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Decima International

<div><div>Decima International is a professional services company, providing project management and controls services to clients in the United States and the Middle East. Our mission is to become the premier professional services provider across all industry sectors we are engaged in. To accomplish this, Decima International's founders established a simple yet powerful formula:

Approach each client engagement as a partnership, create an environment that attracts the most talented professionals and allows them to flourish, and regulate growth to maintain excellence in our service standards.</div>
If you are interested in a long and rewarding career working with high-profile clients on some of the most challenging projects in the world, then Decima is where you belong. At Decima, you will be able to explore incredible growth and professional development opportunities.

We are seeking an accomplished and highly motivated Stakeholder Manager to lead stakeholder coordination and engagement activities for a large-scale data center project in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This client-facing role requires strong communication, coordination, and relationship management skills, with a focus on ensuring effective alignment between internal teams, clients, authorities, consultants, contractors, and other key project stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of stakeholder management within large-scale construction, infrastructure, or mission-critical projects and will be capable of managing complex interfaces across multiple parties throughout the project lifecycle.

You will play a key role in supporting project delivery by maintaining clear communication channels, managing stakeholder expectations, resolving interface challenges, and ensuring that approvals, permits, decisions, and project requirements are properly coordinated and tracked.

RESPONSIBILITIES
<ul>
<li>Lead stakeholder management and coordination activities across the project, ensuring effective communication and alignment between all internal and external stakeholders.</li>
<li>Develop, maintain, and update the stakeholder engagement plan, stakeholder register, communication matrix, and interface tracking tools.</li>
<li>Identify key project stakeholders, including client representatives, government authorities, utility providers, consultants, contractors, vendors, local entities, and internal project teams.</li>
<li>Manage day-to-day stakeholder communications, ensuring that project updates, requirements, decisions, risks, and actions are clearly communicated and documented.</li>
<li>Coordinate with project managers, design teams, construction teams, consultants, contractors, and client representatives to resolve stakeholder-related issues and support project progress.</li>
<li>Facilitate stakeholder meetings, workshops, coordination sessions, and progress reviews, ensuring clear agendas, action items, ownership, and follow-up.</li>
<li>Track approvals, permits, authority submissions, NOCs, design reviews, technical decisions, and other stakeholder-dependent project deliverables.</li>
<li>Monitor stakeholder concerns, constraints, and expectations, escalating critical matters to project leadership when required.</li>
<li>Support interface management between different project disciplines, contractors, vendors, authorities, and client-side teams.</li>
<li>Ensure stakeholder requirements are properly captured, communicated, and reflected in project plans, schedules, reports, and delivery strategies.</li>
<li>Prepare regular stakeholder reports, dashboards, action trackers, meeting minutes, and executive summaries for project leadership and client review.</li>
<li>Support the resolution of conflicts, communication gaps, and coordination challenges between project stakeholders.</li>
<li>Coordinate with project controls, risk, commercial, design, procurement, construction, and commissioning teams to ensure stakeholder-related impacts are identified and managed.</li>
<li>Maintain accurate records of stakeholder engagement activities, correspondence, commitments, approvals, risks, and decisions.</li>
<li>Promote a collaborative project environment by building strong working relationships with stakeholders and supporting timely decision-making.</li>
</ul>
QUALIFICATIONS

Required qualifications:
<ul>
<li>10+ years of experience in stakeholder management, project coordination, interface management, project management, or construction management within large-scale construction, infrastructure, or mission-critical projects.</li>
<li>Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Engineering Management, Architecture, Business Administration, Communications, or a related field.</li>
<li>Prior experience working on data center, mission-critical, infrastructure, industrial, utilities, or large-scale building projects.</li>
<li>Strong understanding of stakeholder management principles, including stakeholder identification, engagement planning, communication management, issue resolution, and reporting.</li>
<li>Experience working on hyperscale data centers or other large-scale, mission-critical facilities.</li>
<li>Experience working in a PMC, owner's representative, or client-side project management environment.</li>
<li>Previous experience working in KSA or the wider GCC region.</li>
<li>Knowledge of local authority coordination, permitting processes, utilities coordination, and regulatory requirements in Saudi Arabia.</li>
<li>Familiarity with Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Power BI, Procore, Aconex, Oracle Primavera Cloud, or other project management and reporting platforms.</li>
<li>Experience coordinating with clients, consultants, contractors, government authorities, utility providers, vendors, and multidisciplinary project teams.</li>
<li>Experience managing authority approvals, permits, NOCs, submissions, technical reviews, and project-related stakeholder dependencies.</li>
<li>Strong ability to manage complex interfaces across design, construction, procurement, commercial, project controls, and commissioning teams.</li>
<li>Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to engage confidently with senior stakeholders, client representatives, and technical teams.</li>
<li>Strong organizational skills with the ability to track multiple actions, approvals, decisions, and stakeholder commitments simultaneously.</li>
<li>Ability to identify stakeholder-related risks, constraints, and dependencies and escalate issues in a timely and professional manner.</li>
<li>Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to resolve coordination challenges and support practical project delivery solutions.</li>
<li>Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.</li>
</ul>
Preferred qualifications:
<ul>
<li>Master's degree in Construction Management, Engineering Management, Project Management, Business Administration, or a related field.</li>
<li>Professional certifications such as PMP, RICS, APM, PMI-SP, or other relevant project/stakeholder management certifications.</li>
<li>Arabic language capability is preferred but not required.</li>
</ul>
POSITION DETAILS
<ul>
<li>Location (On-site): Riyadh, Saudi Arabia</li>
<li>Position: Stakeholder Manager</li>
<li>Position Classification: Salary-based full-time hours</li>
</ul>
Please note: This position is part of our anticipated expansion in KSA. While we are excited about the opportunities this role will offer, the position is not currently active and is associated with the planned launch of our operations in the region. By applying, you acknowledge that this is a future opportunity and not an offer of immediate employment. We appreciate your interest and encourage you to express your intent to be considered once the role becomes available.<div>
Decima International is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to the safety and well-being of all. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law.</div></div>

Stakeholder Manager

Qiddiya | القدية

<div>
 The Senior Manager leads project controls and financial governance across assigned projects or portfolios, ensuring robust oversight of contracts, budgets, schedules, risks, and reporting. The role provides strategic financial insight, strengthens control frameworks, and supports senior leadership in informed decision-making.
 
 
 Key Responsibilities
 
 
 <ul>
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 Manage contract variations, change orders, and extension of time/cost claims, ensuring proper evaluation, documentation, approvals, and reporting.
 </li>
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 Oversee utilization of project contingencies and provisional sums, ensuring disciplined budget control and alignment with approved business cases.
 </li>
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 Direct cost monitoring, forecasting, and variance analysis, providing clear insights and mitigation strategies to senior management.
 </li>
 <li>
 Ensure integrity and reconciliation of data across SAP, Primavera P6, Unifier, BIM, and related systems.
 </li>
 <li>
 Oversee monthly accrual reviews and financial close activities to ensure accuracy and compliance.
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 Provide high-level oversight of schedule changes and integrated cost/schedule impacts.
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 Lead risk and opportunity reviews, ensuring timely identification, assessment, and escalation of key exposures.
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 Act as a senior liaison between Finance, Commercial, and Project Delivery teams to ensure transparency and alignment.
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 Mentor and guide project controls teams, promoting governance, accountability, and continuous improvement
 
 
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 </ul>
 
 Requirements
 
 
 
 Bachelor's degree
 
 
 Working knowledge or certification on project tools such as: primavera, p6, unifier, SAP project module. (required)
 
 
 
 Professional Certifications
 
 
 
 Professional certifications such as CPA/ MBA are preferred
 
 
 Certificate in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution - RICS or similar are preferred
 
 
 Project Management Professional (PMP) is preferred.
 
 
 8+ years of experience in Project Controls, or Development Finance as part of large construction company or large developer or PMC.
</div>

Senior Manager - Financial Planning and Analysis (CORS 251)

KEO International Consultants

<div>Overview:
<div>
KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration &ndash; through conceptualization &ndash; to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 60 years we&rsquo;ve led with vision, contributing to many of the world&rsquo;s most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.</div><div></div><div> 
As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is recognized by ENR as one of the Top 225 International Design Firms and one of the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms. We are also ranked by World Architecture as the 57th largest global architecture firm and the #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2024 WA100 Survey.</div><div></div><div> 
We invite you to join us. Why?</div><div></div><div> 
When you join KEO, you&rsquo;ll discover more than just a job &ndash; you&rsquo;ll find a supportive environment that fosters your professional development through internal global mobility and career development and does so within a culture that supports company-wide health and well-being through on-demand counselling services and regular workplace clinics. You will be invited to celebrate community events such as sports days, fun-runs, in-house sports teams and beach clean ups. In addition to your competitive package and benefits you will have access to a suite of policies that include hybrid working arrangements, individual athletic sponsorship, study assistance sponsorship, employee referral rewards, mentoring and coaching programs and extensive in-house on demand learning courses.</div><div> 
Our newest opportunity is for a talented Performance Specialist to join our award-winning team based in Alkhobar.
</div><div>This position is responsible for ensuring that the requirements of the contract documents are implemented and maintained throughout the contract period and to assist in the review of contractual notices of claims.</div>
Responsibilities:
<div>
Our newest opportunity is for an experienced Planning Engineer to join the Project Controls team for a high-profile arena construction project in, Riyadh. This is a key role in the supervision/PMC or construction management team supporting the delivery of one of Vision 2030&rsquo;s flagship giga-projects.</div><div>
The Planning Engineer will develop, maintain, and monitor comprehensive project schedules using Primavera P6. You will provide critical planning and controls support to the Project Director, Resident Engineer, and Project Management team, ensuring the arena (including civil, structural, architectural, MEP, and fit-out elements) is delivered on time, within budget, and in coordination with multiple packages and stakeholders.</div><div></div><div> 
1. Schedule Development &amp; Maintenance</div><ul><li>
Developing, updating, and maintaining detailed baseline and revised project schedules using Primavera P6 across the full project lifecycle, including design, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, and handover.</li><li>
Incorporating all work packages, interfaces, milestones, resources, and dependencies specific to arena construction, including structural steel erection, seating bowl, roof systems, concourses, MEP integration, fit-out, and external works.</li><li>
Performing resource loading, leveling, and optimization, while developing recovery and acceleration plans as required.</li><li>
Preparing 3-week and 90-day look-ahead schedules and integrating subcontractor programmes.</li></ul><div>
2. Progress Monitoring &amp; Analysis</div><ul><li>
Monitoring and tracking actual progress against the baseline on a weekly and monthly basis through site data collection, progress measurement, and schedule updates.</li><li>
Analyzing schedule variances, critical path impacts, and potential delays, while preparing what-if scenarios, mitigation strategies, and Extension of Time (EOT) support documentation.</li><li>
Conducting delay analyses, including time impact and windows analyses, and supporting claims evaluations for the Engineer/PMC.</li><li>
Integrating planning activities with cost control processes, including S-curves, cash flow forecasts, and risk management frameworks.</li></ul><div>
3. Reporting &amp; Communication</div><ul><li>
Preparing high-quality weekly, monthly, and ad-hoc planning reports, dashboards, and presentations for the Project Director, Engineer, Client (Qiddiya Investment Company), and other key stakeholders.</li><li>
Attending progress meetings, coordination meetings, and workshops, while presenting schedule updates, findings, and recommendations.</li><li>
Maintaining accurate planning records, baseline logs, and audit trails to ensure contractual compliance with FIDIC or similar contract frameworks.</li></ul><div>
4. Coordination &amp; Interface Management</div><ul><li>
Coordinating with Civil, Structural, MEP, and Architectural disciplines, package contractors, consultants, and authorities to ensure realistic and integrated scheduling.</li><li>
Managing interfaces between multiple contracts and work packages typical of Qiddiya giga-project environments.</li><li>
Supporting the project risk register by identifying, assessing, and tracking schedule-related risks and opportunities.</li></ul><div>
5. Project Controls Support</div><ul><li>
Assisting in budget phasing, earned value management (EVM), and performance measurement activities.</li><li>
Providing planning input to variation orders, claims, and commercial evaluations.</li><li>
Contributing to handover planning, commissioning schedules, and defects liability period activities to ensure the arena&rsquo;s operational readiness.</li></ul><div>
6. Continuous Improvement</div><ul><li>
Implementing project planning and controls best practices aligned with international standards and KSA giga-project requirements.</li><li>
Training and mentoring junior planning staff where applicable.</li><li>
Leveraging digital tools such as Primavera Cloud, Power BI, and BIM integration to enhance project visibility, reporting, and operational efficiency.</li></ul>
Qualifications:
<div>
To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that your career journey to date 8&ndash;12+ years of relevant experience in planning/scheduling for large-scale construction projects, with at least 5 years on mega-projects (stadiums, arenas, sports venues, infrastructure, or giga-projects in KSA/GCC highly preferred).</div><ul><li>
 Bachelor&rsquo;s degree in civil engineering, or a related field</li><li>
 Expert-level proficiency in Oracle Primavera P6 (mandatory; latest versions).</li><li>
 Strong working knowledge of MS Project, Excel (advanced), Power BI, and MS Office.</li><li>
 Familiarity with FIDIC contracts, project controls best practices, and delay analysis methodologies.</li><li>
 Experience with resource/cost-loaded schedules and Earned Value Management.</li></ul><div>
Other Requirements</div><ul><li>
 Proven track record on complex, fast-track projects with multiple interfaces.</li><li>
 Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills (English essential; Arabic advantageous).</li><li>
 Ability to work effectively in a multicultural, site-based environment under pressure.</li><li>
 Knowledge of Saudi regulations, Vision 2030 delivery standards, and arena-specific construction sequencing is a strong advantage.</li></ul><div>
Desirable Certifications</div><ul><li>
PMP (Project Management Professional) or equivalent.</li><li>
Primavera P6 certification or advanced training.</li><li>
Planning/Scheduling certifications (e.g., from AACE, PMI-SP).</li><li>
HSE awareness certification.</li></ul><div></div><div> 
KEO&rsquo;s performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety and our people. We embrace diversity and recognise its&rsquo; contribution to client success wherever we work.</div><div>
We are excited to hear how you can partner with our award-winning team and treat all expressions of interest confidentially.</div></div>

Planning Engineer

Cyber Security Consultant

Decima International is a professional services company, providing project management and controls services to clients in the United States and the Middle East. Our mission is to become the premier professional services provider across all industry sectors we are engaged in. To accomplish this, Decima International's founders established a simple yet powerful formula: Approach each client engagement as a partnership, create an environment that attracts the most talented professionals and allows them to flourish, and regulate growth to maintain excellence in our service standards. If you are interested in a long and rewarding career working with high-profile clients on some of the most challenging projects in the world, then Decima is where you belong. At Decima, you will be able to explore incredible growth and professional development opportunities. We are looking for a driven and capable Senior Document Controller to support major data center and telecommunications infrastructure programs in KSA. This role will be responsible for building, administering, and maintaining a structured technical document management system covering engineering drawings, equipment manuals, O&amp;M procedures, operating procedures, and related technical records across the facility lifecycle. The ideal candidate has strong document control experience within mission-critical, telecom, or large-scale infrastructure environments, with the ability to consolidate documentation from multiple sources, manage strict version control, and ensure technical records remain complete, current, accurate, and readily retrievable. This is a hands-on, site-based role focused on technical document management, version control, document sourcing, revision tracking, records retrieval, EDMS administration, and documentation governance. We are looking to bring in dedicated individuals with a passion for innovation and talent for multitasking in a fast-paced environment. We will help you grow, pursue, and fulfill what inspires you so we can make big impacts on the world, together. RESPONSIBILITIES Design, build, and maintain a structured technical document management system for engineering drawings, equipment manuals, O&amp;M manuals, operating procedures, and related technical documentation. Define and enforce document numbering, classification, file-naming conventions, folder structures, metadata standards, and access controls across technical document types and disciplines. Retrieve, collect, consolidate, and register technical documentation from designers, EPC contractors, equipment vendors, OEMs, commissioning teams, and other document originators. Track outstanding technical documentation against equipment and system delivery schedules, following up with originators to close documentation gaps. Verify completeness and accuracy of received documentation packages, including drawings, manuals, datasheets, test certificates, and supporting records, before filing and registration. Maintain rigorous version control across all technical documents, ensuring only current and approved revisions are in active use. Manage revision histories and audit trails for controlled documents, including initiation, review, approval, supersession, archival, and traceability records. Coordinate document updates resulting from equipment upgrades, retrofits, system modifications, design changes, firmware updates, technical bulletins, or equipment revisions. Build and maintain a complete equipment manual library across mechanical, electrical, fire/life-safety, BMS, and controls systems, mapped to asset registers where applicable. Maintain as-built and current design drawing sets across mechanical, electrical, fire protection, controls, and related disciplines. Ensure superseded drawings and documents are clearly archived, retired from active use, and traceable for audit and reference purposes. Respond to internal and client requests for technical documentation retrieval within agreed turnaround times. Support operations, maintenance, commissioning, and engineering teams by providing accurate access to current-revision documents. Produce periodic reports on documentation completeness, outstanding items, revision currency, and technical library status. Administer the document control platform or EDMS, including user access, workflows, version control settings, and document control processes. Continuously improve document control standards, repository structure, and document management processes to support scalability across project phases. QUALIFICATIONS Required qualifications: Bachelor's degree or diploma in Engineering, Information Management, Document Control, Business Administration, or a related field. 7&ndash;10 years of document control experience. Minimum 3 years of experience managing technical documentation, including engineering drawings, equipment manuals, O&amp;M manuals, operating procedures, or related technical records on mission-critical, telecom, or large-scale infrastructure programs. Proven experience building, administering, or maintaining structured document management systems using documentation from multiple sources. Experience in retrieving, consolidating, verifying, and controlling documents from designers, contractors, vendors, OEMs, commissioning teams, and other originators. Demonstrated experience managing version control, revision histories, audit trails, superseded documents, and document updates driven by equipment upgrades, design changes, or system modifications. Strong working knowledge of EDMS platforms such as Aconex, SharePoint, BIW, Procore, or similar systems. Working familiarity with structured numbering, classification systems, file-naming conventions, metadata standards, and document lifecycle management. Ability to manage technical documentation across mechanical, electrical, fire/life-safety, BMS, controls, and related facility systems. Ability to support operations, maintenance, commissioning, and engineering teams with timely retrieval of accurate current-revision documents. Working familiarity with ISO 19650, ISO 9001 documentation practices, document lifecycle management, and technical records governance. Fluent in Arabic and English, written and spoken. Exceptional attention to detail and ability to operate within strict version-control and document control discipline. Strong organizational, prioritization, follow-up, reporting, and communication skills. Ability to maintain site presence and commute between project locations within KSA as required. Preferred qualifications: Document control certification, such as CDCS, CDCP, or equivalent. Prior experience managing technical documentation for a telecom operator, government entity, or PIF-affiliated client in Saudi Arabia. Experience supporting hyperscale, colocation, data center, mission-critical facility, telecom, or major infrastructure technical libraries. Experience building a document management system from a fragmented or incomplete documentation baseline. Experience with commissioning-stage document handover, O&amp;M manual compilation, asset documentation, or technical library closeout. Experience managing vendor/OEM documentation updates related to firmware, technical bulletins, equipment revisions, upgrades, or retrofits. Saudi national or transferable iqama preferred. POSITION DETAILS Location (On-site): Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Position: Senior Document Controller Position Classification: Project-Based Please note: This position is part of our anticipated expansion in KSA. While we are excited about the opportunities this role will offer, the position is not currently active and is associated with the planned launch of our operations in the region. By applying, you acknowledge that this is a future opportunity and not an offer of immediate employment. We appreciate your interest and encourage you to express your intent to be considered once the role becomes available. Decima International is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to the safety and well-being of all. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law.

Senior Document Controller (Data Center Exp is a must)

Decima International is a professional services company, providing project management and controls services to clients in the United States and the Middle East. Our mission is to become the premier professional services provider across all industry sectors we are engaged in. To accomplish this, Decima International's founders established a simple yet powerful formula: Approach each client engagement as a partnership, create an environment that attracts the most talented professionals and allows them to flourish, and regulate growth to maintain excellence in our service standards. We are seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer / Electrical Operations Subject Matter Expert (SME) to support mission-critical data center projects through design review, commissioning, operational readiness, and facility operations. This role requires strong technical knowledge of electrical infrastructure supporting Tier III and Tier IV data centers, with the ability to evaluate operational risks, develop procedures, and support clients across all phases of the facility lifecycle. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with critical electrical systems, operational best practices, electrical safety, switching procedures, energized work controls, and critical environment procedures. This includes the development, review, and validation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Emergency Operating Procedures (EOPs), and Methods of Procedure (MOPs). You will play a key role in reviewing electrical designs for operability, maintainability, reliability, and resiliency; supporting commissioning and operational readiness; and serving as a trusted technical advisor to clients. Experience supporting hyperscale, colocation, enterprise, or mission-critical facilities in Saudi Arabia or the broader GCC region is highly desirable. RESPONSIBILITIES Provide technical expertise for critical electrical systems, including utility service, MV/LV distribution, switchgear, transformers, UPS systems, STS, ATS, PDUs, RPPs, busway systems, emergency generators, generator paralleling systems, BESS, grounding and bonding systems, protective relaying, and power monitoring systems. Review electrical designs for operability, maintainability, reliability, resiliency, redundancy, and compliance with client operational standards. Participate in design reviews, constructability reviews, commissioning readiness reviews, operational readiness assessments, project meetings, and technical workshops. Evaluate electrical system performance, operational risk, redundancy strategies, switching sequences, failure modes, maintenance bypass arrangements, and reliability objectives. Develop and improve preventive and predictive maintenance strategies for critical electrical infrastructure. Review maintenance procedures, electrical operating practices, test procedures, switching procedures, energized work controls, commissioning reports, and operational acceptance documentation. Develop, review, edit, and approve SOPs, EOPs, and MOPs, ensuring alignment with client standards, applicable codes, electrical safety requirements, and industry best practices. Conduct technical reviews of procedures for operational accuracy, safety, risk mitigation, and alignment with actual facility configurations. Facilitate procedure validation exercises, tabletop reviews, operational readiness workshops, and cross-functional technical reviews. Support change management and operational governance programs related to electrical systems, switching operations, maintenance activities, and facility operations. Verify that electrical systems operate in accordance with design intent, approved sequences, client requirements, and operational reliability objectives. Prepare clear and technically accurate documentation, including engineering reports, risk assessments, operating procedures, technical evaluations, and review comments. Serve as a trusted technical advisor to clients and coordinate with engineering, commissioning, construction, contractor, project management, and operations teams. Support business development activities by providing electrical technical expertise during client engagements, where required. QUALIFICATIONS Required qualifications: 10+ years of experience in electrical engineering, electrical operations, commissioning, mission-critical engineering, facility operations, or comparable technical environments. Minimum 5+ years of direct data center or critical facilities operations experience. Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering discipline. Strong understanding of electrical infrastructure supporting critical facilities and Tier III / Tier IV data centers. Demonstrated experience developing, reviewing, and validating SOPs, EOPs, and MOPs. Strong technical knowledge of utility service, MV/LV distribution, switchgear, transformers, UPS systems, STS, ATS, PDUs, RPPs, busway systems, emergency generators, generator paralleling systems, BESS, grounding and bonding systems, protective relaying, and power monitoring systems. Experience evaluating electrical systems for operational risk, redundancy, resiliency, maintainability, reliability, and compliance with operational requirements. Working knowledge of mission-critical industry standards, codes, and operational best practices, including ASHRAE, NFPA, ISO, IEC, Uptime Institute Tier Standards, TIA-942, BICSI, IBC, IFC, IECC, local authority requirements, and other applicable international standards. Ability to apply engineering standards to real-world data center design, commissioning, operations, maintenance, operational readiness, and emergency response. Strong understanding of change management, Permit-to-Work systems, Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), energized electrical work procedures, switching procedures, risk assessments, incident response, root cause analysis, preventive maintenance, reliability-centered maintenance (RCM), and continuous improvement. Excellent technical writing, documentation, communication, and presentation skills. Ability to work effectively with clients, contractors, commissioning authorities, facility operations teams, and multidisciplinary project teams. Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, organizational, and time management skills. Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as required. Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook. Preferred qualifications: Direct experience supporting mission-critical facilities in Saudi Arabia or the broader GCC region. Experience supporting hyperscale data centers such as AWS, Google, Microsoft, Meta, Oracle, or similar environments. Experience with colocation providers such as QTS, Equinix, Digital Realty, Compass Datacenters, Vantage, Aligned, STACK Infrastructure, CyrusOne, or similar operators. Minimum 5+ years of project or program management experience leading complex, multidisciplinary technical projects. Professional Engineer (PE), Chartered Engineer status, or equivalent professional registration. Experience serving as a Commissioning Authority (CxA), Owner's Engineer, Owner's Representative, or client-side technical advisor. Experience supporting Tier III or Tier IV data center operations, commissioning, operational readiness, electrical procedure validation, or electrical reliability programs. Professional certifications related to data centers, electrical safety, commissioning, operations, or project management are preferred. POSITION DETAILS Location (On-site): Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Position: Electrical Engineer / Electrical Operations Subject Matter Expert Position Classification: Project-Based Please note: This position is part of our anticipated expansion in KSA. While we are excited about the opportunities this role will offer, the position is not currently active and is associated with the planned launch of our operations in the region. By applying, you acknowledge that this is a future opportunity and not an offer of immediate employment. We appreciate your interest and encourage you to express your intent to be considered once the role becomes available. Decima International is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to the safety and well-being of all. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law.

Electrical Engineer / Electrical Operations Subject Matter Expert (Data Centers)

Qiddiya Investment Company

<div>The Senior Director &ndash; Project Controls will establish and lead a high performing, standardized integrated Project Controls function within Qiddiya&rsquo;s Transport Business Unit, encompassing Cost Planning and Reporting, Programme (Schedule) Management and Document Control.
Reporting to the Executive Director, Development Management Office, this role will be instrumental in bringing rigour, consistency and confidence to how cost, schedule and reporting are managed across all transport projects. The Senior Director will drive the development of a unified cost-planning framework, ensure disciplined budget approvals and financial tracking in partnership with the Central Development Unit and strengthen programme assurance and logiv testing across the project portfolio.
Qiddiya Investment Company is dedicated to revolutionizing the entertainment and leisure industry in Saudi Arabia, and we are looking for a dynamic and experienced Senior Director of Project Controls for our DMO Transportation Division. This pivotal role will involve overseeing and enhancing the project controls framework for the transportation infrastructure projects within the Qiddiya destination. Your leadership will ensure the efficient handling of multiple projects critical to developing a seamless experience across our entertainment platform.
Key Objectives (First 18 months) Responsibilities<ul><li>
Develop and implement a consistent, robust cost planning framework across all projects replacing ad hoc practices with clear methodologies, templates and governance requirements. Ensure project teams adopt the framework and are trained to apply it accurately and consistently.</li><li>
Work closely with the Centrral Development Unit to define and embed a transparent budget approval and funding process, ensuring all projects have approved budgets aligned with corporate systems. Establish clear controls for ongoing budget tracking and change management, providing senior management with full confidence in reported financials.</li><li>
Strengthen programme management discipline by introducing logical, evidence based schedule validation across all projects. Ensure baseline schedules, float, dependencies and critical paths are realistic and defensible. Build capability within the planning team to challenge delivery timelines and assess delay impacts objectively.</li><li>
Embed cost, schedule, risk and change management integration within project reporting ensuring one version of truth and a common control baseline.</li><li>
Partner closely with the Transport Business Unit Governance team to align processes, approvals and reporting with organizational standards and external assurance requirements.</li><li>
Work seamlessly with the Senior Directors of Procurement, Commercial and Finance, Risk and Compliance &amp; Reporting and maintain strong interfaces with the Central Delivery Unit (CDU) and Strategic Delivery Unit (SDU) to ensure alignment and transparency across the delivery program.</li><li>
Recruit, develop and empower a capable project controls team covering cost, programme, and document control disciplines fostering a culture of accuracy, responsiveness and continuous improvement.</li></ul>
Key Responsibilities<ul><li>
Lead the establishment of an integrated Project Controls Framework governing cost planning, schedule management, change control and reporting across all projects
</li><li>Create detailed cost planning standards and templates, defining inputs, assumptions and review checkpoints to drive consistency across project cost plans.</li><li>
Oversee the preparation, validation and ongoing maintenance of project budgets, ensuring traceability between approved budgets, cost plans and funding sources.</li><li>
Collaborate with the Central Development Unit and Finance to embed the budget approval process, track funding allocations and provide transparent reporting of financial performance.</li><li>
Ensure all projects maintain accurate and logically structured programmes, validated through formal schedule assurance reviews.</li><li>
Manage scheduling, budgeting, cost control, and risk management activities to ensure timely and cost-effective project execution.</li><li>
Work collaboratively with project managers, engineers, and stakeholders to define project baselines and establish governance structures.</li><li>
Provide expert analysis and insight into project performance, preparing detailed reporting for senior management and stakeholders.</li><li>
Provide senior management with clear, reliable and data driven insights through regular dashboards and performance reviews.</li><li>
Embed project control staff within project teams to ensrue accurate data capture, timely reporting and partnership with project delivery.</li><li>
Ensure document control process maintain version integrity, traceability and audit readiness.</li><li>
Continuously review and improve project controls processes in line with industry advancements and organizational objectives.</li><li>
Maintain a strong focus on compliance, safety, and quality assurance throughout project lifecycles.</li></ul> 

Requirements 
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Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Engineering, Construction Management, Project management or a related field; a Master&rsquo;s degree is preferred.</li><li>
At least 15 &ndash; 20+ years of experience in project controls, specifically in transportation or large-scale infrastructure projects.</li><li>
Advanced capability with project Control tools (Primavera P6, CostOS, Power BI etc).</li><li>
Demonstrated leadership experience supervising project controls teams in complex project environments.</li><li>
Deep understanding of project control techniques, including scheduling, cost estimation, and risk assessment methodologies.</li><li>
Excellent analytical skills paired with the ability to provide strategic recommendations based on data-driven insights.</li><li>
Outstanding communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with diverse stakeholders.</li><li>
Expertise in project management software and tools to drive project efficiency.</li><li>
Professional certifications, such as Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent, are highly valued.</li><li>
Prior experience in transport or large scale infrastructure</li></ul> 

Benefits 
Offering a comprehensive compensation and benefits package.</div>

Senior Director - Project Controls - Transport - 20003758 HS8

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