The Role
Our Multi National Project & Commercial Management Consultancy client has a new requirement for a well experienced consultant Senior Project Manager to join their team in Riyadh to work on hospitality, base build and fit out projects in the Kingdom. Successful candidates will have a proven background as a Senior Project Manager on relevant projects and a proven background working in a recognised PMC or Developer business. This role is available for immediate joining and is a direct hire, permanent opportunity, employed by our client. Key Responsibilities: - Leads multiple small-scale projects OR a large scale project (including the front-end set up and full-cycle delivery) - Full project life cycle ownership: successfully delivers projects through all phases, from initiation to handover - Takes a broader oversight role, ensuring either in-house or third party commercial-, design-, project controls-related activities, reporting, and deliverables are occurring at the pace and quality level required for project success - Develops and reviews/updates required working documents in order to carry out project management effectively, with an acute attention to detail (e.g. meeting minutes, meeting agendas, action registers, risk registers, submission trackers, change control trackers, management plans, project directories, communication matrices, logs etc.) - Proficient at the development of Project Executive Plans (PEP), including delivery and procurement methodologies - Able to manage the overall design process - working with the Client to develop project brief, assisting with developing design scopes, proposing the delivery programme and consultant responsibility matrices to suit the project requirements, tracking design deliverables, driving the design programme, and managing review workflows & obtaining necessary client approvals - Skilled at reviewing drawings & specifications, understanding typical design stages and the level of detail expected to be submitted at each, ensuring deliverables are in line with the Client's brief, confirming drawing quality meets stage/project requirements, and guides design to meet budget targets - Proficient at developing project programmes using fundamentals - standard sequence of works, standard durations, predecessors and successors, concurrent works, and can analyze impacts and delays by using the critical path method - Strong grasp of commercial management fundamentals - is able to suggest procurement routes and forms of contract, able to manage budget through budget & cost reports prepared by others, manages the development of estimates and BOQs (by others) at each design stage, manages project cashflow, responsible for administration of the project contract, with a detailed understanding of the conditions of contract - Strong at drafting contract correspondence (e.g., letters, notices, instructions).

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Project Management, or a related field - At least 7+ years of experience in project management, with at least 3 years in a senior role / PMC / front-end - Must have: base build, hospitality, fit out experience ; Pre & Post-contract ; consultancy experience - Proven track record of delivering complex projects on time and within budget. - Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills. - Strategic thinking and problem-solving. - Excellent stakeholder and vendor management skills. - Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities. - Strong analytical and decision-making capabilities.

About the company
J10 Consulting are Construction Recruitment experts in the Middle East. We help businesses and careers grow by delivering Temporary Contract & Permanent Contingency hiring solutions within Construction & Engineering in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain & Kuwait J10 Consulting provide collaborative engagement and a deep understanding of both client and candidate requirements to cover temporary and permanent requirements across a number of vertical markets within Construction & Engineering.