Senior Project Manager

Job description

the employer is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead the full lifecycle of a new manufacturing facility and site consolidation projects in Saudi Arabia. The role involves planning, engineering, execution, and delivery of greenfield industrial construction, developing comprehensive execution plans, schedules, budgets, and risk registers, and defining scope, objectives, milestones, and deliverables. Coordination with multidisciplinary teams—including engineering, operations, procurement, finance, HSE, and quality—is required, along with effective governance and reporting throughout all phases. The manager will oversee construction activities to ensure compliance with designs, technical specifications, and regulatory requirements, monitor progress against schedule, budget, and quality targets, conduct site inspections and regular meetings, and manage contractor performance. Responsibilities include change, claim, and risk management, implementing project controls using Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project, and coordinating engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness. The role also leads plant commissioning, testing, training, documentation, and final handover, serves as the primary contact for all stakeholders, provides status updates and financial reports to senior management, and ensures compliance with Saudi regulations, permitting, industry standards, and the employer policies while promoting a strong HSES culture.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Construction Management or related field
• PMP certification mandatory
• additional certifications in project or construction management advantageous
• 10–12 years of industrial project management experience including greenfield manufacturing projects
• proven delivery of multi-million-dollar capital projects from concept to commissioning
• experience in manufacturing, chemicals, construction materials or industrial production
• strong understanding of project management methodologies, controls, budgeting, scheduling and risk management
• experience managing multidisciplinary teams and external contractors
• knowledge of Saudi Arabian and GCC regulatory, permitting and construction standards
• proficient in Primavera P6, Microsoft Project and project reporting systems
• excellent leadership, communication, negotiation and stakeholder management skills
• strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities
• fluent in English
• Arabic proficiency a plus.

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