Project Manager

About the Role

Dar Al Riyadh is seeking a highly experienced Project Manager to lead a multidisciplinary construction supervision consultancy team in Riyadh. This full-time role involves overseeing a prestigious, fast-track development, providing overall leadership across complex building construction, major infrastructure, precision earthworks, utilities, landscaping, irrigation, and specialized external works.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and govern all construction supervision activities to achieve project safety, quality, cost, and schedule objectives.
• Manage the supervision of buildings, roads, utility networks, substations, pump stations, bulk earthworks, landscaping, irrigation, and associated external works.
• Direct and coordinate the multidisciplinary consultancy team, including civil, structural, architectural, MEP, infrastructure, landscape, HSE, quality, technical office, and document-control personnel.
• Act as the consultant’s senior representative and primary liaison with the client, design consultants, contractors, specialist subcontractors, and relevant authorities.
• Establish clear project priorities, responsibilities, reporting arrangements, and decision-making protocols.
• Review and monitor the contractor’s baseline program, recovery plans, resource deployment, procurement schedules, and construction progress.
• Identify schedule risks and critical-path delays, and require effective mitigation and recovery measures.
• Manage interfaces between buildings, infrastructure, earthworks, landscape, irrigation, utilities, and specialist construction packages.
• Ensure construction activities comply with approved drawings, technical specifications, contract requirements, method statements, and applicable codes.
• Administer the construction contract in accordance with FIDIC provisions and the consultant’s delegated authority.
• Review variation proposals, extension-of-time submissions, claims, change requests, and contractual correspondence.
• Assess completed work and oversee the review and certification of monthly payment applications.
• Maintain clear and accurate contractual records to support commercial and technical decisions.
• Lead the resolution of major technical, contractual, commercial, and construction-interface issues.
• Drive quality assurance and quality-control performance across all project packages.
• Ensure the implementation of inspection and test plans, material approvals, work inspections, non-conformance controls, and corrective actions.
• Promote a strong health, safety, and environmental culture across all areas of the project.
• Monitor contractor compliance with approved HSE plans, risk assessments, permits, and statutory requirements.
• Coordinate inspections, approvals, and technical requirements with Riyadh Municipality, the Saudi Electricity Company, the National Water Company, and other relevant authorities.
• Chair weekly progress, technical, commercial, quality, and coordination meetings.
• Prepare and present executive reports covering progress, key risks, decisions required, commercial matters, quality, safety, and schedule forecasts.
• Lead testing, commissioning, handover, snagging, documentation, and project close-out activities.
• Mentor the supervision team and maintain accountability, collaboration, and high professional standards throughout the assignment.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in construction project management.
• Proven experience in leading multidisciplinary construction supervision consultancy teams.
• Accomplished professional capable of managing demanding technical interfaces.
• Experience in administering FIDIC-based contracts.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver high-quality projects within accelerated schedules.

Required Skills

• Strong leadership and team coordination abilities.
• Excellent communication and liaison skills with clients, contractors, and authorities.
• Proficiency in contract administration and risk management.
• Commitment to quality assurance, quality control, and HSE standards.

Work Environment

This role is based in Riyadh and is a full-time position within Dar Al Riyadh. The successful candidate will work on a prestigious, fast-track development, requiring a dynamic and results-oriented approach.

Application Process

We invite qualified candidates to apply for this Project Manager position. Salary details will be discussed during the interview process.