Technical Delivery Manager - Transportation Engineering

Parsons; Riyadh; Presencial; SAR 240.000 - 360.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Parsons is hiring an experienced Technical Delivery Manager to oversee transportation engineering programs in Riyadh. You will coordinate diverse technical workstreams across traffic engineering, ITS, and roadway design, ensuring timely, quality deliverables and client alignment.

The role demands a strong background in transportation infrastructure, excellent English communication, and proven leadership in complex project delivery within fast-paced environments.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Traffic Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a closely related discipline.
• Minimum 12 years of progressive experience delivering multidisciplinary transportation, traffic management, ITS, roadway, or infrastructure engineering assignments.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating multiple technical workstreams and delivering complex engineering documentation within demanding client schedules.
• Strong understanding of engineering delivery processes, including field investigations, technical analysis, concept development, specification preparation, design reviews, reporting, quality-assurance, comment resolution, and implementation support.
• Broad working knowledge of traffic engineering, transportation planning, roadway design, intelligent transportation systems, traffic signal systems, and construction interfaces.
• Proven ability to assign technical responsibilities, coordinate dependencies, monitor actions, and address delayed or incomplete activities.
• Experience conducting multidisciplinary engineering meetings, technical workshops, and client coordination sessions.
• Strong technical judgment with the ability to recognize incomplete information, conflicting requirements, unsuitable recommendations, and potential delivery risks.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills, including experience preparing and reviewing formal technical reports and presentations.

Responsabilidades

• Plan, coordinate, and monitor daily technical activities across traffic engineering, transportation planning, ITS, roadway design, and related areas.
• Translate project requirements into clearly assigned technical tasks, responsibilities, milestones, and deliverables.
• Prepare and maintain technical delivery plans covering reports, investigations, specifications, guidelines, and studies.
• Coordinate field investigations, data collection, analyses, workshops, design reviews, and document preparation.
• Maintain coordination between discipline leads to ensure complete, compatible, and on-time contributions.
• Monitor progress against schedules, identify delays, and take corrective actions.
• Organize technical coordination meetings and maintain action registers and logs.
• Support resource forecasting and recovery actions for delayed activities.

Conocimientos

Multidisciplinary coordination

Transportation engineering

Traffic management

ITS deployment

Client coordination

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Civil/Transportation/Traffic/Systems Engineering

Professional engineering or project management registration/certification (PE, CEng, PTOE, PMP)

Descripción del empleo

Technical Delivery Manager - Transportation Engineering Job Snapshot - Role: Technical Delivery Manager - Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Industry: Civil Engineering - Function: Project Management - Experience: 12 years - Job Type: Full Time - Work Arrangement: On-site

Parsons is seeking an experienced Technical Delivery Manager to support the RCRC Traffic Management Support Services program in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This position is responsible for coordinating multidisciplinary technical activities and ensuring the timely delivery of engineering reports, specifications, field investigations, technical guidelines, procedures, assessments, and transportation engineering assignments. Reporting to the Delivery Director, the Technical Delivery Manager will translate approved work plans and client priorities into structured technical assignments. The role requires close coordination across engineering disciplines, effective management of technical interfaces, and consistent oversight of schedules, deliverable quality, and project requirements. The successful candidate will bring extensive experience in transportation infrastructure, traffic engineering, and multidisciplinary project delivery, with the ability to manage several technical workstreams while maintaining clear accountability and producing complete, review-ready deliverables.

Job Details

• Country: Saudi Arabia
• City: Riyadh
• Industry: Civil Engineering
• Function: Project Management
• Salary: Not disclosed
• Gender: No Preference
• Candidate Nationality: Not specified
• Job Type: Full Time
• Work Arrangement: On-site

What You 'll Be Doing

• Plan, coordinate, and monitor daily technical activities across traffic engineering, transportation planning, intelligent transportation systems (ITS), roadway design, traffic signal systems, Traffic Control Center (TCC) operations, construction traffic management, and data analysis.
• Translate RCRC instructions, project requirements, approved schedules, and workstream priorities into clearly assigned technical tasks, responsibilities, milestones, and deliverables.
• Prepare and maintain technical delivery plans covering engineering reports, investigations, specifications, procedures, guidelines, studies, and implementation-support assignments.
• Coordinate field investigations, data collection requirements, engineering analyses, technical workshops, design reviews, and document preparation.
• Identify dependencies between technical activities and ensure that required inputs are available to support scheduled delivery.
• Maintain coordination between discipline leads and subject-matter experts to ensure technical contributions are complete, compatible, and delivered on time.

Schedule, Resources, and Progress Monitoring

• Monitor technical progress against approved schedules, deliverable commitments, and established project priorities.
• Identify potential delays, resource constraints, incomplete inputs, conflicting requirements, and quality concerns requiring corrective action.
• Establish clear ownership of technical assignments and maintain accountability for task completion.
• Organize technical coordination meetings and maintain action registers, responsibility records, decision logs, and follow-up schedules.
• Support resource forecasting by identifying specialist requirements, additional technical reviews, and potential schedule adjustments.
• Coordinate recovery actions for delayed technical activities and elevate unresolved delivery issues when necessary.
• Prepare technical delivery updates for weekly and monthly project reports, covering completed activities, upcoming milestones, risks, decisions, and corrective measures.

Technical Documentation and Quality Assurance

• Coordinate the preparation and technical review of engineering reports, specifications, drawings, calculations, guidelines, procedures, assessments, and presentations.
• Ensure deliverables follow approved technical methodologies, project procedures, applicable engineering standards, RCRC requirements, and established quality expectations.
• Organize internal technical reviews and quality-assurance activities before formal submission.
• Review the completeness and consistency of multidisciplinary technical inputs, identifying conflicting recommendations or unresolved engineering matters.
• Coordinate responses to RCRC review comments, assign technical actions, monitor their closure, and arrange revised submissions.
• Work with the Document Manager and Technical Editor to ensure deliverables are properly assembled, reviewed, and prepared for controlled submission.
• Maintain alignment between engineering assessments, technical recommendations, design guidance, operational procedures, and implementation requirements.

Implementation Support and Stakeholder Coordination

• Coordinate technical support for implementation activities, including contractor submittal reviews, field verification, and resolution of engineering issues.
• Follow up on recommended transportation improvements and coordinate the technical activities required to support implementation.
• Facilitate multidisciplinary workshops, technical discussions, and coordination meetings with project stakeholders.
• Maintain effective communication between technical specialists, project management personnel, and client representatives.
• Support integrated technical decision-making to ensure project recommendations remain consistent, practical, and aligned with program objectives.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor 's degree in Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Traffic Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a closely related discipline.
• Minimum 12 years of progressive experience delivering multidisciplinary transportation, traffic management, ITS, roadway, or infrastructure engineering assignments.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating multiple technical workstreams and delivering complex engineering documentation within demanding client schedules.
• Strong understanding of engineering delivery processes, including field investigations, technical analysis, concept development, specification preparation, design reviews, reporting, quality-assurance, comment resolution, and implementation support.
• Broad working knowledge of traffic engineering, transportation planning, roadway design, intelligent transportation systems, traffic signal systems, and construction interfaces.
• Proven ability to assign technical responsibilities, coordinate dependencies, monitor actions, and address delayed or incomplete activities.
• Experience conducting multidisciplinary engineering meetings, technical workshops, and client coordination sessions.
• Strong technical judgment with the ability to recognize incomplete information, conflicting requirements, unsuitable recommendations, and potential delivery risks.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills, including experience preparing and reviewing formal technical reports and presentations.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with a high volume of technical assignments while maintaining quality, responsiveness, and accountability.

Desired Qualifications and Additional Skills

• Previous experience working with the Royal Commission for Riyadh City (RCRC), Saudi government organizations, or major metropolitan transportation agencies within the GCC.
• Experience supporting traffic management programs involving recurring technical assessments, development of engineering guidelines, ITS deployment, implementation reviews, and operational support.
• Familiarity with project controls, earned-value reporting, risk-registers, document-management systems, and formal quality-assurance or stage-gate review procedures.
• Professional engineering or project management registration or certification, such as PE, CEng, PTOE, PMP, or an equivalent qualification, is advantageous.
• Experience coordinating technical deliverables prepared in both English and Arabic.
• Arabic language proficiency is desirable but not mandatory.

Technical Management and Delivery Expectations

The Technical Delivery Manager will play a central role in maintaining coordination across multiple engineering disciplines within the RCRC Traffic Management Support Services program. This includes ensuring that technical assignments have clearly defined responsibilities, required inputs are identified early, and engineering outputs progress through appropriate review and approval stages. The position requires a practical understanding of transportation engineering processes, disciplined follow-up of technical actions, and the ability to coordinate specialists working on interconnected assignments. Effective performance will depend on maintaining visibility of technical progress, resolving delivery constraints, supporting timely decisions, and ensuring that submitted work meets established project and client requirements.

Working at Parsons

Working at Parsons Parsons values technical excellence, collaboration, adaptability, and professional development. The company encourages employees to contribute their expertise, strengthen their capabilities, and support innovative solutions to complex engineering challenges. Parsons emphasizes employee wellbeing and professional growth while providing opportunities to work with experienced technical teams on demanding project assignments.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Parsons is committed to equal employment opportunity and fair representation across all job levels without discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, or genetic information.

Recruitment Fraud Awareness

Parsons advises candidates to remain aware of fraudulent recruitment activities. Information about recruitment fraud and how to report suspicious recruitment practices is available on the company 's official website.

About Parsons Corporation

Parsons Corporation delivers technical and engineering solutions through multidisciplinary teams working across complex projects and programs. The company emphasizes innovation, technical expertise, collaboration, and continuous improvement in supporting project delivery and client objectives.