Senior Project Manager - Infrastructure

Senior Project Manager – Infrastructure

Location:

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Full‑time
• Parson's Corporation

Senior Project Manager – Infrastructure in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a senior Civil Engineering opportunity for an experienced project leader who can manage the full lifecycle delivery of complex infrastructure projects. The role covers roads, highways, utilities, bridges, structures, drainage networks, associated civil works, design coordination, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, handover, stakeholder management, safety leadership, and performance reporting across major infrastructure programmes.

• Country:
  Saudi Arabia
• City:
  Riyadh
• Industry: Civil Engineering
• Function:
  Project Management
• Salary: 50,000–75,000 SAR (estimated; subject to confirmation with employer)
• Gender: Any
• Candidate Nationality:
  Any
• Job Type: Full‑time

• Lead the planning, execution, delivery, handover, and close‑out of major infrastructure projects from concept stage through final acceptance.
• Develop project execution strategies, implementation plans, delivery milestones, stage‑gate requirements, and governance arrangements.
• Establish clear project roles, responsibilities, communication protocols, reporting structures, and decision‑making processes.
• Provide leadership to multidisciplinary teams and align project contributors with scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, and client objectives.
• Develop and manage the integrated Project Management Plan covering scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk, procurement, communications, construction, and handover.
• Work with planning and project controls teams to establish baseline programmes, budgets, performance metrics, and progress measurement processes.
• Monitor schedule and cost performance, identify early variances, and drive corrective or recovery actions to protect delivery targets.
• Manage scope changes and variations through formal change control, ensuring impacts are properly assessed, documented, approved, and communicated.
• Coordinate with design managers and consultants to ensure design deliverables are timely, coordinated, buildable, and aligned with procurement and construction needs.
• Ensure designs support project requirements, constructability, maintainability, HSE‑by‑design principles, and long‑term operational performance.
• Lead interface management across roads, civil works, bridges, structures, utilities, MEP systems, traffic, drainage, and environmental disciplines.
• Oversee the resolution of key technical issues and ensure lessons learned are captured and applied to future project decisions.
• Support procurement strategies for major packages including civil works, structures, utilities, drainage, roads, bridges, and specialist systems.
• Work with commercial and procurement teams to prepare tender documentation, evaluate bids, support negotiations, and recommend contract awards.
• Manage contractor performance against contract requirements, including progress, quality, HSE performance, documentation, coordination, and commercial obligations.
• Review and recommend approval of major contract changes, claims, payment matters, and final accounts in coordination with the commercial team.
• Oversee site execution of infrastructure works, ensuring compliance with approved designs, specifications, permits, quality plans, and HSE standards.
• Coordinate construction sequencing, site access, traffic management, logistics, temporary works, and interface planning to reduce disruption and clashes.
• Ensure testing and commissioning plans are prepared and implemented for relevant infrastructure systems such as utilities, ITS, lighting, pump stations, and related assets.
• Lead project handover processes including punch lists, as‑built documentation, operation and maintenance manuals, training records, certifications, and end‑user acceptance.
• Promote and enforce a strong HSE culture across project teams, contractors, consultants, and site personnel.
• Ensure project‑specific HSE plans, method statements, risk assessments, permits, and critical controls are prepared, approved, and implemented effectively.
• Oversee quality plans, inspection and test plans, QA/QC…