Assistant Project Manager - Transport

Assistant Project Manager - Transport

Country: Saudi Arabia Position Location: Riyadh, KSA Contract Type: Permanent Work Pattern: Full Time Sector: Transport Discipline: Project programme and commercial management Job Ref: 3088 Recruiter Contact: Salem Alnahdi About the Job: Mott MacDonald is looking for an Assistant Project Manager to manage and administer the delivery of a portfolio of Transport projects and future opportunities (proposals).
Key responsibilities and duties are listed, but not limited to, the below:

• Assisting and supporting the Project Manager in Managing the full life-cycle of the project and ensuring the project is successfully completed from beginning to end including project kick-off, designing, execution and completion, all whilst ensuring compliance with Mott MacDonald’s internal controls and policies,
• Control, monitor and manage project costs and schedule, scope, quality of work and project controls,
• Monitor the Key Performance Indicators for the projects,
• Manage risks and mitigation measures identified by the project team,
• Manage change that is identified by the project team,
• Prepare monthly reports on project performance and progress for the client and internal stakeholders,
• Support presentations of monthly progress to clients and internal stakeholders,
• Supporting the management of bids through the full life cycle and ensuring the bid is successfully completed,
• Mentor and develop staff, providing leadership and a positive working environment,
• Monitor and review compliance with the requirements of the Group’s management system and report findings,
• Identifying, building and maintaining key relationships both internally within Mott MacDonald and externally with key clients.
  

Role Requirements :

• Bachelor’s Degree from an established university; a Master’s Degree in Project and/ or Programme Management would be a distinct advantage,
• Member of an internationally recognised professional body; membership of an accredited, recognized Project Management Institution would be a distinct advantage,
• Prior experience of working on a diverse range of infrastructure projects including highways, metros and rail, airports, land development projects etc,
• A strong practical approach to project management with the ability to work in a collaborative and cooperative manner with both the project team and Client to ensure that the project KPIs are achieved,
• Continuously looking for innovations and improvements to manage workload and accomplish deliverables across individuals, teams and projects,
• Using leadership skills to build and nurture relationships and also creating effective working environments,
• Able to manage multiple teams with diverse backgrounds on geographically and culturally diverse teams,
• Adopting an adaptive mindset and using strategic and critical thinking to approach problems in a new way,
• Ability to deal efficiently with priorities and manage time appropriately,
• Advanced level proficiency with all MS Office products, including: Outlook; Word; Excel; and PowerPoint,
• A dedicated team player with strong interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written,
• Ability to effectively communicate at all levels including external stakeholders,
• Adopting a proactive approach towards complex tasks and overall delivery,
• Sound knowledge of professional and international standards

Our Purpose
At Mott MacDonald, our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do; relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of our organisation. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate, rather take positive steps towards creating a diverse and inclusive working environment.
Flexible Working
At Mott MacDonald, we support our staff to create work-life balance which works for them and welcome candidates looking for career flexibility. We are open to discussing flexible working at interview stage.
We can offer:

• 90 calendar days’ paid maternity leave
• Competitive annual leave
• An annual professional institution subscription
• Annual company performance bonus scheme – Subject to company performance