Site Manager (Civil)

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Posted on 12/28/2025

The Site Manager (Civil) is responsible for the overall execution of civil works for the high-voltage substation project, ensuring construction is completed safely, on time, in compliance with approved drawings, specifications, and quality standards, and in coordination with other disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Overall management of civil construction activities, including earthworks, foundations, control building, cable trenches, roads, and drainage.
• Ensuring availability of required resources (manpower, equipment, materials, plant, tools and safety gear, etc.).
• Ensure construction is executed in accordance with the approved IFC drawings, method statements, and project schedule.
• Overseeing work done by working groups, sub-contractors and other agencies.
• Close coordination with all members of the execution team, supervisors, consultants, other agencies and the client.
• Ensuring implementation of quality control requirements, procedures and guidelines.
• Monitor daily site progress, identify risks, and implement corrective actions.
• Preparation and submission of daily, weekly and monthly progress reports and attending progress review meetings.
• Ensuring work execution as per standards, specifications, procedures and good engineering practices.
• Ensuring inspections, measurements, and approvals of completed work quantities and initiating progress payment claims.
• Review and close site NCRs, observations, and punch items.
• Ensuring site documentation, progress reports, instructions and other records are properly maintained and safeguarded.
• Ensuring completion of job activities according to the approved work schedule and within approved budget targets.

Requirements Special training, technology use, and language skills:

• Problem-Solving Skills.
• Communication Skills.
• Teamwork & Interpersonal Relationship.
• Ability to Motivate People.

COMPETENCIES:

• Practical experience in project site management, preferably in the construction of transmission substations overseas.
• Good understanding of project scheduling and cost control.
• Problem-solving and decision-making under site constraints.
• Familiarity with SEC/utility standards (preferred).
• Good teamwork and interpersonal relationship qualities.
• Leadership qualities possessing strong communication skills, both written and verbal.