Manager - Delivery (CDU11) - 20004447

Qiddiya Investment Company; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 337,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading development organization in Saudi Arabia seeks a Manager – Delivery for the Grand Central Station project. This role includes overseeing project schedules, budgets, and resources while ensuring compliance with health and safety standards. Ideal candidates will have over 10 years of project management experience and expertise in stakeholder engagement. Competitive salary and a dynamic working environment are offered.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in project management in a contracting or construction environment.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects with effective control of scope, schedule, and budget.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Lead and drive safe delivery of the project within the agreed timeframes and budget.
• Conduct safety investigations and ensure compliance with health and safety policies.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure effective project management.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Risk Management

Problem-Solving

Communication

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or related field

Higher National Diploma in Engineering or related field

Tools

Microsoft Project

Primavera

Aconex

Job description

The Manager – Delivery (Grand Central Station) will lead, inspire and drive the safe and timely delivery of the Critical Grand Central Station – Early Works Package. The role champions health, safety and security, demonstrates Qiddiya values, and ensures project schedules, budgets and resources are effectively managed in collaboration with discipline leads, contractors, consultants and stakeholders. It drives scope development, procurement and delivery to agreed timeframes and budgets, proactively resolves risks and roadblocks, and maintains strong stakeholder engagement.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Drive and lead the health, safety, wellbeing and security culture on the project, empowering the team to operate in line with QIC policies, procedures and TBU objectives.
• Conduct safety investigations, inspections and audits.
• Ensure the TBU Customer Experience strategies are understood and that a ‘Customer‑first' approach is integrated into all aspects of project planning, decision‑making and delivery.
• Demonstrate and role‑model leadership behaviours in line with Qiddiya values.
• Motivate and inspire a high‑performance culture through clear direction, continuous feedback, recognising and rewarding exceptional performance and fostering collaboration, innovation and accountability.
• Provide visible and inclusive leadership, ensuring effective succession planning, recruitment and retention strategies, mentoring direct reports and the broader TBU.
• Collaborate with other directors, discipline leads and internal stakeholders and be accountable for the development, implementation, monitoring and reporting of project execution across all functional areas during delivery.
• Prepare and present procurement, constructability, logistics, interface and other strategies to QIC governance and control committees as required.
• Ensure project delivery plans covering all aspects of preparation, execution and close‑out are robust, agreed, communicated, implemented and routinely reviewed.
• Identify and assess risks and opportunities, develop mitigation strategies and manage them through monthly reviews.
• Manage project delivery by ensuring robust, collaborative and proactive communication with contractors, consultants and key on‑site interfaces, supporting successful completion of the scope in line with time, cost, HS&E, quality assurance and other performance objectives.
• Manage all changes related to the delivery of the scope through the defined TBU change management process.
• Implement and maintain project management processes, tools and best practices to ensure transparency, precision, standardisation and continuous improvement.
• Lead the procurement process by selecting appropriate contract models, developing scopes of work, facilitating market engagement and conducting rigorous reviews to engage suitable contractors and consultants.
• Support and work effectively with the commercial team to ensure contractual compliance and cost control.
• Lead a broad range of project activities, including meetings, risk and opportunity sessions, value engineering, design reviews, site inspections, consultant and contractor evaluations, documentation reviews, training, executive reporting, contract and claims negotiations, public outreach and other assigned tasks.
• Maintain awareness of industry trends, regulations and best practices to continuously enhance project delivery.
• Conduct post‑project reviews and retrospectives to capture lessons learned and identify improvement opportunities.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Project Management, Risk Management, Construction Management or a related field.
• Higher National Diploma in Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management or a related field.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) and other relevant project management and professional engineer accreditation (e.g. Prince2, AgilePM) – desirable but not mandatory.
• 10+ years of experience in project management, leading complex projects from initiation to completion within a contracting or construction environment.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, effectively controlling scope, schedule, budget and resources using appropriate digital tools.
• Proactive and delivery‑focused, with a strong ability to align stakeholders around a common vision.
• Skilled in mentorship and coaching to support professional growth of junior colleagues.
• Flexible and adaptable to changing business needs, with the ability to prioritise workloads and meet tight deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English, with proficiency in enterprise‑level management software such as Microsoft Project, Primavera, Aconex or equivalent.
• Experienced in managing teams delivering results in a collaborative, cross‑departmental environment.
• Excellent problem‑solving, decision‑making and conflict resolution abilities.