Project Manager Civil Engineer

Group overview

Headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, we operate construction and manufacturing businesses, design & development centers and a host of facilities in the Middle East and other countries.

alfanar is involved in:

• Electrical, electromechanical and civil engineering construction
• Manufacturing and marketing electrical construction products
• Allied engineering services

Our main divisions:

• alfanar electric
• alfanar construction
• alfanar building systems

alfanar construction

alfanar Construction is classified as a Grade I contractor by the Contractors Classification Committee of the Government of Saudi Arabia.

alfanar Construction is an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company with a track record of consistent growth. We have emerged as a strong EPC contractor in the energy, infrastructure as well as engineering services sectors in Saudi Arabia.

With the support of special purpose service units, alfanar Construction continuously strives to provide appropriate and timely solutions to clients, conforming to international standards.

The core EPC activities of alfanar Construction are in the fields of:

• Power and water projects
• Transmission and distribution projects
• Building construction (industrial & commercial) projects
• Electro-mechanical projects

Job purpose

Conduct project planning and supervision to ensure timely completion and adherence to budget constraints. Project managers strategize and allocate project resources, formulate budgets, closely monitor progress, and consistently keep stakeholders informed throughout the entire project lifecycle.

Key accountability areas

Monitoring and control:

• Manage time schedules, budgets, and cash flow for effective project control.
• Maintain the mobilization plan for efficient resource allocation.
• Handle arrangements for manpower, materials, and utilities.
• Ensure compliance with project technical specifications (PTS), schedule, and approved drawings.

Quality management:

• Implement quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) and health, safety, and environment (HSE) requirements.
• Conduct training for staff and workers at all levels to enhance skillsets and ensure compliance with quality standards.

Project administration:

• Oversee administrative, financial, and technical aspects related to the project.
• Confirm execution in accordance with PTS and approved drawings.
• Coordinate with the administrative team to address personnel management issues for on-site employees.
• Develop a demobilization plan for both manpower and equipment at the conclusion of the project.

Role accountability

• Ability to recruit, recognize and cultivate high performers and expose them in order to create a robust second line of management.
• Ability to recognize low performance and help or release them.
• Ability to treat people equally without any discrimination.
• The manager's only assessment criteria being performance leading to delivery of required results.
• Ensure availability of delegation of authorities matrix to have sufficient delegations as per company policy.
• Must take full responsibility for his operation as per the job description and the required deliverables from this position, taking into consideration the general company guidelines.
• Able to anticipate problems and make the necessary proactive steps to prevent them.
• Ability to take necessary and proper timely decisions.
• Deliver the required results in a timely manner with required quality and cost.
• Must make a tangible difference to his area of operation and exceed business expectations.
• Able to transform the corporate goals into business plans.
• Able to plan, follow-up and execute those plans, whether they are annual or development plans.
• Monitor the plan performance and initiate action to strengthen results and take corrective action accordingly.
• Provide periodic work progress reports.
• Responsible for monitoring and controlling budgets and expenses to achieve optimum cost efficiency.
• Develop the organizational structure according to current requirements taking into consideration future and development plans.
• Ensure availability of job descriptions for all job roles and deploy them.
• Develop, coordinate well-defined written systems, policies, procedures, and seek automation opportunities as much as possible.
• Should be conversant and able to navigate through IT solutions especially those relevant to his job and business.
• Promote the automated systems and use them fully, to spread its culture.
• Quality is considered alfanar's prime competitive advantage; as such, managers are expected to act accordingly.
• Adapt to new and alternative techniques, technologies, management structures, and business models.
• Ensure a safe, secure, and legal work environment as per the standard regulations.

Academic qualification

Bachelor degree in electrical engineering

Work experience

6 to 10 years

Technical / functional competencies

• Construction projects
• Project scheduling
• Project tracking and reporting