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About Bechtel and Expo 2030 Riyadh

Bechtel Corporation is managing the infrastructure program for Expo 2030 Riyadh Company (ERC). Expo 2030 Riyadh, themed “Foresight for Tomorrow,” is a global platform promoting sustainable development, innovation, and transformative thinking. The event, scheduled from October 2030 to March 2031, anticipates over 40 million visits. Bechtel's scope on the 6 km2 Masterplan includes early works, utilities, and publicly accessible spaces like streets and parks, transitioning into a mixed-use legacy development post-event. The project leverages international sustainability standards for urban afforestation, treated water, and energy sources.

The Role of Design Project Manager

As a Design Project Manager (EXPO) based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, you will report to the Technical Director Deputy. This full-time role involves leading and coordinating a team of multidisciplinary technical specialists. You will oversee the interpretation, organization, execution, and coordination of all engineering and technical aspects related to concept master planning, detailed master planning, and detailed infrastructure design. The position requires accountability for the performance of appointed Design Consultants, ensuring successful delivery of infrastructure designs in full compliance with established budget, schedule, and quality objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead technical coordination, engineering oversight, and delivery readiness for site-wide construction packages CP-09, CP-10, and CP-11, covering main utilities, civil works, roads, structures, and associated infrastructure interfaces.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering inputs across various disciplines including civil, utilities, structural, geotechnical, hydrology, transport, electrical, ICT, fire water, irrigation, and public realm interfaces.
• Manage design consultants, contractors, and package teams to ensure design deliverables, IFC drawings, specifications, BoQs, and technical submissions are complete, coordinated, constructible, and aligned with project requirements.
• Establish and maintain engineering management plans, package delivery procedures, design review workflows, and governance controls in accordance with Client, PMC, and project requirements.
• Track engineering deliverables against package schedules, design milestones, construction priorities, and procurement needs, identifying and escalating delays, interface gaps, and bottlenecks.
• Manage technical reviews of design submissions, RFIs, TQs, material submittals, method statements, and construction-related engineering queries.
• Coordinate constructability reviews, value engineering, safety-in-design assessments, interdisciplinary reviews, and stage-gate reviews.
• Provide technical oversight for package interfaces with vertical asset PMCs, client delivery teams, utility providers, regulatory authorities, contractors, procurement, project controls, construction, ES&H, quality, and stakeholder management teams.
• Prepare and maintain engineering progress dashboards, weekly and monthly package reports, deliverable trackers, risk registers, action logs, and technical issue registers.
• Review package scope changes, quantity variations, design deviations, technical trends, and schedule impacts; support change definition, estimate validation, and compliance with project change control procedures.
• Support procurement and contract administration activities by reviewing technical sections of tender documents, scope of work, specifications, BoQs, clarifications, bid queries, and contractor technical proposals.
• Facilitate stakeholder engagement and technical presentations, including design coordination meetings, progress reviews, interface workshops, authority discussions, and stage-gate review sessions.
• Ensure construction package requirements are integrated with infrastructure design, site logistics, temporary works, utility diversions, access strategy, testing and commissioning, handover, and event/legacy operational requirements.
• Drive proactive resolution of engineering and construction interface issues by coordinating responsible parties, defining actions, monitoring closure, and escalating critical matters.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum 15 years of experience working in an EPC and/or PMC environment, including management of contractors and/or consultants.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively under pressure with changing priorities and deadlines, influencing outcomes and escalating issues appropriately.
• A self-starter with high motivation for success.
• Proven skill in identifying, analyzing, and solving problems.
• Previous, related, working experience in the Middle East is highly preferred.
• Previous experience and expert knowledge of KSA labor laws and working practices and requirements is highly preferred.
• Experience working within a multicultural, highly diverse team environment is essential.
• Understanding of infrastructure international regulatory codes, standards, and design criteria relating to infrastructure design is desirable.

Work Environment and Expectations

The successful candidate will be expected to role model Bechtel's Visions, Values, & Commitments (VV&C) and actively advocate for Diversity, Equality & Inclusion (DE&I) efforts and initiatives. This role requires fostering a collaborative, high-performance, and safety-focused working culture across multidisciplinary teams, ensuring technical quality, schedule adherence, and alignment with project objectives.

Location and Employment Type

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.