Delivery Manager

• Primary
  
  Location:
  
  KSA
  - Riyadh, SA
  - The Business Gate

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• We need a Delivery Manager to take end-to-end accountability for safe, predictable, and high-quality delivery of a major freight rail project in Saudi Arabia, driving performance across scope, schedule, cost, interfaces, and stakeholder coordination from mobilization through commissioning/handback.

• Job title:
  
  Delivery Manager (Freight Rail)
• Location:
  
  Saudi Arabia (site-based with travel across corridor/depots/terminals as required)
• Reporting to:
  Project Director
• Direct reports:
  Package/Section Managers, Construction Managers, Site Engineers, Interface Managers, Field QA/QC, Document Control (dotted line), HSE (matrix)
• Key interfaces:
  Client/Authority, Contractors and subcontractors, Operators/Maintainers, Utilities, Local authorities, Logistics, HSE, Quality, Project Controls

• Own delivery of assigned project scope (corridor sections, yards/terminals, depots, civils, track, and/or rail systems) to agreed scope, schedule, cost, and quality targets.
• Translate project objectives into executable delivery plans
  , package strategies, and weekly/daily production priorities.
• Establish a strong performance culture across site teams and subcontractors with clear accountabilities and measurable outputs.

• Lead construction readiness, mobilization, and execution including access, logistics, temporary works, method statements, work packs, permits, and sequencing
  .
• Drive site productivity and remove constraints (materials, plant, labor, access windows, approvals, design queries).
• Manage construction staging in rail environments (including work adjacent to operational areas where applicable), ensuring safe coordination and compliance.

• Ensure delivery is executed to the highest standards of HSE compliance
  , including active leadership in toolbox talks, site inspections, incident prevention, and corrective actions.
• Own delivery quality outcomes:
  ITPs, inspections, NCR closure, punch lists, test packs
  , and readiness for commissioning/handback.
• Ensure full compliance with project QA/QC requirements, traceability, and records.

• Lead resolution of interfaces across track, civils, signaling, telecoms, power, depots/terminals, level crossings, fencing, drainage, utilities, and third-party works
  .
• Maintain a live interface matrix and ensure owners, dates, and dependencies are actively managed.
• Coordinate with stakeholders for permits, land/access, utility diversions, and traffic management.

• Partner with Planning/Project Controls to build and maintain lookahead plans (2–6 weeks) and rolling execution schedules…