Senior Construction Manager - Roads and Highways

Senior Construction Manager
- Roads and Highways Job Snapshot Role:
Senior Construction Manager
- Roads and Highways

Location:

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Industry: Construction Function:
Site Superintendent

Experience:

Approximately 15 years Job Type: Full-time

Position Overview Senior Construction Manager
- Roads and Highways in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a senior Construction opportunity with Parsons Corporation focused on the delivery of complex road, highway, interchange, bridge, utility, drainage, and associated infrastructure works. The role is hiring an experienced construction leader to manage multiple site work fronts from mobilization through completion while maintaining control over safety, quality, schedule, cost, logistics, temporary works, subcontractors, and contractual obligations.

Job Details Country:
Saudi Arabia City:
Riyadh Industry: Construction Function:
Site Superintendent Salary:  Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer. Gender: Any Candidate Nationality:
Any Job Type: Full-time

Role Context The Senior Construction Manager will lead the field execution of major road and highway works, converting approved engineering designs into coordinated construction activities that can be delivered safely, efficiently, and to specification. The position connects planning, site management, utility coordination, pavement construction, structures, commercial controls, and stakeholder interfaces. Strong leadership at this level will be essential for maintaining productivity across multiple work fronts, resolving site constraints quickly, reducing rework, and protecting key project milestones.

• Lead end-to-end construction delivery for roads, highways, arterial routes, urban streets, interchanges, bridges, drainage, utilities, and associated infrastructure.
• Translate approved drawings, specifications, technical requirements, and construction strategies into clear site execution plans.
• Develop and manage construction programmes, short-term lookahead schedules, manpower plans, equipment requirements, and material priorities.
• Coordinate project mobilization and demobilization including access, temporary facilities, traffic management, logistics, and temporary works.
• Monitor progress against schedule and budget and implement recovery measures where delays or constraints threaten key milestones.
• Oversee daily construction activities and ensure work proceeds in accordance with approved drawings, specifications, Method Statements, and quality requirements.
• Manage cut and fill earthworks, subgrade preparation, sub-base, base course, asphalt pavement, and concrete pavement construction.
• Supervise construction of culverts, retaining structures, minor bridges, underpasses, overpasses, and roadside infrastructure.
• Coordinate utility diversions, utility protection, new installations, and interfaces within the road corridor.
• Implement temporary traffic arrangements and construction traffic management plans while maintaining safe movement around active works.
• Resolve technical and constructability issues in collaboration with engineering and design teams.
• Champion HSE requirements across site activities and reinforce safe working practices throughout the construction organization.
• Review Method Statements, Risk Assessments, permits, and work procedures before critical activities commence.
• Conduct regular site inspections covering safety, quality, housekeeping, productivity, and construction compliance.
• Verify implementation of Inspection and Test Plans, material approvals, laboratory testing, and other quality control processes.
• Monitor compaction, pavement materials, concrete, asphalt, and other critical construction quality requirements.
• Support contract administration by tracking quantities, changes, variations, additional works, and construction-related claims.
• Provide construction input to budgets, cost forecasts, cash flow assessments, and value engineering exercises.
• Identify risks associated with logistics, ground conditions, interfaces, sequencing, temporary works, productivity, and access constraints.
• Coordinate with Commercial teams on measurement, certification, payment documentation, and claims support.
• Serve as a senior site contact for construction matters involving Clients, Consultants, authorities, and third parties.
• Coordinate Project Managers, Engineers, Planners, Procurement, Logistics, QA and QC, HSE, subcontractors, and suppliers.
• Monitor subcontractor performance and ensure contractual, safety, quality, and schedule obligations are achieved.
• Lead construction progress meetings and present clear status updates, constraints, recovery plans, and upcoming priorities.
• Maintain accurate daily reports, progress records, inspection documentation, NCR records, and supporting site evidence.
• Ensure red-line drawings, as-built information, and construction records are maintained for final handover.
• Prepare construction progress, safety, quality, and…