Logistics Manager - Airport Operations

Job Snapshot

Logistics Manager - Airport Operations

Location:

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

Experience:

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

Country:
Saudi Arabia
City:
Riyadh
Salary:

• Lead the development, implementation, and management of Construction Logistics Plans, Material Delivery Plans, Traffic Management Plans, and Site Logistics Strategies.
• Establish logistics procedures for material handling, storage, transportation, distribution, access control, staging, and movement across the project.
• Coordinate logistics requirements to support construction activities while minimizing disruption to airport operations.
• Monitor logistics performance and identify opportunities to improve process efficiency, operational flow, and delivery coordination.
• Ensure logistics activities align with project schedules, operational constraints, construction phasing, stakeholder requirements, and airport safety rules.
• Develop and manage Traffic Management Plans for airside and landside construction operations.
• Coordinate vehicle movements, access routes, temporary diversions, haul roads, delivery windows, road closures, and traffic control measures.
• Review and approve contractor traffic management proposals, logistics methodologies, access plans, and delivery strategies.
• Ensure safe and efficient movement of construction traffic while maintaining airport operational continuity.
• Coordinate temporary access arrangements, restricted routes, closures, diversions, and traffic controls with relevant authorities and airport stakeholders.
• Oversee daily logistics operations across the project site, including construction access, deliveries, laydown areas, staging zones, storage facilities, and logistics compounds.
• Manage coordination of crane operations, heavy lifting activities, abnormal load deliveries, equipment mobilization, and plant movements.
• Monitor contractor compliance with approved logistics plans, site logistics procedures, traffic controls, safety rules, and environmental requirements.
• Support construction sequencing and phasing to ensure efficient movement of people, equipment, and materials.
• Serve as the primary logistics coordination point between contractors, consultants, airport authorities, utility providers, government agencies, and project teams.
• Lead logistics coordination meetings, interface workshops, multidisciplinary planning sessions, and delivery readiness reviews.
• Manage interfaces between multiple work packages, contractors, operational stakeholders, and airport service providers.
• Ensure logistics activities are properly coordinated to avoid conflicts, delays, unsafe movements, and operational disruptions.
• Support project teams in resolving logistics constraints, access issues, material movement challenges, and interface risks.
• Coordinate logistics activities within a live airport environment while maintaining safety, security, and operational requirements.
• Ensure compliance with airport operational procedures, aviation regulations, airside protocols, landside access controls, and security requirements.
• Coordinate airside access permits, security clearances, restricted area movements, escort requirements, and operational interface approvals.
• Work closely with airport operations teams to reduce impacts on passengers, airlines, ground handlers, airport services, and daily airport functions.
• Support operational readiness and airport transition planning activities where logistics and construction interfaces affect asset readiness.
• Collaborate with project controls and construction teams to align logistics activities with programme schedules and project milestones.
• Review contractor construction methodologies, logistics sequencing plans, delivery plans, and access strategies.
• Identify logistics risks and develop mitigation strategies for traffic congestion, access conflicts, delivery constraints, contractor interfaces, and operational disruption.
• Support recovery planning and corrective action implementation when logistics issues affect programme performance.
• Monitor logistics‑related milestones, KPIs, constraints, risk items,…