Logistics Manager - Airport Construction

Job Snapshot

Logistics Manager - Airport Construction.

Location:

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Industry: Airlines/Aviation. Function:
Logistics.

Experience:

15 years logistics and traffic management experience. Job Type: Full-time.

You will be a senior logistics professional who can lead construction logistics, traffic management, site access, material movement, and stakeholder coordination across a major airport infrastructure programme.

Country:
Saudi Arabia. City:
Riyadh. Industry: Airlines/Aviation. Function:
Logistics. Salary: 38,. Gender: Any. Candidate Nationality:
Any.

The Logistics Manager will manage the planning and control of construction logistics in a live airport environment where access, security, operational continuity, traffic flow, material delivery, storage, staging, lifting, and interface coordination are critical to successful project delivery. This position connects contractors, consultants, airport authorities, utility providers, government agencies, project controls teams, construction managers, and airport operations teams to ensure logistics activities are coordinated, safe, compliant, and aligned with project schedules and operational restrictions.

• Lead the development, implementation, and management of Construction Logistics Plans, Material Delivery Plans, Site Logistics Strategies, and Traffic Management Plans.
• Establish clear logistics procedures for material handling, storage, transportation, delivery routing, staging, distribution, access, and site movement.
• Coordinate logistics requirements to support construction works while minimizing disruption to airport operations and surrounding transport networks.
• Monitor logistics performance and recommend improvements that increase efficiency, reduce delays, and strengthen operational coordination.
• Ensure logistics activities align with project schedules, construction sequencing, airport constraints, stakeholder requirements, and approved work plans.
• Develop and manage Traffic Management Plans for both airside and landside construction activities.
• Coordinate vehicle movements, haul roads, temporary diversions, site access routes, road closures, delivery windows, and traffic control measures.
• Review and approve contractor traffic management proposals, logistics methodologies, route plans, and construction access strategies.
• Ensure construction traffic moves safely and efficiently while maintaining airport operational continuity.
• Coordinate temporary access arrangements, traffic changes, restricted movements, and road controls with airport teams and relevant authorities.
• Oversee day‑to‑day logistics operations across the project site and maintain effective control of construction movement.
• Manage laydown areas, staging zones, storage facilities, logistics compounds, delivery holding areas, and material distribution points.
• Coordinate crane operations, heavy lifting activities, abnormal load deliveries, plant movements, and equipment mobilization.
• Monitor contractor compliance with approved logistics plans, traffic plans, site logistics procedures, access rules, and safety requirements.
• Support construction sequencing and phasing by ensuring that materials, equipment, access, and work zones are available when required.
• Serve as the main logistics coordination focal point for contractors, consultants, airport authorities, utility providers, government agencies, and internal project teams.
• Lead logistics coordination meetings, interface sessions, delivery planning workshops, and multidisciplinary planning reviews.
• Manage interfaces between multiple work packages, contractors, airport stakeholders, operational teams, and construction zones.
• Coordinate logistics activities to avoid conflicts, site congestion, unsafe movements, access restrictions, and operational disruption.
• Support project teams in resolving logistics constraints, access issues, traffic conflicts, delivery delays, and interface problems.
• Coordinate logistics activities within an operational airport while maintaining safety, security, and aviation compliance requirements.
• Ensure compliance with airport operational procedures, airside access rules, landside access controls, security requirements, and aviation regulations.
• Coordinate airside access permits, security clearances, restricted area operations, escort requirements, and operational approvals.
• Work closely with airport operations teams to reduce impact on passengers, airlines, airport services, ground handlers, and daily airport functions.
• Support operational readiness and airport transition planning where construction logistics affect future asset operation.
• Collaborate with project controls and construction teams to align logistics activities with programme schedules, milestones, and delivery priorities.
• Review contractor construction methodologies and logistics sequencing plans to identify access, movement, and material handling risks.
• Identify logistics risks and develop mitigation strategies for access…