Senior Project Construction Manager

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and oversee construction management activities across major projects within the PMO.
• Manage project delivery from construction planning through completion, handover, and close-out.
• Monitor contractors' performance against approved scope, cost, schedule, quality, and HSE requirements.
• Coordinate with project managers, design consultants, contractors, and multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Review construction methodologies, work programs, method statements, shop drawings, and technical submissions.
• Monitor project progress and identify delays, risks, resource constraints, and potential impacts on project delivery.
• Lead construction coordination meetings and ensure timely resolution of technical and site-related issues.
• Review and support management of variations, claims, change orders, and contractual matters.
• Ensure construction activities comply with approved designs, specifications, codes, standards, and client requirements.
• Coordinate interfaces between civil, structural, architectural, MEP, infrastructure, utilities, and other disciplines.
• Conduct site inspections and ensure quality standards are maintained throughout construction.
• Support project risk management, mitigation planning, and recovery strategies.
• Review contractor progress reports, schedules, resource plans, and performance against agreed milestones.
• Provide regular construction updates, dashboards, and executive reports to PMO leadership.
• Support project forecasting, resource planning, and construction strategy development.
• Ensure effective coordination between PMO, project teams, consultants, contractors, and key stakeholders.
• Lead construction readiness, testing and commissioning, snagging, handover, and close-out activities.
• Identify opportunities to improve construction processes, project delivery, productivity, and cost efficiency.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in construction management, preferably on large-scale buildings, infrastructure, residential, mixed-use, or capital projects.
• Proven experience in a Senior Construction Manager / Project Construction Manager role within a PMC, PMO, EPC, or major engineering consultancy.
• Strong experience managing large-scale construction projects from planning through completion and handover.
• Strong knowledge of construction management, project controls, contract administration, and project delivery methodologies.
• Experience managing contractors, consultants, subcontractors, and multidisciplinary project teams.
• Strong knowledge of construction schedules, progress monitoring, cost control, variations, claims, and risk management.
• Experience with Primavera P6, MS Project, AutoCAD, and project management/reporting systems.
• Strong understanding of QA/QC, HSE requirements, construction standards, and applicable local/international codes.
• Excellent leadership, communication, negotiation, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
• PMP, CCM, or equivalent professional certification is preferred.
• Saudi Arabia/GCC project experience is strongly preferred.
• Saudi Council of Engineers registration is required/preferred as applicable to the project.