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Project Director – High-Rise Mixed-Use Development
شركة أسطورة المشاريع للمقاولات
Riyadh, KSA
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About the Role
We are seeking a highly experienced Project Director to lead a major mixed-use development in Saudi Arabia, including high-rise towers and hospitality. The role requires strong leadership, project management, and stakeholder coordination skills.
Key Skills for This Role
Project ManagementStakeholder ManagementConstruction ManagementValue EngineeringRisk ManagementCost Control
Responsibilities
- Provide overall leadership and direction for the successful delivery of the project from mobilization through completion and handover
- Manage the construction of high rise, mixed use buildings, including residential, commercial, hospitality, basement, podium, and associated infrastructure works
- Develop and implement the project execution strategy in line with contractual requirements, approved programme, budget, quality standards, and safety objectives
- Coordinate effectively with the client, consultant, designers, authorities, operators, subcontractors, suppliers, and other project stakeholders
- Manage and monitor the project logistics strategy, including site access, tower cranes, material movement, storage areas, temporary facilities, traffic management, and interface between multiple work fronts
- Lead and manage a large project team consisting of construction, engineering, HSE, QA/QC, planning, cost control, commercial, procurement, logistics, and administration departments
- Establish clear project objectives, departmental responsibilities, reporting lines, and performance expectations
- Monitor project KPIs related to progress, productivity, cost, quality, safety, engineering, procurement, manpower, and subcontractor performance
- Review daily, weekly, and monthly project reports and ensure timely corrective actions are implemented
- Monitor daily site production, manpower deployment, equipment utilization, material availability, work fronts, and site constraints
- Ensure that short term and long term construction targets are aligned with the approved baseline programme and project milestones
- Lead progress, coordination, risk, technical, commercial, and management meetings
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or related engineering discipline
- Valid PMP certification
- Extensive experience in senior project management or project director positions within major construction organizations
- Proven experience in managing large scale mixed use developments and high rise building projects
- Good knowledge of five star hotel construction and hospitality requirements
- Strong experience in stakeholder management
- Strong capability in managing complex project logistics
- Sound knowledge of project controls, planning, cost control, risk management, productivity monitoring, and KPI reporting
- Proven ability to manage large multidisciplinary teams
- Strong understanding of daily production monitoring, resource planning, manpower control, equipment utilization, and site performance management
- Good commercial awareness and strong value engineering capabilities
- Excellent leadership, negotiation, communication, decision making, and problem solving skills
Full Job Posting
Overview
- We are seeking a highly experienced and results driven Project Director to lead the execution of a major mixed use development project in Saudi Arabia comprising high rise towers, hospitality, residential, commercial, and supporting facilities.
- The successful candidate must demonstrate strong leadership, project management, stakeholder coordination, and site execution capabilities, with proven experience managing large multidisciplinary teams and complex construction operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide overall leadership and direction for the successful delivery of the project from mobilization through completion and handover.
- Manage the construction of high rise, mixed use buildings, including residential, commercial, hospitality, basement, podium, and associated infrastructure works.
- Develop and implement the project execution strategy in line with contractual requirements, approved programme, budget, quality standards, and safety objectives.
- Coordinate effectively with the client, consultant, designers, authorities, operators, subcontractors, suppliers, and other project stakeholders.
- Manage and monitor the project logistics strategy, including site access, tower cranes, material movement, storage areas, temporary facilities, traffic management, and interface between multiple work fronts.
- Lead and manage a large project team consisting of construction, engineering, HSE, QA/QC, planning, cost control, commercial, procurement, logistics, and administration departments.
- Establish clear project objectives, departmental responsibilities, reporting lines, and performance expectations.
- Monitor project KPIs related to progress, productivity, cost, quality, safety, engineering, procurement, manpower, and subcontractor performance.
- Review daily, weekly, and monthly project reports and ensure timely corrective actions are implemented.
- Monitor daily site production, manpower deployment, equipment utilization, material availability, work fronts, and site constraints.
- Ensure that short term and long term construction targets are aligned with the approved baseline programme and project milestones.
- Lead progress, coordination, risk, technical, commercial, and management meetings.
Additional Responsibilities
- Identify project risks, delays, technical constraints, and interface issues and implement effective mitigation and recovery measures.
- Maintain close control over project cost, cash flow, procurement, subcontractor performance, variations, and commercial exposure.
- Promote value engineering initiatives and identify technically compliant, cost effective, and constructible alternatives.
- Review value engineering proposals in coordination with engineering, procurement, cost control, construction, and commercial teams.
- Ensure full compliance with project specifications, quality requirements, HSE standards, contractual obligations, and applicable Saudi Arabian regulations.
- Support the management of five star hotel construction requirements, including coordination with hotel operators, specialist consultants, fit out contractors, and FF&E suppliers.
- Ensure effective coordination between structural, architectural, MEP, façade, fit out, landscape, and infrastructure works.
- Maintain strong communication with senior management and provide accurate reports regarding progress, risks, cost, resources, and project performance.
- Drive a performance oriented culture focused on safety, quality, productivity, accountability, and timely project delivery.
Required Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related engineering discipline.
- Valid PMP certification is mandatory.
- Extensive experience in senior project management or project director positions within major construction organizations.
- Proven experience in managing large scale mixed use developments and high rise building projects.
- Good knowledge of five star hotel construction, hospitality requirements, fit out works, specialist systems, and operator coordination.
- Strong experience in stakeholder management and dealing with clients, consultants, designers, authorities, operators, subcontractors, and suppliers.
- Strong capability in managing complex project logistics and multiple simultaneous construction fronts.
- Sound knowledge of project controls, planning, cost control, risk management, productivity monitoring, and KPI reporting.
- Proven ability to manage large multidisciplinary teams, including HSE, QA/QC, engineering, construction, planning, cost control, procurement, and commercial departments.
- Strong understanding of daily production monitoring, resource planning, manpower control, equipment utilization, and site performance management.
- Good commercial awareness and strong value engineering capabilities.
- Excellent leadership, negotiation, communication, decision making, and problem solving skills.
Position Details
- Position: Project Director
- Location: Saudi Arabia
- Project Type: High Rise Mixed Use Development and Five Star Hospitality
- Certification: PMP Mandatory
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