Senior Project Manager - Utility Compounds
Posted date [2026-07-06]
(ID: 47524)
Job Description and Requirements
Senior Project Manager - Utility CompoundsJob Snapshot
Role: Senior Project Manager - Utility Compounds
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Industry: Utilities
Function: Project Management
Experience: 15 years project management experience
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
Senior Project Manager - Utility Compounds in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a senior Utilities opportunity with Parsons Corporation for an experienced project leader who can deliver complex utility compound projects from initiation through commissioning and handover. The role covers substations, switching and control compounds, utility hubs, associated civil works, structural works, buildings, MEP systems, power systems, SCADA interfaces, procurement, construction coordination, HSE leadership, quality control, stakeholder management, and project performance reporting.
Job Details
Country: Saudi Arabia
City: Riyadh
Industry: Utilities
Function: Project Management
Salary: 50000-75000
Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Senior
Project Manager will lead end-to-end delivery of multidisciplinary utility compound projects where design coordination, procurement readiness, construction sequencing, commissioning, and stakeholder alignment must work together without delay. This position provides the leadership structure needed to manage contractors, consultants, project controls, commercial teams, HSE specialists, quality teams, and client representatives while protecting scope, schedule, cost, safety, quality, and operational readiness. The role is central to delivering reliable utility infrastructure that supports major development programmes in Saudi Arabia.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead planning, execution, delivery, handover, and closeout of utility compound projects from early development through operational acceptance.
* Define project execution strategies, implementation plans, delivery milestones, and stage-gate requirements in line with corporate and client expectations.
* Establish project governance, team responsibilities, communication protocols, reporting structures, and decision-making processes.
* Provide clear leadership to multidisciplinary teams and align project contributors with delivery priorities, performance targets, and client requirements.
* Develop and manage the integrated project management plan covering scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk, communications, procurement, construction, and handover.
* Work with planning and project controls teams to establish baselines for programme, budget, progress measurement, reporting, and performance tracking.
* Monitor schedule and cost performance, identify early variances, and drive corrective or recovery actions with responsible teams.
* Manage scope changes, variations, and project impacts through formal change control, ensuring proper assessment, approval, and documentation.
* Coordinate with Design Directors, design managers, technical teams, and consultants to ensure timely and coordinated design outputs.
* Ensure design deliverables support procurement, construction, commissioning, operations, constructability, and HSE-by-design principles.
* Lead multidisciplinary interface coordination across civil, structural, architectural, MEP, power systems, protection and control, SCADA, utilities, access roads, and site infrastructure.
* Oversee resolution of key technical issues and ensure lessons learned are captured, shared, and applied to future delivery decisions.
* Support procurement strategy for major packages including civil works, buildings, MEP, equipment, power systems, specialist systems, and construction services.
* Work with commercial and procurement teams to prepare tender documents, evaluate bids, support negotiations, and recommend contract awards.
* Manage contractor performance against contract requirements, including progress, quality, HSE, coordination, documentation, commercial obligations, and delivery outputs.
* Review major contract changes, claims, payment matters, and final accounts in coordination with commercial and contract teams.
* Oversee site execution of civil, structural, architectural, MEP, utility, and compound infrastructure works.
* Coordinate construction sequencing, temporary works, site access, logistics, interfaces, and workfront priorities to reduce clashes and downtime.
* Ensure testing and commissioning plans are developed, coordinated, and implemented for power systems, MEP systems, building systems, SCADA, fire and life safety, and related assets.
* Lead or support project handover activities including punch lists, as-built documentation, operation and maintenance manuals, training records, certifications, and operations acceptance.
* Promote and enforce a strong HSE culture across project teams, contractors, subcontractors, consultants, and site personnel.
* Ensure project HSE plans, risk assessments, permits, method statements, and critical controls are prepared, approved, and implemented effectively.
* Oversee quality plans, inspection and test plans, QA/QC processes, nonconformance closure, inspection records, and acceptance documentation.
* Ensure compliance with applicable codes, standards, utility design criteria, regulatory requirements, permit conditions, and client procedures.
* Establish and maintain risk and issue registers, leading risk identification, assessment, mitigation planning, contingency planning, and escalation.
* Act as a primary project contact for clients, utility owners, authorities, contractors, consultants, and key stakeholders.
* Manage stakeholder expectations through timely communication, transparent reporting, practical issue resolution, and clear decision tracking.
* Provide regular project status reports covering schedule, cost, risk, HSE, quality, procurement, construction progress, decisions, and key actions.
* Define and track project KPIs including schedule performance, cost performance, change volume, HSE results, quality performance, defects, rework, and handover readiness.
* Lead monthly progress meetings, steering committees, executive reviews, technical coordination meetings, and project performance discussions.
* Drive continuous improvement by capturing lessons learned and applying improvements to delivery processes, team coordination, and project controls.
* Lead and mentor project engineers, coordinators, planners, HSE personnel, quality staff, commercial team members, and other project delivery professionals.
* Allocate resources effectively and maintain clear accountability across internal teams, consultants, contractors, and delivery partners.
* Foster a collaborative, solution-focused project culture across design, construction, commercial, operations, and client teams.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field.
* Minimum 15 years of progressive project management experience on major construction, infrastructure, utilities, energy, or industrial projects.
* Significant exposure to utility compounds, substations, switching facilities, control compounds, utility hubs, or similar industrial and utility facilities.
* Proven record delivering multidisciplinary projects from initiation through design coordination, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, handover, and closeout.
* Strong project management capability across scope, schedule, cost, risk, quality, procurement, stakeholder management, and change control.
* Solid understanding of civil, structural, architectural, MEP, power systems, protection and control, SCADA, and site infrastructure interfaces.
* Experience working with utility or energy clients and within multi-contract or programme delivery environments is preferred.
* Familiarity with FIDIC or similar standard forms of contract and their commercial, time-related, and change management provisions is desirable.
* Master’s degree in Project Management, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline is preferred.
* PMP certification or equivalent professional project management credential is an advantage.
* Skilled in managing contractors, consultants, technical specialists, commercial teams, project controls teams, and client representatives.
* Strong leadership, team management, negotiation, problem-solving, and decision-making ability under time and operational pressure.
* Proficient with project management and planning tools such as Primavera P6, MS Project, and Microsoft Office.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills, including report writing, presentations, executive updates, and client-facing communication.
* Able to manage complex interfaces, competing priorities, critical risks, and high-value project decisions in a fast-paced infrastructure environment.
Skills Set
* Project management
* Utility compounds
* Substations
* Switching compounds
* Control compounds
* Utility hubs
* Utilities infrastructure
* Project governance
* Project execution planning
* Stage-gate delivery
* Scope management
* Schedule management
* Cost management
* Change control
* Risk management
* Issue management
* Project controls
* Primavera P6
* MS Project
* Civil works coordination
* Structural works coordination
* Building works
* MEP coordination
* Power systems coordination
* Protection and control systems
* SCADA interfaces
* Design coordination
* Consultant management
* Procurement strategy
* Tender evaluation
* Contract management
* Contractor performance management
* Construction sequencing
* Site logistics
* Testing and commissioning
* Fire and life safety systems
* Handover management
* As-built documentation
* O&M manuals
* QA/QC oversight
* Inspection and test plans
* HSE leadership
* Permit compliance
* Utility owner coordination
* Authority coordination
* Stakeholder management
* Executive reporting
* KPI tracking
* Team leadership
Why Join Us
This role gives a Senior Project Manager the opportunity to lead the delivery of critical utility compound infrastructure in Riyadh, supporting substations, control facilities, utility hubs, and associated civil and MEP works that are essential to major development programmes. The position offers senior exposure to complex project governance, multidisciplinary delivery, contractor management, utility stakeholder coordination, commissioning, and operational handover. It is a strong opportunity for a project leader who wants to manage high-impact infrastructure, improve delivery performance, and contribute to reliable utilities development in Saudi Arabia.
About the Company
Parsons Corporation is a global engineering, infrastructure, construction management, and project delivery company supporting major utilities, transportation, urban development, public realm, and civil infrastructure programmes. In Saudi Arabia, Parsons contributes to large-scale development through project leadership, technical expertise, construction management, project controls, safety management, and practical delivery knowledge that help create reliable and future-ready infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead planning, execution, delivery, handover, and closeout of utility compound projects from early development through operational acceptance.
* Define project execution strategies, implementation plans, delivery milestones, and stage-gate requirements in line with corporate and client expectations.
* Establish project governance, team responsibilities, communication protocols, reporting structures, and decision-making processes.
* Provide clear leadership to multidisciplinary teams and align project contributors with delivery priorities, performance targets, and client requirements.
* Develop and manage the integrated project management plan covering scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk, communications, procurement, construction, and handover.
* Work with planning and project controls teams to establish baselines for programme, budget, progress measurement, reporting, and performance tracking.
* Monitor schedule and cost performance, identify early variances, and drive corrective or recovery actions with responsible teams.
* Manage scope changes, variations, and project impacts through formal change control, ensuring proper assessment, approval, and documentation.
* Coordinate with Design Directors, design managers, technical teams, and consultants to ensure timely and coordinated design outputs.
* Ensure design deliverables support procurement, construction, commissioning, operations, constructability, and HSE-by-design principles.
* Lead multidisciplinary interface coordination across civil, structural, architectural, MEP, power systems, protection and control, SCADA, utilities, access roads, and site infrastructure.
* Oversee resolution of key technical issues and ensure lessons learned are captured, shared, and applied to future delivery decisions.
* Support procurement strategy for major packages including civil works, buildings, MEP, equipment, power systems, specialist systems, and construction services.
* Work with commercial and procurement teams to prepare tender documents, evaluate bids, support negotiations, and recommend contract awards.
* Manage contractor performance against contract requirements, including progress, quality, HSE, coordination, documentation, commercial obligations, and delivery outputs.
* Review major contract changes, claims, payment matters, and final accounts in coordination with commercial and contract teams.
* Oversee site execution of civil, structural, architectural, MEP, utility, and compound infrastructure works.
* Coordinate construction sequencing, temporary works, site access, logistics, interfaces, and workfront priorities to reduce clashes and downtime.
* Ensure testing and commissioning plans are developed, coordinated, and implemented for power systems, MEP systems, building systems, SCADA, fire and life safety, and related assets.
* Lead or support project handover activities including punch lists, as-built documentation, operation and maintenance manuals, training records, certifications, and operations acceptance.
* Promote and enforce a strong HSE culture across project teams, contractors, subcontractors, consultants, and site personnel.
* Ensure project HSE plans, risk assessments, permits, method statements, and critical controls are prepared, approved, and implemented effectively.
* Oversee quality plans, inspection and test plans, QA/QC processes, nonconformance closure, inspection records, and acceptance documentation.
* Ensure compliance with applicable codes, standards, utility design criteria, regulatory requirements, permit conditions, and client procedures.
* Establish and maintain risk and issue registers, leading risk identification, assessment, mitigation planning, contingency planning, and escalation.
* Act as a primary project contact for clients, utility owners, authorities, contractors, consultants, and key stakeholders.
* Manage stakeholder expectations through timely communication, transparent reporting, practical issue resolution, and clear decision tracking.
* Provide regular project status reports covering schedule, cost, risk, HSE, quality, procurement, construction progress, decisions, and key actions.
* Define and track project KPIs including schedule performance, cost performance, change volume, HSE results, quality performance, defects, rework, and handover readiness.
* Lead monthly progress meetings, steering committees, executive reviews, technical coordination meetings, and project performance discussions.
* Drive continuous improvement by capturing lessons learned and applying improvements to delivery processes, team coordination, and project controls.
* Lead and mentor project engineers, coordinators, planners, HSE personnel, quality staff, commercial team members, and other project delivery professionals.
* Allocate resources effectively and maintain clear accountability across internal teams, consultants, contractors, and delivery partners.
* Foster a collaborative, solution-focused project culture across design, construction, commercial, operations, and client teams.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field.
* Minimum 15 years of progressive project management experience on major construction, infrastructure, utilities, energy, or industrial projects.
* Significant exposure to utility compounds, substations, switching facilities, control compounds, utility hubs, or similar industrial and utility facilities.
* Proven record delivering multidisciplinary projects from initiation through design coordination, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, handover, and closeout.
* Strong project management capability across scope, schedule, cost, risk, quality, procurement, stakeholder management, and change control.
* Solid understanding of civil, structural, architectural, MEP, power systems, protection and control, SCADA, and site infrastructure interfaces.
* Experience working with utility or energy clients and within multi-contract or programme delivery environments is preferred.
* Familiarity with FIDIC or similar standard forms of contract and their commercial, time-related, and change management provisions is desirable.
* Master’s degree in Project Management, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline is preferred.
* PMP certification or equivalent professional project management credential is an advantage.
* Skilled in managing contractors, consultants, technical specialists, commercial teams, project controls teams, and client representatives.
* Strong leadership, team management, negotiation, problem-solving, and decision-making ability under time and operational pressure.
* Proficient with project management and planning tools such as Primavera P6, MS Project, and Microsoft Office.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills, including report writing, presentations, executive updates, and client-facing communication.
* Able to manage complex interfaces, competing priorities, critical risks, and high-value project decisions in a fast-paced infrastructure environment.
Skills Set
* Project management
* Utility compounds
* Substations
* Switching compounds
* Control compounds
* Utility hubs
* Utilities infrastructure
* Project governance
* Project execution planning
* Stage-gate delivery
* Scope management
* Schedule management
* Cost management
* Change control
* Risk management
* Issue management
* Project controls
* Primavera P6
* MS Project
* Civil works coordination
* Structural works coordination
* Building works
* MEP coordination
* Power systems coordination
* Protection and control systems
* SCADA interfaces
* Design coordination
* Consultant management
* Procurement strategy
* Tender evaluation
* Contract management
* Contractor performance management
* Construction sequencing
* Site logistics
* Testing and commissioning
* Fire and life safety systems
* Handover management
* As-built documentation
* O&M manuals
* QA/QC oversight
* Inspection and test plans
* HSE leadership
* Permit compliance
* Utility owner coordination
* Authority coordination
* Stakeholder management
* Executive reporting
* KPI tracking
* Team leadership
Why Join Us
This role gives a Senior Project Manager the opportunity to lead the delivery of critical utility compound infrastructure in Riyadh, supporting substations, control facilities, utility hubs, and associated civil and MEP works that are essential to major development programmes. The position offers senior exposure to complex project governance, multidisciplinary delivery, contractor management, utility stakeholder coordination, commissioning, and operational handover. It is a strong opportunity for a project leader who wants to manage high-impact infrastructure, improve delivery performance, and contribute to reliable utilities development in Saudi Arabia.
About the Company
Parsons Corporation is a global engineering, infrastructure, construction management, and project delivery company supporting major utilities, transportation, urban development, public realm, and civil infrastructure programmes. In Saudi Arabia, Parsons contributes to large-scale development through project leadership, technical expertise, construction management, project controls, safety management, and practical delivery knowledge that help create reliable and future-ready infrastructure.
