Engineering Manager - Roads and Structures

Parsons

Riyadh

On-site

SAR 50,000 - 70,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Parsons invites an Engineering Manager – Roads and Structures in Riyadh to lead multidisciplinary civil and structural teams through concept, detailed design, construction support and handover. You will direct roads, highways, bridges, drainage, earthworks, tunnels, and infrastructure design management with senior technical oversight.

This senior role requires 10+ years in civil/structural engineering, strong leadership, and experience in large highway programs within Saudi contexts, including

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or closely related field.
Minimum 10 years in civil and structural engineering for roads, highways, and infrastructure projects.
Experience in design management, technical coordination, and multidisciplinary delivery.
Strong background in highway geometry, road alignments, junction design, earthworks, drainage, pavements, bridges, and civil structures.
Experience with major highways, urban roads, infrastructure corridors, or large civil programs.
Ability to review and challenge engineering deliverables, calculations, and drawings.
Understanding of design standards, authority requirements, and safety in design.

Responsibilities

Lead civil, road, highway, and structural engineering activities across projects and programs.
Provide senior technical direction for roads, civils, bridges, drainage, tunnels, and culverts.
Define and implement engineering standards, procedures, and governance.
Escalate critical design decisions, risks, and coordination challenges.
Ensure designs prioritize safety, durability, maintainability, and whole-life costs.
Plan engineering activities from concept through construction handover.
Coordinate multidisciplinary teams for integrated outputs.
Review alignments, drawings, and technical submissions.
Support approvals with authority comments and planning requirements.
Mentor and develop engineers and CAD/BIM staff.

Skills

Civil engineering

Structural engineering

Road design

Highway engineering

Infrastructure design

Design management

Engineering management

Bridges

Earthworks

Drainage design

Pavement design

Junction design

Team leadership

Stakeholder coordination

Riyadh infrastructure projects

Saudi Arabia civil engineering jobs

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Master's degree in Civil/Structural/Transportation

Chartered Engineer / Professional Engineer (advantageous)

Tools

BIM

3D modeling

CAD coordination

Common data environments

Engineering calculations

Job description

Engineering Manager – Roads and Structures

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Industry: Civil Engineering

Function: Civil & Structural Engineering

Experience: Minimum 10 years

Job Type: Full-time

Estimated Salary: SAR 50,000 – 70,000 per annum (subject to confirmation)

Role Overview

Engineering Manager – Roads and Structures in Riyadh is a senior civil engineering role with Parsons Corporation. The position is for an experienced leader specializing in roads, civil works, structures, highways, bridges, drainage, earthworks, tunnels, culverts, and infrastructure design management. The role requires a technically strong professional who can lead multidisciplinary engineering delivery from concept and detailed design through construction support, authority coordination, and project handover.

Key Responsibilities

Lead civil, road, highway, and structural engineering activities across assigned infrastructure projects and programs.
Provide senior technical direction for roads, civils, bridges, drainage, tunnels, culverts, retaining structures, earthworks, pavements, and related works.
Define and implement engineering standards, design procedures, technical governance processes, and project‑specific best practices.
Act as the escalation point for key civil and structural engineering decisions, technical risks, and design coordination challenges.
Ensure designs include safety in design, durability, maintainability, operational reliability, and whole‑life cost considerations.
Plan and manage engineering activities from concept design through detailed design, issue‑for‑construction packages, construction support, and handover.
Coordinate highways, geotechnical, drainage, structures, traffic, utilities, environmental, BIM, and CAD teams to deliver integrated engineering outputs.
Review road alignments, profiles, typical sections, general arrangement drawings, structural designs, calculations, technical reports, and design submissions.
Ensure integration of roads, junctions, pavements, drainage, utilities, structures, rail interfaces, buildings, public realm, and adjacent infrastructure.
Establish and manage technical review, design checking, quality assurance, and technical approval processes.
Lead or support HAZID reviews, constructability workshops, value engineering sessions, technical audits, and design risk reviews.
Work with quality teams to maintain traceability of design decisions, calculations, approvals, review comments, and technical records.
Support project managers with scope definition, engineering schedules, resource planning, design delivery programs, and key milestones.
Provide engineering input to project execution plans, risk registers, procurement strategies, technical evaluations, and delivery reports.
Assist construction teams with technical clarifications, RFIs, site issues, design changes, method statements, and temporary works concepts.
Act as a senior technical point of contact for clients, road authorities, utility providers, statutory bodies, consultants, contractors, and project stakeholders.
Coordinate technical responses to authority comments and support approvals related to roads, structures, drainage, permits, and planning requirements.
Identify geotechnical, structural, hydraulic, traffic, constructability, interface, and design coordination risks, then develop practical mitigation actions.
Promote innovation through BIM, 3D modeling, common data environments, parametric design, digital coordination tools, and engineering analysis systems.
Capture lessons learned from design and construction stages and apply them to improve future engineering delivery.
Lead, mentor, and develop civil engineers, structural engineers, highway engineers, designers, CAD technicians, and BIM technicians.
Plan team resources across concurrent assignments while maintaining design quality, schedule discipline, and technical consistency.
Support recruitment, onboarding, performance management, technical coaching, and professional development within the engineering team.
Provide engineering input for estimates, proposals, bids, technical scopes, assumptions, exclusions, and project risk allowances.
Monitor engineering budgets and progress against plans, identifying deviations early and recommending corrective actions.

Ideal Profile

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a closely related discipline.
Minimum 10 years of experience in civil and structural engineering for roads, highways, and infrastructure projects.
Significant experience in design management, technical coordination, engineering governance, or multidisciplinary design delivery.
Strong technical background in highway geometry, road alignments, junction design, earthworks, drainage, pavements, bridges, and civil structures.
Experience working on major highways, urban roads, infrastructure corridors, public realm works, or large civil engineering programs.
Ability to review and challenge engineering deliverables, calculations, design reports, drawings, specifications, and technical submissions.
Strong understanding of design standards, authority requirements, technical assurance, constructability, quality control, and safety in design.
Experience working for a consultant, contractor, client organization, or major project management environment is preferred.
Familiarity with BIM processes, common data environments, 3D modeling, and digital design coordination for infrastructure projects.
Master's degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Transportation, or a related field is preferred.
Chartered Engineer, Professional Engineer, or equivalent professional registration is advantageous.
Strong leadership skills with the ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams and manage multiple engineering assignments.
Excellent communication, stakeholder management, negotiation, planning, and technical problem‑solving skills.
Practical knowledge of Saudi Arabia or GCC infrastructure delivery environments is an added advantage.

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