Senior Project Manager - Infrastructure Advisory

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc; Riyadh; Hybrid; SAR 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy is seeking a Senior Project Manager in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role involves supporting master planning, feasibility studies, and providing strategic analysis to clients. Candidates should have a degree in Engineering or equivalent and over 8 years of experience in strategic consulting. The position promotes collaboration through a hybrid working policy and requires strong technical and communication skills.

Benefits

Hybrid working policy

Support for career development

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in strategic consulting in a project-manager capacity.
• Ability to deliver high-quality outputs under tight time frames.
• Experience in the Middle East or international consulting is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support master planning, pre-feasibility and feasibility studies.
• Provide technical input for consulting projects.
• Develop innovative solutions to complex problems.

Skills

Technical skills

Analytical thinking

Excellent communication

Project management

Education

Degree in Engineering, Economics, Business or equivalent

Job description

At Jacobs, we’re challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world’s most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission‑critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery, and cutting‑edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

In our strategic advisory work, we’re empowering our clients to deliver smarter, more sustainable, and more affordable solutions for tomorrow. From optimising asset performance to developing robust strategic programs, we work to bind clients’ strategies, organisation and assets together to reduce risk, improve institutional outcomes and provide a return on investment.

Our Strategic Consulting team in the Middle East continues to lead the market in sustainability, asset management, digital and transaction advisory services. As we continue to advance service offerings to our clients, we are seeking a Senior Project Manager to support master planning, pre‑feasibility studies, feasibility studies, optimisation studies, sustainability policy, frameworks, and independent reviews to provide strategic analysis to clients in support of significant investment decisions or to resolve complex technical challenges. This role is based in our Riyadh office, KSA.

• Provide technical input for projects for consulting projects delivered by Jacobs.
• Develop further technical and high‑level commercial skills on such projects.
• Formulate and develop innovative solutions to complex problems that are characterised by lack of precedent and specific guidance.
• Develop technical skills in areas of specialisation and for ability to deliver solutions requiring the integration of a diverse range of specialist inputs.
• Leverage senior practitioners across the region and globally to support consulting projects.
• Work collaboratively with other team members to deliver goals and targets of the Project Consulting section and the wider Buildings and Infrastructure team throughout Jacobs.
• Provide technical input and high‑level thinking to support “Front end” / consulting projects (master planning, pre‑feasibility and feasibility studies, optimisation projects, thought leadership and training) for clients across Jacobs key target sectors of Cities & Places, Buildings, Urban Planning, Transportation, Water and Environment.
• Work collaboratively with existing Jacobs practitioners regionally and globally to refine and define this service offering and lead the strategic growth of this service offering.
• Provide key technical input and linkages to technical, economic, and financial consulting capability within Jacobs globally.
• Track and contribute to industry developments – ensuring Jacobs is applying the latest technical developments.
• Target important areas for innovation and develop solutions that address work issues.
• Keep abreast of new methods and developments impacting Jacobs in order to recommend change to current or new direction.
• Liaise with research bodies and leading technical individuals or organisations locally.

What you’ll need

• Degree in Engineering, Economics, Business or an equivalent field and proven experience as a technical professional on projects.
• Minimum of 8 plus years of strong experience in the provision of strategic consulting work or consulting advice in a project‑manager capacity.
• Ability to deliver high‑quality outputs under tight time frames.
• Understanding of and ability to follow company and client policies and procedures.
• Self‑motivation, with capacity to work both independently and as part of a team (including virtual teams spread over multiple locations).
• Analytical and logical thinking skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent report‑writing capabilities. Previous experience within the Middle East or international consulting industry would be highly regarded.

We value collaboration and believe that in‑person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

Your application experience is important to us, and we’re keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team via Careers Support.

Note: If you are being represented by a recruitment agency you will not be considered; you will need to apply directly to Jacobs.

Locations

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia