Role summary
This role oversees all geotechnical and ground investigation activities across Qiddiya Development, including leading execution of the Cliff Stabilisation Roadmap to ensure long-term stability of the Qiddiya Tuwaiq cliff. Responsible for identifying, mitigating, and integrating geotechnical risks into planning, design, and delivery activities city-wide. Requires expertise in project management, geotechnical engineering, procurement, design management and stakeholder coordination.
Responsibilities
- Establish and lead city-wide geotechnical and ground investigation strategy aligned with Qiddiya's master development plan
- Oversee all geotechnical investigations across the city ensuring data integrity, consistency, and long-term value
- Lead integration of all geotechnical data into Qiddiya's GIS and digital engineering systems for long-term asset management and traceability
- Oversee procurement and management of city-wide geotechnical consultants and ground investigation contractors
- Ensure compliance with international standards, local regulations, and best practices in ground engineering
- Coordinate closely with district development teams to embed geotechnical inputs in early design decisions and construction methodologies
- Implement geotechnical risk register informing prioritisation, scope development, and mitigation strategies across project lifecycle
- Support development of geotechnical specifications, scopes of work, and contract documentation ensuring consistency and technical quality
- Lead strategic planning and execution for city-wide Cliff Stabilisation project including phased delivery strategy development
- Progress project through Qiddiya's Stage Gate governance framework leading development of required Stage Gate deliverables
- Collaborate with Delivery Director to design team organisational structures and implement hiring strategies
- Collaborate with internal teams including procurement, engineering, digital information, planning, cost planning, commercial and delivery
- Coordinate with district master developers ensuring seamless integration of cliff stabilisation solutions with adjacent developments
- Develop and maintain cost plan collaborating with Qiddiya's cost planning team and external cost consultants
- Manage project timelines, budgets, and quality standards across all phases for successful project delivery
- Define and implement procurement strategies including identification and selection of best-fit consultants and contractors
- Act as Scope Owner contributing to all tender processes including drafting RFPs, responding to PTCs, evaluating tenders
- Implement risk management frameworks to identify potential risks and integrate mitigation strategies
- Lead management of technical and design consultants overseeing deliverables ensuring compliance with time, cost, quality parameters
- Oversee review and approval process of technical and design deliverables for alignment with Roadmap, best practices, approval process
- Ensure deliverables are integrated with GIS systems to maintain comprehensive geotechnical database for long-term cliff stability management
- Provide support to district developers and asset managers on cliff-related risks
Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Construction Management, or related field
- Minimum 12-15 years of experience in large-scale infrastructure or development projects with specific expertise in geotechnical and stabilisation works
- Proven experience in project management, contract administration, and procurement within complex development environment
- Strong leadership, excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with ability to manage multidisciplinary teams and external consultants
Education
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Construction Management, or related field
Experience
Minimum 12-15 years of experience in large-scale infrastructure or development projects with specific expertise in geotechnical and stabilisation works
Skills
- Project management
- Contract administration
- Procurement
- Leadership
- Communication
- Stakeholder management
- Multidisciplinary team management
- Geotechnical engineering
- Cliff stabilisation
Education · Experience · Type
Bachelor'sRequires 12+ yearsSalary not stated