Environment Project Manager

Key Responsibilities • Review, approve, and formally sign off all bi-annual environmental compliance submissions to NCEC. • Review and endorse technical justifications for environmental exceedances, including air quality, noise, and other compliance-related matters, prior to submission. • Approve remediation plans, corrective action reports, and closeout documentation related to NCEC violations and regulatory observations. • Act as the senior point of contact with NCEC, managing regulatory engagement and escalation matters, while ensuring Site Engineers are adequately briefed and supported. • Lead engagement with the Client and PMCM on environmental compliance, performance, risks, and strategic matters. • Allocate responsibilities among the Site Engineers, establish priorities, and define escalation thresholds and decision-making authorities. • Conduct regular progress, performance, and coordination meetings with Site Engineers, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and performance oversight. • Ensure adequate resource planning and continuity of service during absences, leave periods, or peak workload demands. • Perform quality assurance reviews of environmental reports, inspection findings, audit reports, compliance submissions, and tracker updates before issuance to contractors, the Client, PMCM, or NCEC. • Ensure the Environmental Permit Compliance Tracker and all regulatory commitment registers are accurate, complete, and maintained in a timely manner. • Lead senior-level engagement with PMCM' environmental managers and drive resolution of persistent non-compliance issues. • Establish expectations and quality standards for overall deliverables. • Manage contractual scope boundaries and timely deliverables and invoicing. • Monitor workload, resource utilization, and deliverable frequencies against contractual assumptions. • Maintain and regularly update the project risk register, with particular focus on regulatory compliance, stakeholder management, monitoring performance, and contractor compliance risks. • Provide regular reporting to the Project Director on project performance, compliance status, key risks, opportunities, and issues requiring management intervention. • Ensure robust document control, record management, and knowledge retention processes are maintained to support project continuity and audit readiness. • Drive continual improvement initiatives, lessons learned, and best practices to enhance environmental performance and regulatory compliance across the project. Qualifications • Minimum 12 years of relevant professional environmental experience • Bachelor's degree (BSc) in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering or a similar discipline • GCC and Saudi Arabia experience, including construction environmental assurance and environmental monitoring • Strong knowledge of environmental regulations, compliance standards, and permitting processes applicable to Saudi Arabia • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret complex environmental data • Demonstrated experience in regulatory liaison and engagement with relevant authorities in Saudi Arabia • Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to coordinate effectively with clients, contractors, consultants and multidisciplinary project teams • Strong data analysis and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate environmental monitoring and compliance information clearly • Strong written and verbal communication skills in English; Arabic language skills are preferred • Attention to detail and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously • A postgraduate qualification in an environmental or related discipline is preferred.