Temporary Land Use Manager (DB)
Full time
at JASARA PMC
in
Saudi Arabia
Posted on February 24, 2025
Job details
JASARA Program Management Company is looking for a Temporary Land Use Manager to join our team. This role is essential for overseeing land use planning initiatives as part of our commitment to developing sustainable infrastructure projects in Saudi Arabia. The Temp Land Use Manager will work collaboratively with various stakeholders to ensure land use practices align with regulatory requirements and best practices, helping to shape the future of urban development. This role will support the Land Use groups on a variety of land use issues including but not limited to permit flow processes, administration of land use permit applications, and centralization of land use functions.
Responsibilities
- Leads the health, Safety, and wellbeing culture on the project, and empowers the Team to execute on health/safety/wellbeing initiatives, specifically ‘Stop Work’ authority.
- Demonstrates leadership behaviors, in line with the company values, at all times.
- Manages, coaches and mentors junior staff to successfully contribute to the department deliverables.
- Collaborates with Discipline leads, accountable for development, implementation, monitoring, reporting of project plan, schedules, budget and resource allocation.
- Assures the construction plans for planning the project, including design, constructability, methodology, HSE, and delivery are agreed and communicated to the team and implemented.
- Manages project scope, ensuring changes are properly documented and approved through change control process in Aconex.
- Works closely with the Contractors to successfully drive delivery of scope to time and budget.
- Monitors and reports on project progress, identifying and mitigating risks and issues promptly. Specifically identifying and removing roadblocks for the team to prevent impact to progress.
- Manages stakeholder expectations and provides regular updates to internal and external stakeholders.
- Implements and maintains project management processes, tools, and best practices to ensure standardization and continuous improvement.
- Leads collaboration with cross-functional teams to facilitate the flow of information and coordinate project activities.
- Supports commercial team in contractual requirements – supplying supporting evidence, identifying risk and opportunity.
- Inputs into procurement process with constructability reviews and feedback.
- Collaborates with senior management to align projects with the client strategic objectives and district-level.
- Performs post-project reviews and retrospectives to identify lessons learned and opportunities for improvement, contributing to client's continuous learning and organizational development.
- Maintains awareness of industry trends, regulations, and best practices to enhance project delivery.
- Oversees the digital document control process in Aconex, providing support and enforcing discipline as needed.
- Identifies, documents, coordinates, and continuously monitors the various interactions and dependencies within a project to ensure seamless integration, minimize risks, and contribute to the overall success of the project.
- Ensures the alignment between the design requirements and the contractual requirements by reviewing, identifying gaps, providing feedback, and facilitating the necessary resolution.
- Conducts thorough reviews of design documents to ensure alignment with contractual obligations and specifications.
- Identifies and addresses any gaps or conflicts between the design and contract requirements.
- Participates and leads in the following: project meetings; value engineering sessions; problem resolution discussions; design reviews; spot construction inspections; presentations; periodic checks of project documentation; training sessions for junior employees; evaluations of proposals from consultants and contractors; development of the monthly executive summary for the project; contract and claims negotiations; public outreach events; and other activities as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree: Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management or a related field, preferred.
- Higher National Diploma: Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management or a related field.
- 6 - 10 years of experience in project management, leading complex projects from initiation to closure, within Contracting/Construction environment.
- Experience in managing multiple projects simultaneously.
- Demonstrated ability to manage project scope, schedule, budget, and resources effectively utilizing appropriate digital tools.
- Proactive, with a drive for delivery and an ability to bring stakeholders together around a common vision.
- Strong mentorship and coaching capabilities to foster the professional development of junior colleagues.
- Flexibility and adaptability in responding to changing business requirements.
- Effectively manages and prioritizes workload and delivers to tight deadlines.
- Demonstrate strong written and verbal skills in English.
- Demonstrate proficient use of enterprise-level management software, such as (e.g., Microsoft Project, Primavera, Aconex, etc.) or similar systems.
- Managing a team to deliver results.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and across multiple departments.
- Excellent problem-solving, decision-making, and conflict resolution skills.
- PMP or other relevant project management certification (e.g., Prince2, Agile, etc.) - Desirable.
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