Senior Project Director - Roads and Structures

Senior Project Director
- Roads and Structures Job Snapshot

Role:
Senior Project Director
- Roads and Structures

Location:

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Industry: Civil Engineering

Function:
Project-Program Management

Experience:

20 years in roads, highways, heavy civil infrastructure, and major project leadership

Job Type: Full-time

Senior Project Director
- Roads and Structures in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is an executive-level Civil Engineering opportunity leading the delivery of a major Ring Road and its associated bridges, tunnels, interchanges, drainage networks, utility corridors, and structural works. Parsons Corporation is hiring an accomplished infrastructure leader to direct the complete project lifecycle, integrating strategy, design, procurement, construction, commercial management, HSE, quality, regulatory approvals, commissioning, and handover across a complex destination-scale development.

Country:
Saudi Arabia

City:
Riyadh

Industry: Civil Engineering

Function:
Project-Program Management

Salary:  Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.

Gender: Any

Nationality:
Any

Job Type: Full-time

The Senior Project Director will hold overall delivery accountability for the Roads, Civils and Structures sector supporting the Ring Road transportation network. The position requires strategic oversight combined with decisive project leadership across interconnected highway, bridge, tunnel, drainage, structural, and utility packages. By controlling interfaces, investment priorities, schedule, contracts, technical quality, and construction performance, the role will ensure this critical transportation backbone is delivered as an integrated asset capable of supporting the development's long-term mobility and operational objectives.

• Set the strategic delivery direction for Ring Road roads, civils, and structures projects.
• Align sector priorities with the wider development vision, mobility strategy, master plan, and program objectives.
• Convert strategic requirements into executable scopes, delivery packages, phasing strategies, and performance targets.
• Establish clear accountability for cost, schedule, quality, safety, technical performance, and operational readiness.
• Direct projects through planning, concept design, detailed design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and final handover.
• Maintain executive oversight of the complete Ring Road delivery lifecycle.
• Lead integration of highways, interchanges, bridges, tunnels, retaining structures, drainage, and utility corridors.
• Ensure infrastructure interfaces are coordinated with adjacent assets, districts, and development sectors.
• Coordinate road infrastructure requirements with Master Planning, Mobility, Utilities, Real Estate, and Operations teams.
• Resolve strategic interface issues that could affect design, construction sequencing, access, or operational performance.
• Ensure design solutions meet project objectives, applicable standards, constructability requirements, and lifecycle expectations.
• Challenge designs where alternative solutions can improve value, safety, resilience, or construction efficiency.
• Promote value engineering without compromising required performance or long-term asset quality.
• Drive innovation in road construction, structural engineering, delivery methodology, and lifecycle planning.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams spanning engineering, project management, planning, procurement, contracts, construction, quality, and HSE.
• Establish effective coordination between technical and delivery functions.
• Set priorities across multiple concurrent infrastructure packages.
• Monitor team performance against defined project and program objectives.
• Manage external design consultants, contractors, suppliers, and specialist technical advisors.
• Hold delivery partners accountable for contractual obligations, technical requirements, schedule, and quality.
• Oversee major project budgets and maintain control of forecast expenditure.
• Review cost plans, commitments, forecasts, and emerging financial pressures.
• Ensure commercial decisions remain aligned with approved budgets and strategic delivery priorities.
• Direct development and maintenance of integrated project schedules.
• Monitor critical path activities, milestone performance, and package dependencies.
• Require recovery strategies where progress threatens key completion dates.
• Optimize allocation of internal resources, consultants, contractors,…