Project Manager.

About the Role

Dar Al Riyadh Consultants is seeking a Project Manager to lead and integrate a comprehensive construction supervision consultancy team. This full-time position is based in Medina and involves overseeing complex hospitality projects, ensuring compliance with stringent standards and contractual requirements. The role requires extensive experience in managing diverse construction disciplines and maintaining effective communication with key stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, direct, and integrate the complete construction-supervision consultancy team across architectural, structural, interior fit-out, MEP, vertical transportation, façade, and specialist hospitality works.
• Act as the principal consultant representative, maintaining effective communication with senior stakeholders, the hotel operator, contractors, and relevant authorities.
• Establish project execution, supervision, communication, reporting, document-control, and decision-making arrangements.
• Ensure construction activities comply with contract requirements, approved designs, technical specifications, five-star hospitality standards, and applicable Saudi codes.
• Direct the supervision of structural alterations, strengthening, demolition, refurbishment, fit-out, and building-services replacement within existing high-rise structures.
• Manage interfaces among architectural finishes, structural retrofitting, MEP systems, fire and life-safety installations, and hotel operational requirements.
• Monitor contractor performance against the approved baseline schedule, contractual milestones, and phased handover requirements.
• Identify schedule risks, access restrictions, procurement constraints, and critical-path delays, directing appropriate recovery measures.
• Oversee construction logistics, material deliveries, workforce access, waste removal, storage, and lifting activities within restricted areas.
• Administer the construction contract in accordance with applicable FIDIC conditions and delegated contractual authority.
• Review variations, extension-of-time submissions, contractor claims, notices, and commercial recommendations with contracts and commercial teams.
• Review monthly payment applications, ensuring certified progress is supported by verified quantities, inspections, and contractual records.
• Direct project-wide quality assurance and quality-control activities, ensuring timely resolution of nonconforming work, defects, and outstanding technical matters.
• Lead project HSE governance and enforce strict controls for demolition, structural alteration, hot work, confined spaces, lifting, work at height, and energization.
• Ensure fire and life-safety requirements receive priority throughout design coordination, construction, testing, and handover.
• Coordinate design clarifications, technical submissions, shop drawings, mock-ups, samples, and material approvals.
• Monitor long-lead equipment, specialist finishes, hotel operating equipment, and critical procurement packages.
• Coordinate with hotel-operator technical representatives to ensure compliance with applicable brand, operational, and maintainability requirements.
• Lead weekly executive progress meetings, technical coordination meetings, commercial reviews, and risk-management sessions.
• Maintain project risk, issue, decision, and action registers, escalating matters requiring senior management intervention.
• Submit comprehensive monthly reports covering progress, schedule, cost, quality, HSE, risks, procurement, change, and required decisions.
• Oversee testing, commissioning, integrated systems testing, snagging, defect correction, and operational-readiness activities.
• Direct the phased completion and handover of guestrooms, public areas, back-of-house facilities, kitchens, plant rooms, and support spaces.
• Ensure the timely delivery of as-built drawings, O&M manuals, warranties, statutory approvals, training records, and final closeout documentation.
• Manage final completion, defects-liability obligations, and formal project closeout in accordance with contractual requirements.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in project management within the construction industry.
• Demonstrated experience in leading multidisciplinary construction supervision teams, particularly in hospitality projects.
• Strong understanding of construction contracts, FIDIC conditions, and Saudi building codes.
• Proven ability to manage complex interfaces and ensure compliance with high-standard specifications.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Medina, requiring on-site presence and active management of construction activities. The role involves working within a dynamic environment, coordinating with various internal and external stakeholders to ensure project success.

Application Process

Candidates who meet the specified qualifications are encouraged to apply. Salary details will be discussed during the interview process.