Senior Project Manager - Aviation Job Riyadh area,Riyadh Region Saudi Arabia,Engineering

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Our Aviation team in the Middle East is experiencing significant growth and is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager/Technical Manager based in Riyadh, KSA. In this role, you support the delivery of major airport infrastructure, terminal, landside, and aviation development projects across the kingdom.

The successful candidate will provide technical and project leadership across multidisciplinary teams, ensuring the successful planning, design, coordination, and delivery of complex aviation projects from concept through detailed design and implementation. This role requires a strong blend of technical expertise, project management capability, stakeholder management, and commercial awareness.

Here's what you'll do:

Lead the planning, management, and technical delivery of major aviation projects, ensuring alignment with client objectives, budgets, schedules, and quality standards.
Manage multidisciplinary design teams across aviation, architecture, civil engineering, structural engineering, MEP, airport systems, and specialist disciplines.
Provide technical leadership and oversight throughout all project phases, ensuring compliance with international best practices, aviation standards, and client requirements.
Develop project execution plans, resource strategies, and delivery programmes to ensure successful project outcomes.
Coordinate design interfaces between airside, landside, terminal, cargo, and ancillary facility developments.
Drive technical reviews, design coordination workshops, value engineering studies, and risk management activities.
Monitor project performance, proactively identifying and mitigating technical, commercial, and delivery risks.
Manage project budgets, forecasting, change management processes, and commercial performance while ensuring contractual compliance.
Lead client engagement activities, acting as a trusted advisor and primary point of contact for project stakeholders.
Support business development initiatives including proposal preparation, technical submissions, interviews, and client presentations.
Foster strong relationships with existing and prospective clients, identifying opportunities for future aviation projects and strategic growth.

Here's what you'll need

Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering, Architecture, Airport Engineering, or a related discipline.
Professional Engineer (PE), Chartered Engineer (CEng), PMP, or equivalent professional accreditation is highly desirable.
Experience in engineering, design, and project delivery, with substantial experience on major aviation and airport development projects.
Proven experience delivering complex airport programmes including terminals, landside infrastructure, airfield support facilities, cargo developments, and associated transportation infrastructure.
Strong understanding of airport planning, terminal design, landside infrastructure, aviation systems interfaces, and operational requirements.
Demonstrated experience leading large multidisciplinary design and project delivery teams.
Strong client-facing, stakeholder management, and leadership capabilities within complex project environments.
Solid understanding of project controls, commercial management, contract administration, and risk management principles.
Experience delivering aviation projects within the GCC and Middle East region is highly preferred.

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