Senior Project Engineer

About the Opportunity

Taj Dhabi is seeking a Senior Project Engineer to join its team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This is a full-time position, crucial for leading and coordinating engineering and construction activities across various projects.

Role Purpose and Scope

The Senior Project Engineer provides technical and engineering leadership across multiple disciplines and work fronts. This role is responsible for leading, coordinating, and monitoring engineering and construction activities throughout the project lifecycle. The primary objective is to ensure successful project execution in strict accordance with approved drawings, specifications, project schedules, quality requirements, contractual obligations, HSE requirements, and client expectations. The position requires close coordination with Project Management, Construction, Engineering, QA/QC, HSE, Procurement, Commercial, Survey, subcontractors, consultants, and clients.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Project Manager and Engineering Manager in planning, coordinating, and executing project engineering and construction activities.
• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering activities across various work fronts and project phases.
• Ensure construction activities are executed in strict accordance with approved drawings, specifications, method statements, project schedules, contractual requirements, and applicable standards.
• Review and coordinate engineering drawings, shop drawings, design documents, specifications, calculations, material submittals, and other technical documentation.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to Project Engineers, Site Engineers, junior engineers, and construction teams.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to identify and resolve design conflicts, technical discrepancies, constructability issues, and site constraints.
• Review construction methodologies and provide technical recommendations to enhance constructability, productivity, quality, and project execution.
• Monitor engineering and construction progress against the approved project schedule, ensuring alignment with critical activities and project milestones.
• Coordinate closely with Construction Managers, Site Engineers, Supervisors, subcontractors, and specialist contractors for efficient execution of works.
• Manage and follow up on RFIs, technical submittals, shop drawings, material submittals, method statements, technical queries, and engineering deliverables.
• Liaise with consultants and clients to obtain timely approvals and resolve technical comments and outstanding engineering issues.
• Lead and participate in technical coordination meetings with clients, consultants, subcontractors, suppliers, and internal project teams.
• Monitor subcontractor engineering and construction performance for compliance with project requirements.
• Coordinate with QA/QC and HSE teams to ensure all activities comply with approved inspection and test plans, quality procedures, project HSE requirements, and safe construction practices.
• Identify engineering, construction, interface, schedule, and technical risks, supporting the implementation of appropriate mitigation and corrective actions.
• Coordinate with Procurement, Commercial, Planning, and Logistics to ensure timely availability of materials, equipment, technical information, and resources.
• Provide technical and engineering input for project schedules, activity durations, dependencies, priorities, and critical activities.
• Conduct regular site inspections and technical walks to verify work progression aligns with approved engineering requirements.
• Ensure project technical records, drawings, approvals, inspection records, RFIs, submittals, and correspondence are properly maintained and controlled.
• Support testing, commissioning, snagging, punch-list closure, as-built documentation, and project handover activities.
• Ensure all engineering and construction activities comply with company procedures, project requirements, Saudi regulations, applicable codes and standards, and client requirements.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers and project team members.
• Exercise appropriate technical authority and escalate critical engineering, construction, schedule, and contractual issues to project management.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or another relevant engineering discipline.
• Minimum of 10–15 years of relevant engineering and construction experience, including significant experience in a Senior Project Engineer or equivalent role.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Previous experience with a Main Contractor on major construction projects is highly preferred.
• Proven experience leading engineering and construction activities on large-scale, complex, or mega construction projects.
• Experience in infrastructure, commercial, mixed-use, hospitality, entertainment, sports, residential, industrial, or other major construction developments is highly preferred.
• Strong experience in multidisciplinary engineering coordination, construction management, technical management, and project execution.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate engineering activities across multiple disciplines and construction work fronts.
• Strong experience in reviewing drawings, specifications, and calculations.

Work Details

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The salary for this role is not disclosed and will be discussed during the interview process.