Project – Construction Director

KBR Careers; Al Majma`ah; On-site; SAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR is seeking a Project – Construction Director in Riyadh to lead PMO oversight for major civil and infrastructure programs. You will manage delivery governance, reporting formats, and risk and cost controls across pre and post-contract stages, coordinating with PMCs and the client to ensure on-time, on-budget execution.

Responsibilities include reporting accuracy, progress validation, and development of value engineering proposals while maintaining strong health, safety, quality standards and

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in construction management, engineering or architecture.
• PMI-PMP Certification or equivalent.
• Professional Engineer designation or ICE membership.
• Strong planning, risk reporting and project controls experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee delivery from PMO level for pre and post-contract award.
• Coordinate with PMCs on cost reporting and budgets.
• Validate progress against baselines schedules and stage gates.
• Produce status reports for timely decision-making and to prevent schedule slippage.
• Support risk management and governance across the portfolio.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Construction Management Engineering or Architecture

PMI-PMP

Professional Engineer

Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Enterprise reporting platforms

Job description

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Location

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Project description

The project is a major infrastructure programme for a mixed-use development aiming to be a global landmark recognized for its unique vision and position as an authentic destination in Riyadh. The community will be a distinct, self-sustaining hub for Riyadh offering several iconic assets. KBR will provide PMO services, enterprise – level governance, assurance, integration and performance oversight across all projects and programs.

THE ROLE

Reporting to the Programme Director, the Project – Construction Director will be responsible for oversight from the PMO level for both pre and post contract award of projects. The position is responsible for management of a masterplan for oversight of executive commercial, planning, and risk reporting. The Project – Construction Director operates in a matrix PMO organization with direct responsibility for oversight of delivery, while working with function members of commercial, planning and risks departments. The objective is the control of delivery, recommending the most appropriate commercial strategy, pre and post contract management, provision of accurate status reports that allow timely decisions to be made to prevent schedule slippage and cost overruns, and production of close out reports for each project.

Main Responsibilities

• Oversight and coordination with PMCs to develop, implement, and govern standard reporting formats to report upon quality, commercial, planning, quality and safety.
• Validate progress along the pre and post contact stage gate process.
• Validate earned progress against baselines schedules.
• Coordinate with the PMCs for preparation and validation of project cost reports.
• Provide oversight and validation of PMC preparation of annual programme wide budgets and preparation of monthly cashflow reports.
• Participate in development of value engineering proposals and value adding.
• Identify and report upon risks to scope resulting in potential growth trends.
• Work closely with PMCs and PMO planners to perform forecasts for completion of milestones.
• Support portfolio-wide risk management services to support effective governance, decision-making, and assurance across the portfolio, in alignment with approved risk policies, frameworks, and systems.
• Work with PMCs to perform stakeholder identification, analysis and engagement plans.
• Identify risks to effective stakeholder management and third-party coordination.
• Coordinate with PMCs to validate the creation, accurate reporting, and management of the Approvals Register.
• Coordinate with PMCs to identify risks to health, safety, environmental, and quality compliance with preparation of mitigation.
• Coordinate with PMCs to report risks and develop mitigation for project completion, conditions for taking-over certificates, and completion of defects.
• Coordinate between the PMCs and Client for management of operational readiness, asset transfer, and defects liability period, Facilitate knowledge transfer to the Client and PMCs.

Experience, Skills and Knowledge

Bachelor of Science degree in construction management engineering or architecture. PMI-PMP, Professional Engineer, Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, or equivalent Minimum 15 years of professional experience in the management of major civil, infrastructure and development programs. At least 3 years in the position of Project Director or Construction Director. Working level experience in logistics, planning, scheduling, risk management, cost estimating, project controls and reporting.

• Strong commitment to health, safety, environment and quality.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Experienced user of Microsoft Office Suite and enterprise reporting platforms.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.

Competencies

• Data Analytics and Visualization
• Reporting
• Problem Solving
• Stakeholder Management
• Quality Focus
• Continuous Improvement
• Planning and Organizing
• Collaboration and Teamwork
• Customer Focus
• Data-Driven Decision Making

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