Overview
KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration through conceptualization to realization of planning, design, or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 60 years, we've led with vision, contributing to many of the world's most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences, and prosperous communities.
As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is recognized by ENR as one of the Top 225 International Design Firms and one of the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms. We are also ranked by World Architecture as the 51st largest global architecture firm and the #1 firm in the Middle East region in their 2024 WA100 Survey.
We invite you to join us. Why?
When you join KEO, you'll discover more than just a job—you'll find a supportive environment that fosters your professional development through internal global mobility and career development and does so within a culture that supports company-wide health and well-being through on-demand counselling services and regular workplace clinics. You will be invited to celebrate community events such as sports days, fun runs, in-house sports teams, and beach clean-ups. In addition to your competitive package and benefits, you will have access to a suite of policies that include hybrid working arrangements, individual athletic sponsorship, study assistance sponsorship, and employee referral rewards.
Responsibilities
Our newest opportunity is for a talented Lead Utility Engineer in Riyadh, KSA.
The focus of this role is to be involved technically with the day-to-day works of various utilities design projects. You will be considered a centre of excellence and be able to help your peer group with your technical knowledge as well as generate cutting-edge modern-day solutions for various clients.
We envisage success in this role to include:
- Monitoring the technical quality of wet utilities projects, such as water supply, treatment and storage, water resource management, flood management, etc., to ensure that the projects delivered to clients are of the highest technical quality and engineering practice standard.
- Developing and implementing measures to mitigate project-related financial and business risks, in partnership with project managers and project directors.
- Building technical capability of others and actively transferring technical expertise within the organization.
- Preparing proposals and conducting presentations to clients where required.
- Leading a team of professional employees, driving increased organizational performance and achievement of team goals.
- Analysing existing work processes, procedures, and systems, identifying opportunities for increased efficiencies, cost-effectiveness, and service improvements.
- Anticipating, objectively and systematically analysing, and resolving complex problems.
- Preparing, planning, and effectively controlling financial budgets and team resources in order to deliver required commercial outcomes.
Qualifications
To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that your career journey to date will include at least 15 years' experience in a consultancy environment, of which at least 4 years were spent working on projects within the GCC, partnered with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or equivalent.
The successful candidate will have spent the majority of their career within the consultancy sector where major scale infrastructure projects were handled primarily in the early phases. This role would not involve construction elements; therefore, if your experience is in line with construction management, the role will not match your strengths.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to make effective presentations on general topics.
- Partner with clients to exceed their expectations and build client relationships.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and discipline-specific software.
- Registration at MICE or IEng MICE level, or the equivalent thereof, is desirable.
- Full (Corporate) membership of an internationally recognized professional institution (i.e., C. Eng. M.I.C.E. or P.E.). PMP certification would be advantageous.
KEO’s performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety, and people. We embrace diversity and recognise its contribution to client success wherever we work.
We are excited to hear how you can partner with our award-winning team and treat all expressions of interest confidentially.
