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This role is responsible for ensuring construction projects are executed safely, efficiently, on time, and within budget, aligned with client objectives. It involves managing all project phases—from planning and design to execution—while overseeing contractors, supervision consultants, and resource allocation. Key responsibilities include developing project plans, monitoring progress, enforcing safety protocols, ensuring regulatory compliance, managing contracts, reviewing reports, implementing project management systems, and preparing financial forecasts. The position also emphasizes team leadership, mentoring, knowledge transfer, and continuous improvement of departmental structures and processes, while maintaining compliance with quality, environmental, safety, and occupational health standards, along with performing other assigned duties.

Responsibilities

• The major responsibility is to ensure that the projects are managed safely, effectively, efficiently and completed on time and within budget in accordance with the objectives of Client.
• Manage and oversee all phases of construction projects, from planning and design to execution and completion.
• Ensure that all the contractors and supervision consultants, for different projects, are following the correct processes and procedures as set in the PMM processes and procedures and as well establish and maintain risk registers for all the projects.
• Assessing the capability of Client’s existing project management and construction management staff and recommend appropriate roles and responsibilities
• Development and rectification of department operating structure [Org. Chart, Roles, Responsibilities] as well tools to be deployed [software, apply Int’l best practice]
• Develop and implement project plans, including budgets, schedules, and resource allocation.
• Coordinate and collaborate with architects, engineers, contractors, and other stakeholders to ensure project requirements are met.
• Monitor and track project progress, identifying and resolving any issues or delays that may arise.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant regulations, codes, and standards.
• Manage and negotiate contracts with suppliers, subcontractors, and vendors. Maintaining overall responsibility for construction contractor / subcontractor adherence to their respective contracts.
• Provide regular updates and reports to senior management on project status, risks, and opportunities.
• Lead and supervise a team of construction professionals, providing guidance, mentoring, and support.
• Implement and enforce safety protocols and procedures to ensure a safe working environment.
• Support Client in Preparing scope of work for construction RFPs
• Support Client in Preparing scope of works for Site Supervision contracts
• Ensure that Project Execution Plans submitted by contractors are properly reviewed and this shall cover all health, safety and environmental aspect
• Leading health, safety, security and environmental incident investigations. Update health, safety, security and environmental data into the monthly reports
• Review resources allocation to new projects to ensure sufficient resources are allocated from both the contractor and supervision consultant
• Report project progress, highlighting concerns, providing recommendations and implementing any agreed mitigation measures
• Monitor project progress against schedule and cost plan and advise Client of any concerns
• Reviewing contractors and supervision consultants monthly reports.
• Prepare and issue project monthly dashboards and reports at the project level.
• Implementing the project EDMS, ensuring that all project documentation complies with Client’s document management system.
• Ensuring the timely and accuracy of data input to the PMIS at project level.
• Follow up the implementation of agreed action plans and escalate issues to the higher management.
• Review supervision consultant recommendation for recovery plans, contractor claims or extension of time.
• Ensure the submission of monthly invoice by the contractor, develop and update the project cash flow forecast and preparing estimates for variations.
• Implementing a system for tracking labor efficiency based on achievement of installed quantities against the durations included in the project master schedule. The system shall be capable of generating periodic status reports.
• Preparing the construction management department knowledge transfer program which includes comprehensive on-the-job learning.
• Informs themselves of the relevant Quality, Environmental, Safety and Occupational Health Policies, Manuals and Procedures in place within Hill International, and ensures continued compliance with these requirements while employed by Hill.

• Perform other duties as assigned by the line manager/supervisor.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in engineering from an accredited university.
• Minimum 20 years’ experience in large-scale infrastructure or city development projects, leading to the position of construction manager on large-scale projects.
• Experience of major government and/or semi-government international construction sites with direct professional knowledge and management of the following: site engineering, project controls, environment, health and safety, contracts management and quality.
• Extensive Experience in the construction management of water and wastewater works.
• Experience of implementing a zero accident philosophy.
• A record of engagement with government entities / utility providers.
• Record of implementing continuous improvement on site and supporting capacity building / talent development in a construction environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience of working internationally (preference KSA).