Principal Engineer - Wet Utilities

KEO International Consultants; Riyadh; Hybrid; SAR 350,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy in Riyadh is seeking a Principal Engineer - Wet Utilities to ensure high technical quality across projects. This role involves managing project teams, analyzing work processes, and ensuring compliance with engineering standards. The ideal candidate has over 15 years of experience and should hold a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Civil Engineering. Competitive package and hybrid working arrangements are offered.

Benefits

Hybrid working arrangements

Individual athletic sponsorship

Study assistance sponsorship

Employee referral rewards

Qualifications

• Minimum of 15 years of experience in wet utilities engineering within infrastructure projects.
• Professional Membership of PE, CEng or IEng, with PMP qualifications is advantageous.
• Experience in resource management and team leadership.

Responsibilities

• Monitor the technical quality of wet utilities projects to ensure high standards.
• Review design submissions and documents prepared by team members.
• Develop and implement measures to mitigate financial and business risks.
• Lead a team of professionals and drive performance.
• Analyze existing work processes for efficiency improvements.

Skills

Technical quality management

Project financial management

Resource planning

Team leadership

Problem analysis and resolution

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering

Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

Deltek

Job description

Overview

KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration – through conceptualization – to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 60 years we’ve led with vision, contributing to many of the world’s most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.

As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is recognized by ENR as one of the Top 225 International Design Firms and one of the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms. We are also ranked by World Architecture as the 51st largest global architecture firm and the #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2024 WA100 Survey.

We invite you to join us. Why?

When you join KEO, you’ll discover more than just a job – you’ll find a supportive environment that fosters your professional development through internal global mobility and career development and does so within a culture that supports company-wide health and well-being through on-demand counselling services and regular workplace clinics. You will be invited to celebrate community events such as sports days, fun‑runs, in‑house sports teams and beach clean ups. In addition to your competitive package and benefits you will have access to a suite of policies that include hybrid working arrangements, individual athletic sponsorship, study assistance sponsorship, employee referral rewards.

Responsibilities

Our newest opportunity is for a talented Principal Engineer - Wet Utilities to join our award‑winning team based in Riyadh, KSA.

This critical role will be responsible for providing key technical expertise and input at different stages of multiple projects to ensure the highest technical quality of delivery within specific discipline. The Principal Engineer will also be responsible, in partnership with Project Managers/Project Directors, for business development, quality management and the management of key talent within the Infrastructure Branch/Region.

We envisage success in this role to include;

• Monitoring the technical quality of wet utilities projects, such as water supply, treatment and storage, water resource management, flood management etc, to ensure that the projects delivered to Clients are of the highest technical quality and engineering practice standard.
• Reviewing and validating design submissions, calculations, engineering reports and drawings prepared by team members.
• Developing and implementing measures to mitigate project‑related financial and business risks, in partnership with Project Managers/Project Directors.
• Building technical capability of others and actively transfer technical expertise within the organization. Preparing proposals and conduct presentations to Clients where required.
• Leading a team of professional employees, driving increased organizational performance and achievement of team goals.
• Analyzing existing work processes, procedures and systems, identifying opportunities for increased efficiencies cost‑effectiveness and service improvements.
• Anticipating and objectively and systematically analyze and resolve complex problems
• Effective preparation, planning and control of financial budgets and team resources in order to deliver required commercial outcomes.
• Leading resource planning for the Wet Utilities discipline, ensuring optimal allocation of engineers and designers across all active projects.
• Providing regular updates on resource availability and constraints, proposing solutions such as reallocation, hiring needs, or outsourcing when required.
• Ensuring adherence to resource management tools and processes (Deltek, FM plans, workload trackers, etc.)

Qualifications

To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that you will have a minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering or Masters Degree (preferred) and more than 15 years of experience in wet utilities engineering within infrastructure projects. Professional Membership of PE, CEngor IEng, in conjunction with PMP qualifications will be viewed favourably.

Furthermore, demonstrated experience in resource management and team leadership.

KEO’s performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety and our people. We embrace diversity and recognize its contribution to client success wherever we work.

We are excited to hear how you can partner with our award‑winning team and treat all expressions of interest confidentially.