Engineering Director

Sameer Al-Marzouki Engineering Consultants; Jeddah; Sur place; SAR 260 000 - 420 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Sameer Al-Marzouki Engineering Consultants seeks a senior engineering leader to head the engineering department in Saudi Arabia. You will direct directors, PMs, resident engineers and cross-functional staff, ensuring technical excellence and on-time delivery.

You will own project programs, budgets and deliverables, review weekly progress, and coordinate across disciplines. Strong ERP knowledge and Saudi Building Code familiarity are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Degree in Civil, Architectural, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering; MBA/Eng. Management is a plus.
• 15+ years overall experience with 5+ years leading a multi‑discipline engineering team in a consultancy in Saudi Arabia.
• Experience with industrial/logistics facilities and commercial buildings.
• Knowledge of Saudi Building Code and authority approval routes.
• ERP project control experience; Odoo is an advantage.

Responsabilités

• Leads the engineering department: Directors, PMs, resident engineers, BD/Projects Coordination Manager, document control, surveyor, and staff under them.
• Allocates project managers and discipline leads; balances workloads across projects.
• Owns technical quality; no output goes to client without discipline check and cross-discipline coordination.
• Keeps every project on program and deliverables list; reviews progress weekly and reports status.
• Sets hours budgets from fees; tracks hours via timesheets; prevents project slippage.
• Defines technical approach, scope, team, and hours for each proposal; reviews before pricing.
• Acts as senior technical contact for clients and authorities; handles design reviews and disputes.
• Detects scope changes early; builds technical case for variations and extensions.
• Notifies accounting when milestones are delivered and client accepts them.
• Leads authority approvals on design projects.
• Writes/maintains engineering SOPs, design checklists, and standard templates.
• Raises hiring requests; conducts interviews and staff reviews; ensures SCE accreditation validity.

Connaissances

Leadership

Project management

Technical authority

Coordination

Odoo

Client liaison

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Civil/Architectural/Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

MBA or Engineering Management (advantage)

Outils

Odoo

Description du poste

Leads all of SMC's technical work: design, construction supervision and project management. Answers to the CEO for its quality, its delivery on time, and each project's hours against its fee. He is the single technical authority in the office, so that the CEO deals with clients, commercial terms and strategy instead of technical review.

1. Leads the engineering department: the Directors of all disciplines, the project managers and resident engineers, the BD and Projects Coordination Manager, document control and the surveyor, with the engineers and inspectors under them.

2. Gives every project a project manager and discipline leads, and balances the workload across projects.

3. Owns technical quality. No drawing, report, BOQ or specification goes to a client without a discipline check, a cross-discipline coordination check and release by him or his named delegate, with the record kept.

4. Keeps every project on a program and a deliverables list in Odoo, reviews progress weekly, and presents delivery status at the weekly projects review.

5. Sets an hours budget for each project from its fee, tracks hours from Odoo timesheets, and acts before a project slips or runs over.

6. Sets the technical approach, scope, team and hours estimate for every proposal, and reviews each technical proposal before it goes to the CEO for pricing and signature.

7. Acts as the senior technical contact for clients and authorities: attends key design reviews and progress meetings, settles technical disputes, and takes commercial issues to the CEO.

8. Spots scope changes early and prepares the technical case for variations and time extensions, for the CEO's decision.

9. Tells accounting in writing when each milestone is delivered and when the client accepts it.

10. Leads authority approvals on design projects.

11. Writes and maintains the engineering SOPs, design checklists and standard templates.

12. Raises hiring requests, interviews, evaluates probation, runs staff reviews, and makes sure every engineer's SCE accreditation is valid at the grade his job needs.

• Bachelor's degree in Civil, Architectural, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering. A master's in engineering management or an MBA is an advantage.
• At least 15 years' experience, including at least 5 years leading a multi-discipline engineering team in a consultancy in Saudi Arabia, covering design and construction supervision.
• Industrial and logistics facilities (factories, warehouses, cold stores, depots) and commercial buildings.
• Saudi Building Code and authority approval routes.
• Project control in an ERP system. Odoo is an advantage.