Job Description
Overview
Position
Project Lead/Analyst
Job Code
Reports to
Senior Project Manager
Direct Reports
0
Division/Section
ERI Operations
Department
ERI Assets
Sector
Education, Research, & Innovation (ERI)
Job Family
Role Purpose
NEOM is a smart and sustainable regional development in northwest Saudi Arabia, a unique global living lab for intelligent, innovative, efficient, and effective infrastructure solutions. The vision of NEOM comprises of 14 economic sectors with each sector realized to support the future of NEOM as a global cognitive city. NEOM's Education Research and Innovation (ERI) Higher Education Sector is comprised of 3 Pillars: NEOM U, ERI Foundation and the Talent Academy.
NEOM U will be a pre-eminent knowledge-based university which fully integrates digital thinking and technology. A university without boundaries, combining on-site and online learning at the undergraduate and graduate level, de fining new pathways to academic degrees and an integral part of a self-sustained NEOM community. ERI Foundation is comprised of international research institutes, and funds research that focuses on global and NEOM-relevant themes. The Talent Academy is a professional and vocational college that provides upskilling and lifelong learning opportunities. The Talent Academy will develop the human capital team and network to support the needs of NEOM sectors.
Reporting directly to the Senior Project Manager, the successful candidate will work on projects to support the design and construction of assets within ERI as a member of the Asset Proponent team representing the sector. The Project Lead/Analyst will c oordinate with the Project Management Team, as well as other NEOM sectors and departments. T he Project Lead will support all development, design, and construction responsibilities to assigned projects. The position will assist all Project Management activities and will work adjacent to similar roles in the NEOM organization.
The role demands stakeholder management, leadership and influencing skills to ensure the project is executed within time, cost, quality, and of course safety constraints to meet NEOM's ambition.
Key Accountabilities & Activities
Project Management Support
Support the Assets team by providing project management and project planning expertise, based on previous experience of similar large scale higher education and/or research-oriented developments during the development, design, and construction stages.
Ensure from the outset strategic priorities and outcomes are matched to early-stage project budgets and schedules ensuring alignment with the sector and other stakeholders.
Engage Stakeholders to provide the necessary input feedback. Engage in design management to reach an assurance that early-stage concepts and plans are realistic and achievable with documented risks and mitigations.
Provide support to ensure to capture comments and organize documents while ensuring objectives are achieved.
Develop presentations for internal projects and leadership meetings and collaborate on the development of presentations with the team.
Stakeholder Engagement
Assist with activities related to coordinating with the respective Regional Proponent Development Teams
Providing input tothe Planner and Document Controller, with regards to schedule anddocumentation.
Chair weekly progress and coordination meetings with various stakeholders and ensure meeting minutes are issued promptly.
Follow up on all actions required from internal and external parties.
Design Management:
Work with internal and external stakeholders during design stages to ensure all sector requirements are incorporated into the design and as per the approved project brief.
Provide conceptualized ideas during design especially for interior design
Engage with other sectors and stakeholders to gather all design comments and ensure they are all closed out after each stage.
Review all design submissions and validate adherence to the project brief.
Planning Support
Develop a work breakdown structure and packaging/procurement strategy for the design and construction and ensure this is approved.
Ensure cost and schedule estimates contained within the business plan are updated and accurate.
Ensure all agreed construction deliverables are checked and subject to external audit at the planning stage gateway review for each project in the program.
Highlight any potential delays in advance as well as recovery plan as approved schedule dates must be achieved.
Execution
Assist with site assembly and early-stage construction activities including surveys and ground investigations.
Develop a long lead item procurement proposal to accelerate schedule.
Provide oversite as the client's representative to construction team and in coordination with NEOM Projects department.
Support project team in establishing governance of change and risk allocation on completion of design.
Construction Monitoring & Control
Assist in the weekly progress reviews and change boards.
Assist in the construction team and actively driving progress on site.
Proactively managing suppliers and other vendor performance.
Assist in the implementation of site wide safety, construction security and quality plans.
Implement demobilization plan and handover to operations team.
Create functional KPIs during design and construction phases.
Ensure all testing and commissioning of all systems is done to the highest quality and as per the approved plan.
Project Closure
Assist the project team in actively close all liability and defects within agreed period.
Ensure the operational teams are supported with the correct asset information in the agreed format and that systems are updated accurately and timely.
Ensure all O&Ms manuals are submitted in a timely manner.
Ensure all financial asset information is provided in the agreed format to support capitalization
Background, Skills & Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
Minimum of 5-7 years relevant development and project management experience
Focused experience in Interior design and architecture
PMC/ Design/ Real-Estate Development Experience preferred.
Experience in multidisciplinary projects, laboratory development is preferred.
Experience with Microsoft Office Excellent experience working with Word, PowerPoint, and excel is mandatory.
Experience in highly complex and high-rise projects
Preferred experience in higher education or research facilities
Experience working in the MENA region is preferred but not required.
Excellent analytical and verbal reasoning skills
Experience working in cross functional and diverse team environment.
Strong stakeholder management skills
Excellent written and oral communications in English.
Proactive personality and leadership qualities
Ability to think strategically along with creative problem-solving skills.
Strong understanding and proactive approach to risk management principles
Language Written ReadSpoken
English Fluent Fluent Fluent
Arabic Desirable Desirable Desirable
Qualifications
Bachelor's or master's degree in interior design, architecture or engineering
Project Management Certificate is preferred.
Overview
Position
Project Lead/Analyst
Job Code
Reports to
Senior Project Manager
Direct Reports
0
Division/Section
ERI Operations
Department
ERI Assets
Sector
Education, Research, & Innovation (ERI)
Job Family
Role Purpose
NEOM is a smart and sustainable regional development in northwest Saudi Arabia, a unique global living lab for intelligent, innovative, efficient, and effective infrastructure solutions. The vision of NEOM comprises of 14 economic sectors with each sector realized to support the future of NEOM as a global cognitive city. NEOM's Education Research and Innovation (ERI) Higher Education Sector is comprised of 3 Pillars: NEOM U, ERI Foundation and the Talent Academy.
NEOM U will be a pre-eminent knowledge-based university which fully integrates digital thinking and technology. A university without boundaries, combining on-site and online learning at the undergraduate and graduate level, de fining new pathways to academic degrees and an integral part of a self-sustained NEOM community. ERI Foundation is comprised of international research institutes, and funds research that focuses on global and NEOM-relevant themes. The Talent Academy is a professional and vocational college that provides upskilling and lifelong learning opportunities. The Talent Academy will develop the human capital team and network to support the needs of NEOM sectors.
Reporting directly to the Senior Project Manager, the successful candidate will work on projects to support the design and construction of assets within ERI as a member of the Asset Proponent team representing the sector. The Project Lead/Analyst will c oordinate with the Project Management Team, as well as other NEOM sectors and departments. T he Project Lead will support all development, design, and construction responsibilities to assigned projects. The position will assist all Project Management activities and will work adjacent to similar roles in the NEOM organization.
The role demands stakeholder management, leadership and influencing skills to ensure the project is executed within time, cost, quality, and of course safety constraints to meet NEOM's ambition.
Key Accountabilities & Activities
Project Management Support
Support the Assets team by providing project management and project planning expertise, based on previous experience of similar large scale higher education and/or research-oriented developments during the development, design, and construction stages.
Ensure from the outset strategic priorities and outcomes are matched to early-stage project budgets and schedules ensuring alignment with the sector and other stakeholders.
Engage Stakeholders to provide the necessary input feedback. Engage in design management to reach an assurance that early-stage concepts and plans are realistic and achievable with documented risks and mitigations.
Provide support to ensure to capture comments and organize documents while ensuring objectives are achieved.
Develop presentations for internal projects and leadership meetings and collaborate on the development of presentations with the team.
Stakeholder Engagement
Assist with activities related to coordinating with the respective Regional Proponent Development Teams
Providing input tothe Planner and Document Controller, with regards to schedule anddocumentation.
Chair weekly progress and coordination meetings with various stakeholders and ensure meeting minutes are issued promptly.
Follow up on all actions required from internal and external parties.
Design Management:
Work with internal and external stakeholders during design stages to ensure all sector requirements are incorporated into the design and as per the approved project brief.
Provide conceptualized ideas during design especially for interior design
Engage with other sectors and stakeholders to gather all design comments and ensure they are all closed out after each stage.
Review all design submissions and validate adherence to the project brief.
Planning Support
Develop a work breakdown structure and packaging/procurement strategy for the design and construction and ensure this is approved.
Ensure cost and schedule estimates contained within the business plan are updated and accurate.
Ensure all agreed construction deliverables are checked and subject to external audit at the planning stage gateway review for each project in the program.
Highlight any potential delays in advance as well as recovery plan as approved schedule dates must be achieved.
Execution
Assist with site assembly and early-stage construction activities including surveys and ground investigations.
Develop a long lead item procurement proposal to accelerate schedule.
Provide oversite as the client's representative to construction team and in coordination with NEOM Projects department.
Support project team in establishing governance of change and risk allocation on completion of design.
Construction Monitoring & Control
Assist in the weekly progress reviews and change boards.
Assist in the construction team and actively driving progress on site.
Proactively managing suppliers and other vendor performance.
Assist in the implementation of site wide safety, construction security and quality plans.
Implement demobilization plan and handover to operations team.
Create functional KPIs during design and construction phases.
Ensure all testing and commissioning of all systems is done to the highest quality and as per the approved plan.
Project Closure
Assist the project team in actively close all liability and defects within agreed period.
Ensure the operational teams are supported with the correct asset information in the agreed format and that systems are updated accurately and timely.
Ensure all O&Ms manuals are submitted in a timely manner.
Ensure all financial asset information is provided in the agreed format to support capitalization
Background, Skills & Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
Minimum of 5-7 years relevant development and project management experience
Focused experience in Interior design and architecture
PMC/ Design/ Real-Estate Development Experience preferred.
Experience in multidisciplinary projects, laboratory development is preferred.
Experience with Microsoft Office Excellent experience working with Word, PowerPoint, and excel is mandatory.
Experience in highly complex and high-rise projects
Preferred experience in higher education or research facilities
Experience working in the MENA region is preferred but not required.
Excellent analytical and verbal reasoning skills
Experience working in cross functional and diverse team environment.
Strong stakeholder management skills
Excellent written and oral communications in English.
Proactive personality and leadership qualities
Ability to think strategically along with creative problem-solving skills.
Strong understanding and proactive approach to risk management principles
Language Written ReadSpoken
English Fluent Fluent Fluent
Arabic Desirable Desirable Desirable
Qualifications
Bachelor's or master's degree in interior design, architecture or engineering
Project Management Certificate is preferred.
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