Resident Engineer

ECEC brings together over 40 years of design experience in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with a dedicated team of experienced professionals seeking to design environments founded on the fundamental principles of international, best practice experience; strong local knowledge and representation; collaborative and immersive working; effective client interface and management.

The Resident Engineer holds the responsibility for organizing the construction sites across all Zones and Areas. Responsible for progress on all sites, ensuring, and promoting, the best construction and HSE practices. The Resident Engineer is responsible for managing the construction team, as well as delegating tasks accordingly.

• Ensuring initial site handing overs are executed.
• Developing the construction program of work and strategy.
• Implementation of project plans to agreed timelines.
• Rollout of appropriate resources according to schedule.
• Maintaining status reports from the project team, analysing progress and results, and troubleshooting problem areas.
• Promoting safety inspections of the site when work is underway and ensuring regulations relating to health safety and the environment (HSE) are adhered to.
• Overseeing the running of all projects across all sites.
• Promote the use of construction management tools to plan smooth workflows.
• Communicating with a range of people including the client, subcontractors, suppliers, management, and the workforce.
• Plan, monitor, and finalize projects according to deadlines and within budget.
• Review and audit construction management reports.
• Define construction project scope, goals, and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
• Develop full-scale construction project plans and associated communications documents.
• Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals.
• Draft and support budget proposals and recommend subsequent budget changes where necessary.
• Where required, negotiate with other department managers for the acquisition of required personnel from within the program.
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.
• Motivate and supervise project team members and contractors and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.
• Determine the frequency and content of status reports from the project team, analyse results, and troubleshoot problem areas.

• Hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Civil or Architectural Engineering from an internationally recognized university.
• Not less than 12 years of experience in construction management of large multi-site projects.
• Have excellent communication skills and should have managed a multicultural workforce.