milestone submissions by confirming construction progress, site records, and supporting evidence.
• Ensure construction documentation and handover records are complete, traceable, and aligned with project requirements, including redlines, as-built inputs, completion dossiers, and final closeout records.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 15 years of experience in construction management, specifically within CCGT or Cogeneration plant projects.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and coordinate complex construction activities on site.
• Strong understanding of EPC contract requirements, project procedures, and applicable codes and standards.
• Experience in monitoring EPC contractor performance and driving adherence to schedules and quality standards.
• Proficiency in reviewing construction documentation such as method statements, ITPs, work permits, and risk assessments.
• Ability to coordinate with multiple stakeholders, including clients, contractors, and internal teams.

Work Environment

This is a full-time, site-based position located in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia. The role requires active engagement with various project teams and stakeholders in a dynamic construction environment.