Technical Manager

Role Overview

Technical Manager at HanmiGlobal Saudi, based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Reports to Program Director.

Role Purpose

Drive program-wide technical leadership, engineering governance, and multidisciplinary integration for a mega multi-work package land and infrastructure development program delivered on behalf of a major government entity. Provide program-level leadership, governance, coordination, and strategic engineering oversight for all infrastructure and utility engineering submissions, ensuring multidisciplinary technical reviews, infrastructure integration, and sustainability goals support informed engineering decisions for PMCM Management and the Client.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Governance & Engineering Assurance

• Establish and maintain the Program Technical Governance Framework, including engineering review procedures, technical standards, compliance requirements, and engineering assurance processes.
• Ensure compliance with approved technical standards, specifications, utility requirements, statutory regulations, and operational objectives through robust engineering assurance processes.

Technical Leadership & Team Management

• Provide strategic leadership, technical direction, and performance oversight to the multidisciplinary Program Technical Team, ensuring consistent application of engineering standards and best practices across all project packages.
• Lead the Program Technical Team to support the successful delivery of the overall development program.

Multidisciplinary Technical Reviews

• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary technical reviews of engineering reports, design submissions, specifications, calculations, and technical studies prepared by Lead Developers and consultants.

Infrastructure Integration & Coordination

• Ensure the successful integration of roads, transportation, utilities, drainage, irrigation, electrical, telecommunications, and associated infrastructure systems across the program.
• Identify and resolve multidisciplinary engineering conflicts, interface issues, and technical constraints to support coordinated project delivery.
• Coordinate with Lead Developers, consultants, contractors, utility providers, government agencies, and regulatory authorities on technical matters, utility interfaces, approvals, and compliance requirements.

Technical Evaluation & Change Management

• Lead the technical evaluation of design modifications, engineering deviations, Value Engineering proposals, and change requests, assessing their impact on safety, quality, functionality, cost, schedule, sustainability, and lifecycle performance.

Risk Management & Decision Support

• Support technical risk identification, mitigation planning, and engineering decision-making throughout the program lifecycle.

Reporting & Stakeholder Engagement

• Prepare technical reports, executive summaries, engineering assessments, and recommendations for PMCM Management and the Client.
• Lead technical workshops, multidisciplinary coordination meetings, engineering review sessions, and stakeholder engagements while promoting continuous improvement and engineering excellence.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, Utility Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Chartered Professional membership or equivalent professional accreditation.
• Minimum of fifteen (15) years of professional experience in infrastructure engineering, utilities, transportation, land development, urban development, or major capital projects.
• Experience within PMCM, PMC, EPCM, consultancy, developer, or client-side organizations, preferably on large-scale infrastructure and land development programs in Saudi Arabia or the GCC.

Skills & Competencies

• Infrastructure and Utility Engineering.
• Technical Governance and Engineering Assurance.
• Multidisciplinary Design and Technical Reviews.
• Infrastructure Integration and Utility Coordination.
• Roads, Drainage, Irrigation, and Transportation Systems.
• Electrical and Telecommunications Infrastructure.
• Technical Risk and Change Management.
• Value Engineering and Technical Compliance.
• Engineering Standards and Regulatory Coordination.
• Executive Technical Reporting and Stakeholder Management.
• Leadership, Strategic Thinking, Communication, and Problem Solving.