Senior Handover Engineer - Commissioning

will manage the readiness, verification, and close-out process for major infrastructure assets in Riyadh. The position requires strong technical coordination across PMCMs, contractors, authorities, utility providers, traffic control entities, and receiving organizations. By controlling commissioning evidence, handover deliverables, defect closeout, operational readiness requirements, and stakeholder approvals, the role helps ensure that infrastructure packages are completed safely, documented properly, and transferred with full technical and contractual compliance.

Key Responsibilities

* Lead the development and implementation of project-wide handover and commissioning strategies, procedures, templates, and checklists aligned with PMO standards.
* Oversee Testing and Commissioning activities for multidisciplinary infrastructure systems, ensuring functionality, integration, compliance, and readiness for acceptance.
* Review and validate handover deliverables including as-built drawings, O and M manuals, training documentation, warranties, guarantees, spare parts records, testing reports, commissioning reports, asset registers, and GIS submissions.
* Manage and track Substantial Completion requirements, including construction acceptance tests, closed snag lists, O and M manuals, road safety audits, operational readiness evidence, and approval-gated deliverables.
* Coordinate with municipalities, utility providers, traffic control entities, receiving authorities, PMCMs, contractors, consultants, and client representatives to secure approvals, permits, clearances, and handover confirmations.
* Ensure interfaces between infrastructure systems are properly managed, including power supply to ITS, drainage integration, traffic signal operations, MEP systems, utilities, tunnels, roads, and operational assets.
* Review contractor submissions including method statements, Testing and Commissioning plans, inspection and test plans, close-out documentation, asset data, and handover packages.
* Monitor contractor and PMCM performance against handover readiness requirements, identify delays or gaps, and enforce corrective actions.
* Support the definition and implementation of Defect Liability Period strategies, handover conditions, acceptance requirements, and closeout obligations.
* Advise PMO leadership on handover risks, partial completions, readiness gaps, pending approvals, documentation quality, and operational constraints.
* Provide technical guidance on commissioning and handover matters across civil, mechanical, electrical, utility, ITS, road, tunnel, landscape, and infrastructure disciplines.
* Review testing records, commissioning evidence, system integration results, operational readiness documentation, and authority comments.
* Support site visits across Riyadh to verify asset readiness, physical completion, snag status, and commissioning progress.
* Maintain handover trackers, risk registers, issue logs, approval registers, documentation matrices, and closeout dashboards.
* Coordinate with document control teams to ensure submissions are properly logged, reviewed, approved, and available for final acceptance.
* Support digital handover requirements through accurate asset data, GIS records, system documentation, and structured close-out information.
* Identify interface risks, incomplete documentation, unresolved snags, missing test evidence, delayed stakeholder approvals, and operational readiness concerns.
* Promote a disciplined handover culture focused on safety, quality, compliance, accountability, and smooth transition to operations.

Ideal Profile

* Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
* Member of the Saudi Council of Engineers.
* Minimum 10 years of relevant experience, including significant exposure to infrastructure projects, testing, commissioning, construction closeout, and asset handover phases.
* Experience working on roads, tunnels, utilities, MEP systems, power systems, ITS, structures, landscape, or multidisciplinary infrastructure programs.
* Experience in PMO, PMC, PMCM, client-side, or large megaproject environments is preferred.
* Strong knowledge of Testing and Commissioning processes across multidisciplinary infrastructure systems.
* Proven experience in handover management, close-out documentation, Substantial Completion requirements, Final Handover processes, and stakeholder coordination.
* Familiarity with Saudi regulations, local authorities, utility providers, handover procedures, and infrastructure acceptance processes is highly desirable.
* Ability to manage complex interfaces between utilities, ITS, civil infrastructure, MEP systems, traffic systems, and receiving entities.
* Familiarity with GIS, asset management platforms, digital handover requirements, and structured asset data is preferred.
* Proficiency in PMO systems and document control platforms such as Aconex, PMWeb, Unifier, or similar tools.
* Strong analytical, reporting, coordination, and problem-solving skills.
* Excellent communication and stakeholder management capability.
* Ability to work under pressure while managing multiple priorities across a large program environment.
* Detail-oriented approach with strong focus on evidence, traceability, compliance, and timely closeout.

Skills Set

* Handover management
* Testing and commissioning
* Engineering General
* Infrastructure handover
* Construction closeout
* Asset handover
* Operational readiness
* PMO governance
* Substantial Completion
* Final Handover
* Defect Liability Period
* MEP systems
* Roads infrastructure
* Tunnel infrastructure
* Utilities coordination
* Intelligent Transport Systems
* Power systems
* Drainage integration
* Traffic signal operations
* Construction Acceptance Tests
* Snag list closeout
* O and M manuals
* Training documentation
* Warranties
* Guarantees
* Spare parts records
* As-built drawings
* Asset registers
* GIS submissions
* Testing reports
* Commissioning reports
* Method statements
* Inspection and test plans
* Contractor submissions
* PMCM coordination
* Authority approvals
* Permit coordination
* Handover trackers
* Risk registers
* Issue logs
* Approval registers
* Aconex
* PMWeb
* Unifier
* Document control
* Road safety audits
* Stakeholder coordination
* Riyadh infrastructure jobs
* Saudi Arabia commissioning jobs

Why Join Us

This opportunity gives an experienced handover and commissioning professional the chance to support major infrastructure delivery in Riyadh with Parsons Corporation. The role offers exposure to PMO-level governance, testing and commissioning assurance, operational readiness, contractor performance monitoring, authority approvals, and digital asset handover. It is well suited for an engineer who wants to help deliver completed, compliant, and operation-ready infrastructure assets across Saudi Arabia.

About the Company

Parsons Corporation is a global engineering, infrastructure, construction management, and program delivery company supporting major transportation, utilities, tunnels, roads, urban development, and public sector projects. In Saudi Arabia, Parsons contributes to complex programs through PMO services, technical assurance, construction oversight, commissioning support, handover management, and stakeholder coordination. The company supports Riyadh’s infrastructure growth with international expertise, disciplined governance, and strong regional delivery experience.