Exciting opportunity to work with a leading contracting company who are looking to appoint a PMO Manager to oversee and strengthen project governance across a diverse portfolio, working from their HQ in Riyadh. This role is critical in establishing and maintaining a robust project mana...
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The Role Exciting opportunity to work with a leading contracting company who are looking to appoint a PMO Manager to oversee and strengthen project governance across a diverse portfolio, working from their HQ in Riyadh. This role is critical in establishing and maintaining a robust project management framework, ensuring consistency, control, and visibility across all projects. The PMO function provides leadership with a clear line of sight on time, cost, risk, and contractual exposure, safeguarding the business from delivery and commercial risk. Responsibilities - Own and implement the project governance framework, including stage-gate processes and reporting standards - Provide portfolio-level visibility on programme, cost, risk, and contractual performance - Conduct project health checks and assurance reviews, particularly on at-risk projects - Establish and audit planning standards (WBS, baseline control, schedule integrity using Primavera P6 or equivalent) - Consolidate and report critical path, progress, and milestone performance - Implement standardised cost reporting, forecasting, and cashflow management - Maintain oversight of contractual notices and obligations across NEC, FIDIC, and JCT environments - Ensure compliance with contractual timeframes and prevent risk related to missed notices or time bars - Lead the risk management framework, including quantitative analysis and contingency tracking - Ensure procurement schedules align with project programmes and highlight supply chain risks - Define and enforce document control and EDMS standards, ensuring robust project records - Support completion planning, including handover, commissioning, and close-out documentation - Own PMO systems, tools, and reporting platforms, ensuring a single source of truth - Maintain PMO standards, procedures, templates, and governance processes
Requirements - Degree qualified in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field - Minimum 10–15 years’ experience in project controls / PMO / programme management within construction or infrastructure - Proven experience working in the Middle East (GCC preferred) - Previous experience with a PMC, Consultancy, or client-side organisation - Strong knowledge of project controls disciplines including planning, cost, risk, and reporting - Demonstrated experience working under FIDIC, NEC, or JCT contracts, with strong commercial awareness - Proficiency in project management and controls tools such as Primavera P6, cost systems, and reporting platforms - Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills, with the ability to challenge and influence senior teams
About the company One95 Global, a specialist executive Engineering, Supply Chain & Procurement Recruitment Consultancy with over 25 years combined experience in recruiting for the UK, Europe, MENA, Asia Pacific & North America markets. We are a privately-owned company freeing us from some of the politics & pressures that surround many of our rivals and have a strong emphasis on client relationships and candidate satisfaction. We have worked with small local contractors with relatively small turnovers up to leading multidiscipline & fortune 100 organizations with turnovers exceeding 25 billion and are more than aware of the need to tailor our service to fit each companys requirements.
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