Project Director

Job description / Role

Overview

KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration - through conceptualization - to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 57 years we've led with vision, contributing to many of the world's most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.

As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is ranked by ENR in the Top 225 International Design Firms; in the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms; and by World Architecture as 50 th largest global architecture firm and #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2021 WAS 100 Survey.

We invite you to join us.

Our newest opportunity is for a talented Project Director to join our award-winning team based in Madinah, Saudi Arabia

Responsibilities

We envisage success in this role to include;

- Liaising with client, developer, consultants and contractors as well as KEO internal construction management and supervision, planning, engineering and design divisions.
- Developing and maintaining client relationships enhancing opportunities and business initiatives.
- Ensuring the delivery of the contracted PM/CM services to the client.
- Participating in establishing and implementing the Project Management Plan and procedures.
- Implementing standard risk management routines with management support, to identify project risks, develop risk mitigation and contingency plans, and implement action plans to reduce or eliminate project risks.
- Preparing tender strategy; identifies qualified consultants, contractors and vendors; prepares and issues RFP's, evaluates proposals; negotiates contract terms/deliverables/payment schedules; and issues recommendation to the client.
- Reviewing of projects' proposals and plans to determine time frames, staffing plans, finding limitations and establishing procedures needed to accomplish the projects.
- Overseeing and guiding consultants design progress activities. Monitors and verifies design progress and submittals at all design phases.
- Attending and chairing workshops with consultants and contractors, prepares meeting minutes and follows up to achieve identified actions.
- Advising client on all matters pertaining to cost, scope and schedule.
- Reviewing and monitoring project cost estimates, value engineering (VE) proposals and cost reconciliation.
- Assisting with the development and maintenance of the risk management plan.
- Verifies, recommends and processes invoices and assesses variations and claims.
- Providing leadership, guidance and advice to the project team.
- Ensuring work is conducted with quality assurance protocols.
- Identifies and resolves issues, including management, technical or administrative, to ensure that the project objectives are achieved.
- Managing and leading project teams, project managers, engineers, consultants, specialist contractors and cost planners in expediting the projects' requirements.
- Providing coherent presentations to shareholders and board members, on arising situations, progress status, and different reporting needs and requirements.

Requirements

Qualifications

- To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that your career journey to date will include 25 years' work experience partnered with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering or equivalent that has been gained from a Western institution.
- The selected candidate will have spent the majority of their career working in the GCC (KSA Ideally)

As the project is focused on Project Management of a major Hospitality program involving high rise towers, the ideal candidate will have worked on such projects throughout their career.

KEO's performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety and our people. We embrace diversity and recognise its' contribution to client success wherever we work.

We are excited to hear how you can partner with our award-winning team and treat all expressions of interest confidentially.

About the Company

KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration – through conceptualization – to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 57 years we’ve led with vision, contributing to many of the world’s most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.

As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is ranked by ENR in the Top 225 International Design Firms; in the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms; and by World Architecture as 50th largest global architecture firm and #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2021 WAS 100 Survey.

We invite you to join us.