About the Job
The company is looking for an accomplished Engineering Director to join our team. In this role, you will provide strategic leadership and technical direction to a multidisciplinary engineering organization, bringing together the expertise, resources, and capabilities required to deliver complex construction management assignments successfully.
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Responsibilities
- Provide overall managerial and technical leadership for the engineering discipline, ensuring teams are appropriately structured and aligned with project requirements.
- Review and approve staffing budgets, resource plans, and assignment schedules across projects, including oversight of workforce forecasting and future resource requirements.
- Monitor the quality, progress, and performance of the discipline across each project, ensuring production and delivery requirements are consistently achieved.
- Partner closely with Project Managers to identify and resolve current or anticipated challenges relating to staffing, quality, schedule performance, and productivity.
- Establish and maintain discipline-specific standards, procedures, and technical manuals, recommending improvements that enhance consistency and operational effectiveness.
- Oversee the full employee lifecycle for the discipline, including recruitment, selection, development, performance management, counselling, and corrective action, as required.
- Support pre-contract and business development activities, providing senior technical guidance and expertise as required.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related discipline.
- 20+ years of relevant professional experience, including significant leadership and managerial responsibility.
- Extensive experience leading large teams of engineers, designers, and technical support professionals.
- Demonstrated ability to direct multidisciplinary teams delivering technically complex engineering assignments.
- Strong understanding of engineering industry practices, standards, and applicable regulations.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively across technical, project, and executive stakeholders.
- Comprehensive knowledge of current engineering technologies and the capabilities and efficiencies of relevant engineering software.
Location
SA - Riyadh
