We are seeking a detail-oriented Environment Project Manager to join our site team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Project Manager will be accountable for the successful delivery of the service, ensuring quality, regulatory compliance, commercial performance, and client satisfaction. The PM will provide leadership and oversight to the Site Engineers responsible for day-to-day environmental management activities, ensuring consistent implementation of project requirements, effective stakeholder engagement, and adherence to contractual obligations.
Key Responsibilities
- Review, approve, and formally sign off all bi-annual environmental compliance submissions to NCEC.
- Review and endorse technical justifications for environmental exceedances, including air quality, noise, and other compliance-related matters, prior to submission.
- Approve remediation plans, corrective action reports, and closeout documentation related to NCEC violations and regulatory observations.
- Act as the senior point of contact with NCEC, managing regulatory engagement and escalation matters, while ensuring Site Engineers are adequately briefed and supported.
- Lead engagement with the Client and PMCM on environmental compliance, performance, risks, and strategic matters.
- Allocate responsibilities among the Site Engineers, establish priorities, and define escalation thresholds and decision-making authorities.
- Conduct regular progress, performance, and coordination meetings with Site Engineers, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and performance oversight.
- Ensure adequate resource planning and continuity of service during absences, leave periods, or peak workload demands.
- Perform quality assurance reviews of environmental reports, inspection findings, audit reports, compliance submissions, and tracker updates before issuance to contractors, the Client, PMCM, or NCEC.
- Ensure the Environmental Permit Compliance Tracker and all regulatory commitment registers are accurate, complete, and maintained in a timely manner.
- Lead senior-level engagement with PMCM' environmental managers and drive resolution of persistent non-compliance issues.
- Establish expectations and quality standards for overall deliverables.
- Manage contractual scope boundaries and timely deliverables and invoicing.
- Monitor workload, resource utilization, and deliverable frequencies against contractual assumptions.
- Maintain and regularly update the project risk register, with particular focus on regulatory compliance, stakeholder management, monitoring performance, and contractor compliance risks.
- Provide regular reporting to the Project Director on project performance, compliance status, key risks, opportunities, and issues requiring management intervention.
- Ensure robust document control, record management, and knowledge retention processes are maintained to support project continuity and audit readiness.
- Drive continual improvement initiatives, lessons learned, and best practices to enhance environmental performance and regulatory compliance across the project.
- Minimum 12 years of relevant professional environmental experience
- Bachelor's degree (BSc) in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering or a similar discipline
- GCC and Saudi Arabia experience, including construction environmental assurance and environmental monitoring
- Strong knowledge of environmental regulations, compliance standards, and permitting processes applicable to Saudi Arabia
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret complex environmental data
- Demonstrated experience in regulatory liaison and engagement with relevant authorities in Saudi Arabia
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to coordinate effectively with clients, contractors, consultants and multidisciplinary project teams
- Strong data analysis and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate environmental monitoring and compliance information clearly
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English; Arabic language skills are preferred
- Attention to detail and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
- A postgraduate qualification in an environmental or related discipline is preferred.
Candidates available for immediate joining will be preferred.