Delivery Manager (Freight Rail)

About AECOM

AECOM is a global infrastructure consulting firm dedicated to delivering projects that positively impact communities worldwide. The company partners with clients to address complex challenges and build lasting legacies. With a global team of over 50,000 professionals, AECOM focuses on transforming infrastructure across various sectors.

Role Overview

AECOM is seeking a Delivery Manager (Freight Rail) to join its team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time, site-based position requires end-to-end accountability for the safe, predictable, and high-quality delivery of a major freight rail project. The Delivery Manager will drive performance across scope, schedule, cost, interfaces, and stakeholder coordination from mobilization through commissioning and handback. The role reports to the Project Director and involves travel across the corridor, depots, and terminals as required.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of assigned project scope, including corridor sections, yards/terminals, depots, civils, track, and/or rail systems, to meet agreed scope, schedule, cost, and quality targets.
• Translate project objectives into executable delivery plans, package strategies, and daily/weekly production priorities.
• Establish a strong performance culture across site teams and subcontractors, ensuring clear accountabilities and measurable outputs.
• Manage construction readiness, mobilization, and execution, including access, logistics, temporary works, method statements, work packs, permits, and sequencing.
• Drive site productivity and resolve constraints related to materials, plant, labor, access windows, approvals, and design queries.
• Ensure delivery adheres to the highest standards of HSE compliance, including active leadership in toolbox talks, site inspections, incident prevention, and corrective actions.
• Oversee delivery quality outcomes, including ITPs, inspections, NCR closure, punch lists, test packs, and readiness for commissioning/handback.
• Lead the resolution of interfaces across various disciplines such as track, civils, signaling, telecoms, power, depots/terminals, and third-party works.
• Partner with Planning/Project Controls to develop and maintain lookahead plans and rolling execution schedules.
• Manage delivery to protect project commercial outcomes, identifying changes early and supporting contract notifications with factual records.
• Lead multi-disciplinary teams, coach package managers and supervisors, and chair delivery meetings.
• Plan and execute section completion, testing readiness, commissioning support, and staged handovers.

Key Deliverables

• Delivery Execution Plan and package delivery strategies.
• Weekly lookahead plans, constraint logs, interface matrix, and production dashboards.
• HSE leadership outputs (inspections, action closures) and quality metrics (NCR closure, ITP compliance).
• Section completion and handover/closeout documentation readiness.

Reporting Structure and Interfaces

The Delivery Manager reports directly to the Project Director. Direct reports include Package/Section Managers, Construction Managers, Site Engineers, Interface Managers, Field QA/QC, Document Control (dotted line), and HSE (matrix). Key interfaces involve the Client/Authority, Contractors and subcontractors, Operators/Maintainers, Utilities, Local authorities, Logistics, HSE, Quality, and Project Controls.

Work Environment

This is a full-time, site-based position located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with travel required across the project corridor, depots, and terminals as needed. The role involves leading multi-disciplinary teams in a challenging delivery environment and coordinating with various internal and external stakeholders.