About the Role
AECOM is seeking a Project Assistant to join our team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. As a global infrastructure consulting firm, AECOM focuses on delivering complex solutions and building lasting legacies. This role offers an opportunity for individuals with 0-1 years of experience to contribute to significant projects and develop within a global organization. The Project Assistant will support quality assurance and control processes, playing a key part in the successful execution of projects under general supervision.
Role Responsibilities
The Project Assistant will be responsible for a range of tasks focused on ensuring project quality and compliance. Key duties include:
- Consulting with superiors on complex or unusual matters to seek guidance and resolve issues.
- Leading project-wide system audits, as directed, to ensure compliance and identify areas for improvement.
- Developing comprehensive quality plans, procedures, and audit checklists.
- Verifying quality standards and test procedures for design and product evaluation to ensure economical and efficient quality attainment.
- Providing quality assurance support to ensure products meet customer and company quality requirements during acquisition and installation.
- Ensuring the correct utilization of sampling plans, quality standards, and quality control instructions for assessing project and process quality.
- Documenting evaluation, testing, and correction activities to maintain records of quality performance.
- Making recommendations regarding the disposition of defective materials and maintaining awareness of quality problems.
- Compiling training material and conducting training sessions on quality control activities.
- Completing assignments that require originality and ingenuity in problem-solving and execution.
- Potentially providing technical guidance to lower-level engineers, technicians, and inspectors.
Qualifications and Experience
Candidates should possess the following qualifications and experience:
- 0-1 years of experience in a project support or quality assurance related role.
- Ability to consult with superiors on unusual matters.
- Capability to lead project-wide system audits under direction.
- Proficiency in writing quality plans, procedures, and audit checklists.
- Skill in verifying quality standards and test procedures for design and product evaluation.
- Ability to provide quality assurance support for product acquisition and installation.
- Understanding of sampling plans, quality standards, and quality control instructions.
- Experience in documenting evaluation, testing, and correction activities.
- Ability to make recommendations regarding defective materials and maintain awareness of quality problems.
- Experience in compiling training material and conducting training sessions.
- Ability to complete assignments requiring originality and ingenuity.
- Willingness to provide technical guidance to lower-level personnel.
Required Skills
Key skills for this role include:
- Quality Assurance
- Quality Control
- Training Material Development
- Technical Guidance
Work Location and Type
This is a full-time, on-site position located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. All newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.
