Faithful+Gould is currently looking for an experienced Document Control Manager to form part of our PMO Delivery team in Saudi Arabia This is a full time permanent based position in the Kingdom.
The programme is motivated by the need to provide affordable housing for Saudis, but in so doing aspires to impact positively on the non-oil GDP while reducing the local unemployment rate. The primary drivers are to provide 340,000 affordable residential units to be constructed in five new townships across the Kingdom. The development of the townships will include all of the physical and social infrastructure required to create great community environments. A challenging 5 year timescale has been set for achieving the programme.
SNC Lavalin’s Faithful+Gould business is one of the world’s leading integrated project and programme management consultancies, with over 2,400 professionals operating worldwide.
Our aim is to protect and maximise our clients’ interests throughout the planning and delivery of projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, on budget. We pride ourselves on collaborating with client teams and developing long-term relationships.
Key services include - Project management, programme management, project controls, commercial management, cost management and expert scheduling and construction planning.
Our industry is going through a digital transformation and we have been investing in and pioneering digital methods to improve all aspects of our service. We have focussed our digital transformation around platform modernisation and product development and through standardisation and automation, we are achieving efficiencies that are directly passed on our clients who benefit from a consistent quality of service as well as the savings.
Active in the Middle East for over 20 years, we have offices in the UAE, Qatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia. We hire and retain only the best people in the industry. Our success is built on recruiting – and then developing – brilliant people from a broad range of professional and cultural backgrounds. It’s precisely this diversity of talent that sets us apart.
Acquired by SNC Lavalin in 2017, we also have an extensive depth of geographic exposure across 50 countries and the breadth of 53,000 experts. As one of the largest engineering contractors, we have access to 17,000 staff in the Middle East making us one of the largest multidisciplinary consultancies in the region.
Requirements
- Min of 12 years Document Control experience on large construction/consultancy projects
- Acting as a gatekeeper of project information and ensuring confidentiality of critical project ifnromation at all times
- Leading on document control activities and tasks and delegating to more junior team members where required
- Demonstrable track record in the delivery of large multi functional projects;
- Capable of reviewing existing operations within an organisation through all the project phases (processes and procedures in both office and site), assessing both the strengths and weaknesses and assisting in compiling a bespoke set of process and procedures of all of the activities including but not limited to quality, progress, commercial matters, value, safety, design and construction.
- In-depth knowledge of project controls procedures.
- The successful candidate will also be able to mobilise people and teams and drive for a successful delivery ensuring rapid mobilisation and development of tailored documentation and processes relevant for the services and embedding client requirements into key documentation including brand and quality of templates and proceses.
- Effective in building good working relationships quickly
- Other Office Administration duties as requested from time to time
- Experience in managing information through at least one EDMS system and developing workflows and requirements for EDMS systems
Qualifications
- Must be able to communicate confidently in both written and spoken English.
- High level of computer literacy, especially in Windows, Word, Outlook and Excel.
- Arabic translation advantageous but not essential
- Experience with ISO9000 quality requirements.
- Candidates with in Kingdom and holding Transferable Iqama preferbly
Rewards and Benefits
We offer an excellent package which includes:
- A competitive salary
- Accommodation allowance
- Transportation allowance
- 22 calendar days annual leave
- Medical and life insurance cover
- Company gratuity scheme
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Annual flight allowance to point of origin
- Employee Well-Being Programme – 24 hour free advice on financial, legal and family care specialists and also access to personal health, fitness and nutrition consultants
