Senior Rail & Transit Construction Lead

Parsons; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons invites applications for Deputy Resident Engineer - Civil Construction in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This senior role oversees civil construction, safety, quality, and interfaces across rail/infrastructure projects, coordinating engineers, inspectors, and contractors to ensure progress against plan and standards.

The successful candidate will lead multidisciplinary teams, resolve technical issues, and maintain rigorous project controls while safeguarding schedules and quality across complex

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 8 years of post-graduate professional experience on major civil or infrastructure projects.
• Saudi National as required for the position.
• Proven experience on rail, metro, transit, or comparable transportation infrastructure programs.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary engineering and inspection teams.
• Strong construction supervision and contractor coordination experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate engineers and inspectors working across civil, mechanical, electrical, and architectural disciplines.
• Supervise contractor activities within assigned rail and infrastructure construction areas.
• Monitor daily site progress against approved construction plans, milestones, and programme requirements.
• Develop discipline-specific construction schedules and coordinate sequencing with wider project activities.
• Provide progress assessments, schedule updates, and construction status information to the Construction Manager.
• Identify emerging delays or interface constraints and support implementation of corrective measures.
• Coordinate construction staging to maintain safe and efficient execution across multiple work fronts.
• Track material procurement, delivery schedules, storage, and availability against upcoming construction requirements.
• Verify that materials delivered to site comply with approved specifications, submittals, quality requirements, and applicable standards.
• Coordinate with contractors and project teams where delayed or non-compliant materials could affect programme performance.
• Review documentation associated with material inspection and acceptance.
• Support timely resolution of material-related technical or quality issues.
• Maintain first-level quality assurance oversight of installation and construction works.
• Confirm that works are executed in accordance with approved drawings, specifications, method statements, and applicable standards.
• Ensure inspections and testing activities are scheduled, witnessed, recorded, and formally completed.
• Review construction materials testing associated with soil, concrete, grout, dewatering, and load testing activities.

Skills

Civil construction supervision

Rail construction

Metro projects

Construction management

Multidisciplinary team leadership

Site engineering

Progress monitoring

Contractor coordination

Quality assurance

Construction scheduling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Parsons invites applications for Deputy Resident Engineer - Civil Construction in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This senior role oversees civil construction, safety, quality, and interfaces across rail/infrastructure projects, coordinating engineers, inspectors, and contractors to ensure progress against plan and standards.

The successful candidate will lead multidisciplinary teams, resolve technical issues, and maintain rigorous project controls while safeguarding schedules and quality across complex