Urgent Hiring in Saudi Arabia: Engineering, Project Management & Quantity Surveying Jobs in Riyadh at KEO
KEO is offering excellent career opportunities in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for experienced professionals in engineering, project management, environmental services, quantity surveying, transportation engineering, stakeholder coordination, and project controls. These vacancies are ideal for candidates seeking a strong career path with a highly respected international AEP/PMCM firm involved in major planning, design, infrastructure, construction, and project delivery assignments.↚
The available positions are suitable for candidates with strong technical knowledge, client coordination experience, authority approvals background, cost control expertise, transportation design skills, environmental project leadership, and construction management experience. Applicants with proven experience in project controls, stakeholder management, quantity surveying, engineering consultancy, infrastructure design, and contract administration may find these vacancies a valuable opportunity in the Saudi market.
Available Job Vacancies in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Stakeholder Engineer
- Senior Project Manager - Environment
- Quantity Surveyor
- Senior Transportation Engineer
- Senior Project Controls Manager
1. Stakeholder Engineer
The Stakeholder Engineer will play a key role in managing project interfaces between contractors, consultants, clients, authorities, permitting entities, utility providers, and external stakeholders. This position is ideal for professionals with strong coordination skills, technical communication ability, and experience in complex infrastructure or construction projects.
The role requires developing and maintaining the project interface management plan, defining interface points, and ensuring that all communication protocols, interface schedules, and data exchange procedures are properly established. Candidates with experience in interface management, authority coordination, and stakeholder engagement will be highly suitable.
This opportunity is valuable for engineers who understand how to prevent project delays by resolving interface issues early and maintaining clear communication between multiple project parties. Strong knowledge of civil, MEP, fit-out, systems packages, design coordination, and clash resolution will support success in this role.
- Develop and maintain the project interface management plan.
- Define interface points between contractors, consultants, stakeholders, and authorities.
- Set up communication protocols, interface schedules, and data exchange procedures.
- Track interface deliverables across Civil, MEP, Fit-out, and Systems packages.
- Ensure scope clarity at package boundaries to avoid duplication or scope gaps.
- Monitor interface design packages, clash resolution, and program alignment.
- Act as a single point of contact for interface issues across contractors, the client, and authorities.
- Coordinate with permitting entities, utility providers, and external stakeholders to avoid delays.
2. Senior Project Manager - Environment
The Senior Project Manager - Environment will support the delivery of environmental projects within a professional consulting and project management environment. This role is suitable for senior candidates who have experience leading environmental programs, managing multidisciplinary teams, coordinating with clients, and delivering projects in the built and natural environments.
KEO provides an integrated and agile AEP/PMCM environment where professional development, internal global mobility, health and well-being, workplace support, and community engagement are part of the company culture. This makes the position attractive for candidates seeking a long-term career development opportunity with a recognized international firm.
The ideal candidate should have strong environmental project management experience, a clear understanding of regulatory requirements, client expectations, sustainability objectives, and project delivery processes. Experience in environmental management, consulting services, project delivery, and stakeholder coordination will add strong value.
- Manage environmental projects from planning and conceptualization through delivery.
- Coordinate with clients, internal teams, consultants, and regulatory stakeholders.
- Support environmental compliance, project reporting, and technical delivery standards.
- Lead multidisciplinary teams and ensure project objectives are achieved professionally.
- Contribute to high-quality environmental solutions for major built and natural environment projects.
- Support company-wide health, well-being, and professional development culture.
3. Quantity Surveyor
The Quantity Surveyor will join an award-winning team in Riyadh and represent the firm in regular dealings with contractors throughout the construction stage. This position is responsible for supporting post-contract commercial management, cost control, interim payment evaluation, and project financial procedures.
The successful candidate will communicate with senior cost controllers and senior quantity surveyors regarding project status, progress, variations, claims, and financial control procedures. This role is ideal for candidates with strong experience in cost management, construction contracts, quantity measurement, contractor claims, and commercial reporting.
This opportunity offers valuable exposure to large-scale construction projects, budget monitoring, contract administration, and professional quantity surveying systems. Candidates looking for a stable career path in project commercial management and cost consultancy may find this role highly suitable.
- Implement cost controls and financial control procedures outlined in construction contracts.
- Measure and assess client variations to construction works and contractor claims.
- Evaluate contractor monthly interim payment applications.
- Identify areas of concern and assess their potential impact on the project budget.
- Measure site works from drawings and on-site verification.
- Communicate project status and progress with senior cost controllers and senior quantity surveyors.
- Manage project commercial activities in accordance with established KEO procedures.
4. Senior Transportation Engineer
The Senior Transportation Engineer will join KEO’s award-winning infrastructure team in Riyadh and contribute to traffic and transportation design activities. This role is ideal for experienced engineers with strong knowledge of transportation planning, traffic impact studies, access and circulation strategies, and road network improvement measures.
The position includes preparing Access and Circulation Studies, Transportation Impact Studies, Transportation Master Plans, and traffic survey data reports. Candidates with experience using SYNCHRO, Sidra, HCS, VISUM, and VISSIM will have a strong advantage in this technical engineering role.
This role is suitable for professionals who can support strategic and micro-simulation transport models, prepare presentations for clients and approving authorities, review technical work, mentor junior staff, and respond to proposals. It provides strong professional exposure in infrastructure engineering, transport planning, and major urban development projects.
- Prepare Access and Circulation Studies, Transportation Impact Studies, and Transportation Master Plans.
- Prepare traffic survey data reports and technical transportation documentation.
- Use SYNCHRO, Sidra, and HCS to assess intersection operations and improvement measures.
- Support strategic and micro-simulation transport models including VISUM and VISSIM.
- Prepare and deliver presentations to clients and approving authorities.
- Review engineering work to ensure accuracy, quality, and compliance with engineering standards.
- Mentor junior staff members and support technical proposal responses.
- Develop strong working relationships with colleagues, management, subcontractors, and public stakeholders.
5. Senior Project Controls Manager
The Senior Project Controls Manager will support major project delivery by managing planning, scheduling, cost control, reporting, risk tracking, progress measurement, and performance monitoring. This role is suitable for senior professionals with strong experience in project controls for large infrastructure, construction, engineering, or consultancy projects.
The successful candidate should be able to verify project controls data, provide reliable reporting to senior management, support baseline schedules, track progress, and identify risks that may impact project cost, time, or delivery performance. This role is highly valuable for candidates with experience in project management, planning controls, cost forecasting, and executive reporting.
This position offers strong exposure to high-value projects in Saudi Arabia and supports a professional career path in PMCM, engineering consultancy, construction delivery, and program management. Candidates with leadership skills, analytical ability, and advanced project controls knowledge may find this opportunity highly attractive.
- Manage project controls systems, progress reporting, cost tracking, and schedule monitoring.
- Verify project controls information and ensure reliable reporting for management review.
- Support planning, forecasting, risk identification, and performance measurement.
- Coordinate with project managers, cost teams, planners, engineers, and client representatives.
- Identify project delays, budget risks, and performance concerns early.
- Prepare professional project dashboards, reports, and control updates for senior stakeholders.
General Requirements and Professional Skills
- Relevant experience in engineering consultancy, construction management, environmental projects, transportation, cost control, or project controls.
- Strong technical, commercial, reporting, communication, and stakeholder coordination skills.
- Ability to work with clients, contractors, consultants, authorities, and multidisciplinary teams.
- Good knowledge of Saudi Arabia project delivery standards, authority coordination, and construction procedures is preferred.
- Strong understanding of project documentation, risk management, quality control, cost control, and schedule alignment.
- Professional attitude, leadership ability, and commitment to project excellence.
Benefits and Career Advantages
- Opportunity to work with KEO, a respected international AEP/PMCM firm with major regional experience.
- Strong exposure to iconic projects, infrastructure developments, environmental programs, and construction delivery.
- Potential benefits may include health insurance, workplace clinics, professional development, internal mobility, and well-being support depending on final company policy.
- Excellent opportunity for long-term career development in Saudi Arabia’s engineering and construction market.
- Suitable for professionals seeking stable employment contracts, senior-level exposure, and strong project experience.
How to Apply
Interested candidates who meet the requirements for any of the above vacancies may apply through the official job link below. Applicants should prepare an updated CV highlighting relevant engineering experience, project delivery background, stakeholder coordination, quantity surveying expertise, transportation design knowledge, environmental project management, project controls skills, and major project achievements.