Handover Manager - Infrastructure Assets

Job Snapshot

Handover Manager - Infrastructure Assets

Location:

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Industry: Civil Engineering
Function:
Project Management

Experience:

7 years handover or testing and commissioning experience
Job Type: Full-time

• Coordinate daily with project directors, contractors, subcontractors, project managers, and operations representatives on handover progress.
• Maintain a clear and up-to-date asset handover tracker covering assigned assets, required actions, documentation status, inspections, approvals, and closeout items.
• Attend site meetings, inspections, walkthroughs, readiness reviews, and coordination sessions to verify handover progress and asset readiness.
• Review testing and commissioning plans submitted by contractors and confirm alignment with asset requirements, project specifications, and handover criteria.
• Monitor and witness on-site testing and commissioning activities where required by the project or stakeholder process.
• Collect, review, organize, and validate test reports, commissioning records, certificates, inspection checklists, and supporting evidence.
• Identify gaps, delays, incomplete records, or execution issues related to testing and commissioning and escalate them to the project manager.
• Collate and review handover documentation packages, including as-built drawings, test results, commissioning certificates, warranties, guarantees, operation and maintenance manuals, training manuals, and training attendance records.
• Provide clear feedback to contractors on missing documents, incorrect submissions, incomplete packages, technical gaps, and handover deficiencies.
• Coordinate with relevant stakeholders for site inspections, documentation reviews, operational acceptance, approvals, and final signoffs.
• Facilitate communication between project delivery teams and operations teams to reduce delays in asset acceptance.
• Track outstanding snags, unresolved handover items, documentation deficiencies, pending approvals, and stakeholder comments until closure.
• Prepare weekly handover and commissioning updates showing progress, risks, blockers, required actions, and unresolved issues.
• Support project leadership with readiness summaries, acceptance status, issue escalation, and practical recovery recommendations.
• Maintain organized handover records, logs, trackers, reports, correspondence, and evidence files for audit and closeout purposes.
• Submit final handover reports documenting completed asset transfers, lessons learned, recurring issues, and recommendations for future projects.
• Promote disciplined handover processes that support quality, safety, compliance, and smooth operational transition.

• Saudi National candidate.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field.
• LEED certification is preferred.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in handover management, testing and commissioning, operational readiness, infrastructure closeout, or related project delivery roles.
• Experience on large-scale infrastructure, construction, PMCM, or civil engineering projects is preferred.
• Strong understanding of testing and commissioning processes, asset handover requirements, contract closeout, and documentation standards.
• Able to manage handover trackers, commissioning logs, inspection records, action lists, and detailed progress reports.
• Strong knowledge of handover documentation, including as-built drawings, O&M manuals, warranties, guarantees, test certificates, commissioning records, and training records.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple assets, contractors, submissions, deadlines, and stakeholder requirements at the same time.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to coordinate effectively between contractors, project teams, client representatives, and operations teams.
• High attention to detail with the ability to identify documentation gaps, missing approvals, inconsistent records, and handover risks.
• Practical problem-solving ability with confidence escalating blockers and supporting timely closeout.
• Committed to quality, safety, compliance, and project requirements.
• Able to work under pressure during final delivery,…