Position Title: Technical Director (Major Highways Riyadh, KSA)
Role Summary
International Tier 1 Consultancy is seeking a highly experienced Technical Director to lead the technical delivery and review of major highway projects as part of a confidential roads program in Riyadh, KSA. This critical leadership role requires exceptional expertise in highway design management, consultant interface, and technical governance, within the context of large-scale, multi-disciplinary infrastructure assignments. The Technical Director will manage a team overseeing consultant-provided designs, ensuring technical compliance, integration with construction, and optimal performance across the full project lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, oversee, and manage all technical and design review activities for major highway projects, ensuring the highest standards of engineering excellence.
- Review and approve discipline staffing assignments, schedules, and forecasting reports; maintain appropriate resource levels (including temporary staff when needed).
- Coordinate all engineering and design efforts for required disciplines, ensuring projects are appropriately staffed and executed to the highest standards.
- Monitor and ensure quality, progress, and timely delivery of all design outputs, resolving any technical or resourcing issues in collaboration with Project Managers.
- Establish and enhance standards, procedures, and best practices for technical disciplines; contribute to ongoing process improvement initiatives.
- Guide and direct design consultants on compliance with relevant regulations, design guidelines, and program policies, ensuring all submissions align with project requirements, commercial parameters, and overall budget.
- Act as a key technical consultant during pre-contract and business development activities, providing expertise in client-facing situations.
- Liaise with construction management regarding technical interfaces and successful design-construction integration.
- Support organizational initiatives around smart and sustainable city solutions.
Required Skills and Qualifications
- Minimum 20 years experience in the technical leadership and delivery of large-scale infrastructure/highways programs.
- Strong knowledge in planning/design and comprehensive understanding of all phases of major infrastructure projects.
- Extensive experience managing multidisciplinary design teams and reviewing consultant outputs on major highways or related infrastructure.
- Exceptional technical ability in design management; understanding of mobility systems considered a plus.
- Proven ability to deliver projects through all lifecycle phases, from design to execution.
- Fluent in English; fluency in Arabic is advantageous.
- Degree educated with a Western Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Civil Engineering or similar; Chartered Engineer is required.
- Strong customer-facing/consulting skills with the ability to operate effectively in client environments.
- Deep understanding of the relationship between smart city solutions, sustainability, and infrastructure delivery.
- Technical proficiency with MS Excel, AutoCAD, MS Project, and PowerPoint.
- Excellent analytical, creative problem-solving, and communication skills; high-level presentation ability.
- Demonstrated flexibility and ability to perform in ambiguous or rapidly changing contexts.
Desired Skills and Background
- Experience in asset-intensive industries, including Rail, Cities and Buildings, Utilities, Oil & Gas, Highways, Marine/Ports.
- Robust planning and organizational skills.
- Adaptive approach, comfortable managing changing workloads, shifting priorities, and diverse tasks/locations.
Remuneration and Benefits
- Competitive salary: SAR 70,000 80,000 per month (all-inclusive).
- Visa sponsorship, including spouse and children, with insurance coverage for employee and dependents.
- Relocation allowance (amount dependent on candidate/family circumstances).
- One flight provided at start and end of employment.
- Standard Parsons benefits; no additional bonuses or allowances.
