Construction Manager - Major Development Projects
Parsons
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Job summary
Parsons is seeking a highly experienced Construction Manager to join its site-based supervision team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. You will lead multidisciplinary site teams, oversee large-scale development works, ensure safety, quality, and programme delivery, and coordinate with clients, consultants, and contractors to meet project objectives.
The ideal candidate has 20+ years in construction management, a relevant degree, and a proven track record delivering complex infrastructure and destination
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering/Construction Management or related field.
- Minimum 20 years of professional experience in construction management.
- Proven experience delivering large-scale infrastructure or development projects.
- Strong leadership, communication, and coordination across multidisciplinary teams.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic direction and leadership to construction supervision personnel and site teams.
- Oversee construction activities to ensure safety, quality, schedule, and budget compliance.
- Review and approve construction plans, method statements, and work programmes.
- Coordinate across development assets and supporting infrastructure.
- Monitor progress and implement corrective actions to address challenges.
- Support claims avoidance and timely coordination with commercial teams.
Skills
Education
Job description
Construction Manager - Major Development Projects Job Snapshot - Role: Construction Manager - Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Industry: Construction - Function: Construction - Experience: Minimum 20 years - Job Type: Full Time - Work Arrangement: On-site
Parsons is seeking a highly experienced Construction Manager to join its site-based Construction Supervision team on a major landmark development project in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This leadership position involves overseeing construction activities for a large-scale destination development comprising iconic assets, hospitality facilities, public realm elements, and supporting infrastructure. The project encompasses design, enabling works, and main construction activities, with demanding requirements for programme delivery, quality, health and safety, sustainability, and stakeholder coordination. Working within the Construction Supervision Consultant (CSC) team, the Construction Manager will provide strategic direction and day-to-day construction leadership to ensure that works are executed in accordance with approved plans, contractual requirements, and client expectations. The successful candidate will bring extensive construction management experience, strong technical and commercial judgment, and the ability to lead multidisciplinary site teams through complex construction, testing, commissioning, and handover activities.
Country: Saudi Arabia - City: Riyadh - Industry: Construction - Function: Construction - Salary: Not disclosed - Gender: No Preference - Candidate Nationality: Not specified - Job Type: Full Time - Work Arrangement: On-site
- Construction Leadership and Site Management
- Provide strategic direction and leadership to construction supervision personnel and multidisciplinary site teams.
- Oversee construction activities to ensure work progresses safely, efficiently, and in accordance with approved schedules, budgets, and quality requirements.
- Direct and coordinate construction supervision activities across the project 's development assets and supporting infrastructure.
- Review and approve construction plans, method statements, work programmes, and related execution documentation.
- Monitor construction methodologies, work sequencing, and site coordination to support effective project execution.
- Guide site teams in identifying construction challenges and implementing appropriate technical and operational solutions.
- Maintain oversight of construction progress and ensure that project priorities remain aligned with client requirements and programme objectives.
- Monitor construction progress against approved programmes, milestones, and project delivery commitments.
- Identify potential delays, construction risks, resource constraints, and coordination issues that may affect project performance.
- Develop and implement corrective measures to address emerging construction challenges.
- Coordinate with project management and supervision teams to maintain visibility of critical activities and outstanding issues.
- Prepare and present progress reports, management dashboards, and key performance indicators to senior management and client representatives.
- Support timely decision-making by providing accurate information on construction status, risks, and required actions.
- Contribute to the coordination of construction activities leading to testing, commissioning, completion, and handover.
- Maintain effective coordination with the client, project stakeholders, consultants, contractors, and other delivery participants.
- Lead discussions to resolve technical, construction, and site coordination issues.
- Facilitate communication between multidisciplinary teams to maintain consistency across construction activities.
- Support the integration of construction works involving development assets, streetscape, landscaping, public realm, and infrastructure components.
- Review construction-related matters requiring management attention and coordinate appropriate responses.
- Promote effective collaboration between project participants while maintaining accountability for construction performance.
- Oversee construction-related contract administration activities in coordination with commercial and contracts teams.
- Support the application of relevant contract conditions and established contractual procedures.
- Assist in evaluating construction changes and their potential implications for project cost, programme, and delivery.
- Contribute to change management processes and the assessment of construction-related contractual matters.
- Support claims avoidance, claims mitigation, and dispute resolution through timely coordination and effective construction management.
- Maintain awareness of commercial considerations when reviewing construction plans, progress, and proposed corrective actions.
- Ensure construction activities comply with applicable health, safety, and environmental policies and procedures.
- Promote safe construction practices across site operations and supervision activities.
- Maintain a strong commitment to quality assurance and quality control throughout construction execution.
- Oversee compliance with project quality requirements, approved construction methodologies, and applicable technical standards.
- Coordinate with relevant teams to address quality concerns and construction nonconformities.
- Support the project 's sustainability requirements through effective supervision and adherence to established project procedures.
- Encourage consistent implementation of HSE and quality expectations across contractors and site teams.
- Lead, mentor, and support construction supervision personnel in carrying out their assigned responsibilities.
- Promote effective teamwork, professional accountability, and constructive communication across multidisciplinary site teams.
- Provide guidance to team members when addressing complex construction and stakeholder challenges.
- Encourage a collaborative working environment focused on project performance, safety, and quality.
- Support the development of team capabilities and maintain high standards of professional conduct.
- Bachelor 's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 20 years of professional experience in construction management.
- Proven experience delivering large-scale infrastructure, major development, or mixed-use construction projects.
- Strong background in managing complex projects involving multiple stakeholders, contractors, consultants, and multidisciplinary construction teams.
- Significant experience with developments incorporating streetscape, landscaping, and public realm components.
- Demonstrated ability to oversee construction activities across complex site environments.
- Excellent knowledge of construction methodologies, work sequencing, and established industry practices.
- Strong understanding of construction contract conditions, including FIDIC, and their commercial implications.
- Proven ability to manage construction progress, identify delivery risks, and coordinate corrective actions.
- Strong leadership, communication, decision-making, and stakeholder management capabilities.
- Thorough understanding of health, safety, and environmental requirements.
- High commitment to quality assurance and quality control processes throughout project execution.
- Master 's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field.
- Previous experience delivering major construction or development projects in the Middle East.
- Experience managing large-scale destination developments with integrated hospitality, infrastructure, landscaping, and public realm elements.
- Familiarity with complex client governance frameworks and demanding programme, quality, safety, and sustainability requirements.
The Construction Manager will contribute to the independent supervision and management responsibilities of the Construction Supervision Consultant team. The role requires close oversight of construction execution, effective coordination of contractors and consultants, and continuous attention to technical quality, contractual obligations, and programme performance. A key priority will be ensuring that construction activities across different project components remain coordinated and that issues affecting progress, safety, quality, or completion are identified and addressed promptly. The position also supports the broader project objective of achieving integrated construction completion, successful testing and commissioning, and orderly handover in accordance with the client 's operational and long-term development requirements.
Working at Parsons offers a professional environment that values collaboration, technical excellence, adaptability, and continuous improvement. Employees work alongside experienced project teams while contributing to challenging engineering and construction assignments. The company emphasizes employee wellbeing, professional development, and opportunities to strengthen leadership and technical capabilities.
Parsons is committed to equal employment opportunity and fair representation at all job levels without discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, or genetic information.
Parsons advises applicants to remain alert to fraudulent recruitment practices. Information about recruitment fraud and how to report suspicious activities is available at: https://www.parsons.com/fraudulent-recruitment/
Parsons Corporation provides engineering, technical, and project delivery expertise across complex infrastructure and development programmes. Through multidisciplinary collaboration, construction management, and technical oversight, the company supports the delivery of projects with demanding quality, safety, and performance requirements.
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