The ProjectThis is an opportunity to work on a large luxury mixed-use development in KSA, Riyadh. Mace is providing project management consultancy services
Provides strategic leadership across complex infrastructure projects, ensuring integrated planning, stakeholder alignment and delivery assurance. Leveraging extensive project management expertise and technical insight, drives safe, high-quality outcomes that meet programme objectives, budget requirements and delivery commitments
You’ll Be Responsible ForSafety first - Going home safe and well:
- * You will promote Mace's value of Safety First, exhibiting visible safety behaviours, sharing lessons learned and using safety moments and Mace's HSW framework to support the safety and wellbeing of all Mace staff.
- You will possess technical expertise in local health and safety rules and regulations relevant to project portfolio.
- You will promote a diverse and inclusive working environment and understand the importance of the wellbeing of the people in your team.
Client Focus – Deliver On Our Promise
- * You will ensure robust quality systems are in place and suitably managed in line with service excellence.
- You will manage delivery from project inception/brief, through design development and planning, contractor procurement and construction phase in accordance with the overall delivery program and agreed project milestones.
- You will manage tasks and associated deliverables in support of the Associate Director and other senior leaders, alongside the wider project and client teams, to ensure the timely and accurate delivery of the project.
Integrity – Always Do The Right Thing
- * You will manage project budgets and highlight any risks, challenges and mitigations.
- You will support the long term development of your function or Business Unit (BU), creating a sustainable business future.
- You will commit to making a positive impact for our people, our clients, and our planet, and take ownership for holding others to account who do not uphold the Mace values.
Create Opportunity For Our People To Excel
- * You will manage design and wider consultant teams in a collaborative manner to ensure effective completion of responsibilities.
- You will lead and manage the project team and relevant stakeholders to achieve strategic project key performance indicators (KPIs).
- You will actively network, innovate, and seek understanding of best practice, utilising the full depth of knowledge of Mace Group, the Centres of Excellence, Mace Way Control Centre and Knowledge Hub.
Your Responsibilities
- * Champion safety, wellbeing, inclusivity and responsible delivery across every project.
- Deliver projects through clear planning, quality systems and strong stakeholder collaboration.
- Supervise change and commercial performance with integrity.
- Lead teams to achieve KPIs, share best practice and unlock potential across Mace.
- Lead infrastructure delivery from strategy and mobilisation through design, procurement, construction, commissioning and closeout.
- Establish governance, controls, risk, cost, programme and reporting disciplines that support confident delivery.
- Integrate technical teams, consultants, contractors and authorities to manage interfaces and dependencies.
- Champion safety, quality, sustainability, stakeholder alignment and executive decision-making.
You’ll Need To Have
- * Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, construction management, architecture, project management, infrastructure planning or a related discipline. Master’s degree, chartered/professional registration, PMP, PRINCE2, APM, RICS, PMI-SP, Lean Construction or equivalent certification is preferred.
- Extensive years of progressive experience in major infrastructure, capital projects, construction, urban development, transport, utilities, real estate, public realm or programme management environments.
- Demonstrated senior project management experience leading complex packages, multidisciplinary teams, consultants and contractors in live delivery environments.
- Strong track record in governance, project controls, procurement support, contract administration, authority coordination, stakeholder management, risk management and executive reporting.
- Experience managing design-to-construction interfaces, utilities diversions, permits, handover readiness, commissioning, closeout and operational transition is preferred.
- Professional English proficiency required;
- Arabic is advantageous where authority, local stakeholder or regional delivery coordination is required.
- Advanced capability in Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, Power BI or equivalent dashboards, document control platforms, risk registers, collaboration platforms and project management information systems.
- Valid driving licence and site access eligibility may be required.
- Infrastructure project delivery strategy, planning, controls, governance and assurance.
- Construction sequencing, constructability, package management, interface management and delivery risk mitigation.
- Schedule, cost, change, risk, issue, dependency and performance management.
- Contractor, consultant, authority, utility and stakeholder coordination.
- Executive reporting, governance packs, dashboards, decision papers and assurance responses.
- Strategic judgement and senior stakeholder influence.
- Calm, evidence-based decision-making under pressure.
- Strong ownership, accountability and delivery discipline.
- Collaborative leadership across multidisciplinary and multicultural teams.
- Clear communication, negotiation, conflict resolution and escalation management.
- Professional membership or equivalent development.
- Project delivery experience across property, infrastructure or construction.
- Strong commercial, financial and stakeholder skills.
- Inclusive leadership with sustainability focus.
Our valuesSafety first - Going home safe and well: We champion a safe, diverse, and inclusive working environment, understanding the importance of well-being in every team.
Client focus - Deliver on our promise: We own the quality of deliverables and strategic outcomes and build long-term relationships with our clients.
Integrity - Always do the right thing: We influence positive outcomes within our industry while always aligning with our compliance obligations.
Create opportunity - For our people to excel: We champion a continuous improvement culture throughout all activities, inspiring our people and teams to develop.
Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfill all the criteria, please apply, as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.
We are also open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.
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