Project Director (Rail/Metro Station)

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Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Project Director (Rail/Metro Station) to join our team. In this role, you will lead the successful delivery of a major iconic metro station project, ensuring performance against schedule, budget, quality, safety, contractual, stakeholder, and client requirements.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead the overall planning, execution, monitoring, and delivery of a major iconic metro station project.

• Manage multidisciplinary project teams across technical, commercial, project controls, safety, quality, stakeholder, interface, and administrative functions.

• Serve as the senior Parsons representative with the client, subcontractors, government agencies, operators, and other key stakeholders.

• Oversee the development and implementation of project execution plans, schedules, budgets, risk registers, quality plans, and safety plans.

• Lead coordination of architectural, civil, structural, MEP, systems, finishes, testing, commissioning, and handover requirements.

• Monitor project performance, milestones, costs, risks, interfaces, and deliverables, and provide timely reporting to senior management and the client.

• Lead the resolution of project issues, delays, cost impacts, scope changes, interface matters, and contractual matters.

• Ensure effective change management, including preparation, negotiation, and closure of change orders.

• Mobilize and manage project resources to ensure the right team structure is in place for successful delivery.

• Promote technical excellence, commercial discipline, safety performance, and quality across the project.

• Support client relationship management and collaborate with Business Development to identify opportunities for additional work.

• Lead regular project reviews and ensure actions, commitments, and decisions are properly tracked and closed.

What Required Skills You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Business, or a related technical discipline.

• Minimum 20 years of related professional experience.

• Proven experience leading large-scale infrastructure, transportation, metro, rail, transit station projects.

• Strong background in project management, construction management, project controls, commercial management, stakeholder management, and interface management.

• Demonstrated ability to manage complex budgets, schedules, risks, contracts, deliverables, and multidisciplinary teams.

• Strong leadership skills with experience managing senior project personnel and large delivery teams.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Strong client-facing capability and experience working with government agencies, regulatory authorities, operators, subcontractors, and suppliers.

• Thorough knowledge of industry practices, standards, regulations, and project delivery processes.

• Ability to meet Parsons’ project management certification requirements.

• Willingness to relocate or be assigned to the project site, if required.

What Desired Skills You’ll Bring

• Professional registration such as PE, Chartered Engineer, or equivalent.

• PMP, PgMP, or similar project/program management certification.

• Experience delivering iconic metro station, rail, transit, or major transportation infrastructure projects.

• Experience managing architectural coordination, high-quality finishes, passenger facilities, public realm integration, MEP systems, rail systems interfaces, testing, commissioning, and handover.

• Experience working as a consultant, project management, construction management, or program management environment.

• Strong commercial and contractual awareness, including claims, change management, and negotiation.

• Experience supporting business development, client account growth, and strategic pursuits.

• Knowledge of digital project delivery tools, project controls systems, dashboards, and reporting platforms.

• Regional experience in Saudi Arabia or the Middle East would be an advantage.

Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.

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