Site Manager (Saudi Arabia)

The Site Manager represents the Client on-site and oversees renovation activities to ensure safe, timely, and quality delivery in accordance with approved drawings, specifications, project requirements, and HSE standards. The role coordinates contractors and multidisciplinary stakeholders, monitors project progress, resolves site issues, and ensures the successful completion and handover of renovated housing units.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the Client’s primary representative at the project site and coordinate with the PMC, contractors, designers, operations, and end users.

• Monitor renovation progress, contractor performance, schedules, resources, and site constraints.

• Coordinate civil, architectural, electrical, mechanical, and other construction activities.

• Ensure compliance with approved drawings, specifications, method statements, quality standards, and HSE requirements.

• Identify and resolve technical issues, risks, delays, and site coordination challenges.

• Lead site coordination meetings, track action items, and review contractor progress reports.

• Coordinate inspections, snagging, testing and commissioning, defect closure, and final handover.

• Liaise with operations and facilities management to confirm housing unit readiness.

• Provide regular management reports on progress, risks, delays, and required decisions.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related discipline.

• Minimum 10 years of construction and site-management experience.

• Proven experience in housing renovation, residential refurbishment, or building construction.

• Experience managing multidisciplinary contractors and coordinating site activities.

• Strong knowledge of health, safety, environmental, and quality requirements.

• Project or construction management certification preferred; relevant professional registration where required.

Key Competencies

• Site leadership and stakeholder management.

• Construction planning, coordination, and problem-solving.

• Quality assurance and HSE compliance.

• Reporting, communication, and decision-making.