Project Quality Manager - Airport Development

Position Snapshot

Project Quality Manager
- Airport Development Job Snapshot Role:
Project Quality Manager
- Airport Development

Location:

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Industry: Airlines/Aviation Function:
Quality Assurance

Experience:

Minimum 15 years Job Type: Full-time

Parsons is hiring a Project Quality Manager
- Airport Development in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for a major program within the Airlines/Aviation industry. The manager will establish and lead an integrated quality-management framework covering airport terminals, airside infrastructure, roads, utilities, MEP, ICT, and specialist aviation systems. The role spans design, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, operational readiness, and final handover. The successful candidate will direct quality teams, monitor consultants and contractors, manage non-conformances, and provide senior leadership with reliable performance information.

• Country:
  Saudi Arabia
• City:
  Riyadh
• Industry: Airlines/Aviation
• Function:
  Quality Assurance
• Salary:  SAR per month Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in Riyadh; please confirm the final offer with the employer.
• Gender: Any
• Candidate Nationality:
  Any
• Job Type: Full-time
• Role Context:
  Airport developments combine buildings, airfield infrastructure, technology, utilities, passenger systems, and operational facilities within one complex delivery environment. Quality failures in any package can affect safety, approvals, testing, asset reliability, and readiness for airport operations. The Project Quality Manager will provide a consistent assurance structure across disciplines and contractors. Strong governance, evidence-based audits, and timely corrective action will help prevent recurring defects and support compliant, complete, and operationally reliable assets.

• Develop, implement, and maintain the Project Quality Management Plan.
• Establish project quality objectives, procedures, workflows, responsibilities, and performance indicators.
• Integrate quality requirements into design, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, and handover.
• Provide leadership to quality assurance and quality control teams, engineers, inspectors, consultants, and contractors.
• Confirm that all delivery parties understand and implement project quality requirements.
• Review contractor and consultant Quality Management Plans.
• Evaluate Inspection and Test Plans for completeness and technical suitability.
• Review inspection procedures, method statements, checklists, and quality records.
• Conduct planned quality audits, compliance reviews, and management-system assessments.
• Record audit findings and monitor corrective and preventive actions through closure.
• Oversee construction-quality activities for airport terminals and supporting buildings.
• Monitor quality across airside infrastructure, roads, drainage, utilities, and civil works.
• Provide assurance for MEP, ICT, security, communication, and specialist airport systems.
• Manage non-conformance reports, site observations, inspection findings, and quality-improvement actions.
• Ensure defects and non-compliances are investigated and resolved within agreed time frames.
• Lead or support root-cause analysis for significant or recurring quality issues.
• Verify implementation and effectiveness of corrective measures.
• Support design-quality reviews and technical-assurance processes.
• Participate in constructability reviews and compliance assessments.
• Verify alignment with applicable codes, standards, specifications, and client requirements.
• Review testing and commissioning procedures, inspection records, and test results.
• Confirm the quality and completeness of turnover and completion documentation.
• Support operational-readiness and handover assurance.
• Coordinate quality matters with clients, airport authorities, consultants, contractors, suppliers, and project teams.
• Develop dashboards, trend analyses, and quality-performance reports.
• Present quality status, risks, recurring issues, and improvement recommendations to senior management.
• Promote lessons learned and continuous improvement across packages and contractors.
• Support digital quality-management systems and structured project-data reporting.

• Bachelor 's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Quality Management, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in quality management, quality assurance, quality control, or construction assurance.
• Proven experience on airport, aviation, transportation, or major infrastructure developments.
• Background managing quality systems within EPC, project-management consultancy, or delivery-partner environments.
• Strong working knowledge of ISO 9001 quality-management requirements.
• Experience developing, reviewing, and implementing Inspection and Test Plans.
• Practical knowledge of inspections, non-conformance management, audits, and root-cause analysis.
• Experience supporting testing, commissioning, operational readiness, and handover.
• Ability to manage quality across several…