Head of Project Department (Construction)

The Head of Project Department leads ACSC's full project portfolio end-to-end-from planning and mobilization through execution, handover, and close-out. This role sets project governance, drives on time/on budget delivery, ensures quality and HSE compliance, and builds a high performing project delivery organization across multiple sites.

Tasks

• Develop and oversee comprehensive project plans, ensuring alignment with company objectives and adherence to industry standards.
• Lead and manage a team of project managers, providing guidance and support to ensure successful project execution and delivery.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams, including architects, engineers, and contractors, to ensure seamless coordination and communication throughout all project phases.
• Monitor project progress, budgets, and schedules, implementing necessary adjustments to mitigate risks and address any potential issues promptly.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with clients and stakeholders, ensuring their needs and expectations are met while fostering long term partnerships.

Requirements Key Responsibilities Project Leadership & Delivery

• Lead the full project portfolio (concurrent sites) to achieve schedule, cost, quality, and safety targets.
• Establish project execution standards (processes, templates, reporting cadence, change control, document control).
• Ensure consistent project planning: WBS, baseline schedules, critical path tracking, and recovery plans.

Commercial & Contracts

• Oversee project commercial performance with QS/Contracts (budgets, cost to complete, variations, claims, EOT support).
• Lead change management and ensure approvals/variations are documented and controlled.
• Coordinate with procurement and suppliers to protect lead times and manage material/subcontractor risks.

Quality, HSE & Compliance

• Ensure projects comply with approved drawings/specs, Saudi regulations, and internal QA/QC plans.
• Enforce HSE standards across sites; drive proactive risk controls and incident prevention.

Stakeholder Management

• Own client communication and executive level reporting (progress, risks, decisions needed).
• Align with design/engineering, procurement, finance, and site teams to remove blockers fast.

People & Capability Building

• Build and lead Project Managers, Planning Engineers, Site Engineers, QA/QC, HSE, and PMO functions.
• Coach the team on delivery discipline, reporting, and decision making; manage performance and succession.