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About Parsons Corporation

Parsons Corporation is a global leader in the engineering, construction, and technical services industry. The company fosters an innovative culture, guided by a leadership vision focused on valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, empowering its teams to achieve their full potential.

The Role of Project Director (Rail/Metro Station)

Parsons Corporation is seeking a Project Director (Rail/Metro Station) to join its team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time position involves leading the successful delivery of a major metro station project. The Project Director will be responsible for ensuring project performance meets schedule, budget, quality, safety, contractual, stakeholder, and client requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the overall planning, execution, monitoring, and delivery of the metro station project.
• Manage multidisciplinary project teams across technical, commercial, project controls, safety, quality, stakeholder, interface, and administrative functions.
• Serve as the senior Parsons representative with the client, subcontractors, government agencies, operators, and other key stakeholders.
• Oversee the development and implementation of project execution plans, schedules, budgets, risk registers, quality plans, and safety plans.
• Lead coordination of architectural, civil, structural, MEP, systems, finishes, testing, commissioning, and handover requirements.
• Monitor project performance, milestones, costs, risks, interfaces, and deliverables, providing timely reporting to senior management and the client.
• Lead the resolution of project issues, delays, cost impacts, scope changes, interface matters, and contractual matters.
• Ensure effective change management, including the preparation, negotiation, and closure of change orders.
• Mobilize and manage project resources to ensure an optimal team structure for successful delivery.
• Promote technical excellence, commercial discipline, safety performance, and quality across the project.
• Support client relationship management and collaborate with Business Development to identify opportunities for additional work.
• Lead regular project reviews and ensure actions, commitments, and decisions are properly tracked and closed.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in project leadership, specifically within rail or metro station projects.

Work Environment and Location

This full-time position is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Candidates must be willing to relocate or be assigned to the project site, if required.

Application Information

This role offers an opportunity to lead a significant infrastructure project. Salary details will be discussed during the recruitment process.