Responsibilities:

• 1		Support executive team by providing strategic planning expertise, facilitating the production of an early stage integrated scope, cost, and schedule program for a prioritized investment portfolio with identified projects. Ensuring individual project scope within the airside and airspace program is identified to allow cost and time estimates to be accurately assessed by the project controls team.
  2		Assist the executive team in the engagement of Stakeholders to provide the necessary assurance that early-stage concepts and plans are realistic and achievable. Working with the project controls team to document risks and mitigations.
  3		Develop the airfield and airspace design and construction organisation structure for each phase of the program including job descriptions and staff deployment plans.
  4		Assist the Airports Project Director by producing and seeking approval for a contract strategy which is in line with the broader Neom corporate approach to contracting and meets audit requirements.
  5		Support the Airports Projects Director at initiation stage gateway review with specific responsibility for project controls deliverables.
  6		Assist the Airports Design Director in recommending a digital design tool set and specifications which will allow a federated BIM model to including the airside and airspace design with specific reference to the needs of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) which are a fundamental requirement in the airside and airspace portfolio.
  7		Support the Airports Project Director in the production of Employers requirements for design and construction contracts with specific responsibility for the production and approval of: Civil design specifications Airside and Airspace Design specifications Civil construction quality procedures Airside construction quality procedures Licensing requirements for airspace and airfields
  8		Support Airports Project Director at initiation stage gateway review for the airside and airspace program with specific responsibility for design deliverables within this program.  Lead the production of documentation, and facilitate its approval approved and storage in line with document control procedure and audit requirements.
  9		Ensure accurate scope of works is produced for the design team within your portfolio for the next stage and that an early-stage employers’ requirements are included within design contracts sufficient to enable early-stage design information to be co-ordinated.
  Planning Stage (Airport Masterplan, Work Breakdown Structure, Organisation & Procurement Structure Design Stage Briefs, & Business Case Production)
  10		For the identified projects within the program ensure information is produced and quality controlled in line with an agreed work breakdown structure, BIM execution strategy and document control specification at the earliest opportunity.
  11		Lead the planning stage option assessment within your portfolio specific responsibility for ensuring design is progressed within cost and time constraints with variations authorized within governance framework.
  12		Facilitate risk/value reviews for the masterplan with the project controls team.
  13		Establish a portfolio governance structure to ensure design and scope developments are documented at this early stage and cost and time schedules are updated.
  14		Work with the project controls team to ensure works information is in place to support procurement activity and formulation of design contracts.
  15		Lead the production of technical assessment criteria for design procurement within the portfolio and carry out the technical assessment of tenders.
  16		Act as the project manager for early-stage design within this portfolio.
  17		Work with the project controls team to put in place a performance assessment and progress framework and complete monthly reporting, presenting at governance forums.
  18		Work with the project controls team to provide quality assured cost and schedule estimates (inclusive of risk) and integrate into an updated business plans.
  19		Review and comment of all stage deliverables facilitating and leading stakeholder reviews. Facilitate external audit at the planning stage gateway review for each project in the program.
  20		Ensure accurate scope of works is produced for the design team within your portfolio for the next stage and that final design stage employers’ requirements are included within design contracts.
  21		Work with construction team to produce scope for site investigations to support timely information production for design stage.
  Execution Stage (Concept & Technical Design, Site Assembly, Business Case Approval)
  22		Lead the deployment of the design team ensuring systems and information is provided at the earliest stage to support design delivery.
  23		Recruit, deploy, and motivate an internal team providing clear leadership of design activities.
  24		Facilitate the induction of design suppliers with specific responsibility for providing access to project control and BIM tools and processes
  25		Support the independent BIM auditor to report on supplier compliance against the development of a confederated BIM model. Follow up audit recommendations and report on compliance.
  26		Support Airports Design Director in establishing governance of change and risk allocation on completion of concept design.
  27		Produce scope of works for any specialist support to design teams.
  28		Support design for manufacture and assembly, by providing design information to the construction teams to support: First run studies and batching trials Logistics centres, batching plants, and temporary haul roads Establishment of temporary RZ boundaries and site security
  29		Lead the gateway review at the end of the Execution stage for each project in the program on behalf of the Airports Design Director.
  Monitoring & Control Stage (Manufacturing & Construction, ORAT Planning, Commissioning)
  30		Reshape the design organisation to deal with technical queries and design correspondence from the construction team, including elements of specialist contractor production design.
  31		Minimize change through the design bulletin system and ensure change impacts are quantified and notified prior to issue.
  32		Work with project controls team to ensure reporting is in place to monitor and track responses to technical queries within required contractual time scales
  33		Work with the project controls team to implement a full and comprehensive project controls approach throughout the construction stage in line with previously agreed procedures.
  34		Support testing and commissioning and airfield licensing, by working with the construction teams to manage stakeholders consulted with during the design stage.
  35		Implement demobilization plan and handover to operations team prior to ORAT implementation.
  Closure Stage (ORAT Implementation, Capitalization, & Learning/Review)
  36		Support the operational teams by providing the correct asset information in the agreed format and that systems are updated accurately and timely.
  37		Support the financial teams by providing the asset information in the agreed format to support capitalization of assets.
  38		Administer the contracts though liability, defects and construction periods financially closing contracts at conclusion

Educational requirements:

Experience requirements:

• Minimum of 10+ years’ relevant airport and civil engineering design experience:
• • • Airfield pavements and drainage
    • Aerodrome safeguarding to ICAO and GACA standards
    • Working with specialist airspace consultants
    • Navigational aids including airfield lighting.
    • Airfield operational support facilities (including emergency services)
    • Airfield security requirements
    • General civil experience of highway, tunnels and subsurface railway design is preferred.
• Minimum 5+ years major programs experience.
  • • Experience of working within a major program with project controls disciplines.
    • Completion and presentation of progress reporting at board, and executive management level

Desired Skills:

• Excellent analytical and verbal reasoning skills
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Excellent written and oral communications
• Proactive approach
• Ability to think strategically and have creative problem-solving skills.
• Strong understanding and proactive approach to project controls and risk management principles

Qualifications:

• Core competencies					Proficiency Level
  1	Leadership				Proficient
  2	Influence and Negotiation				Proficient
  3	Stakeholder Engagement				Advanced
  4	Achieving Results				Advanced
  Functional competencies					Proficiency Level
  5	Good working knowledge of Internationally accepted airport initiation and planning stages				Advanced
  6	Excellent working knowledge of Internationally accepted airport development; execution and monitoring/control stages.				Advanced
  7	Excellent experience in airfield design strategies specializing in airfield navigation (including lighting), pavement, and drainage

Benefits:

Will be negotiated

Incentives:

Will be negotiated

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