Senior Project Manager

Location: SA.Site Office.Saudi Arabia Site Offices

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

We are looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager - Nuclear to lead the design, licensing, and site characterization of a new nuclear facility in Riyadh. The role requires strong technical project leadership, stakeholder management, and the ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams of technical specialists to deliver critical project milestones.

Your role

• Lead the end-to-end project management of nuclear facility development, including design, licensing, and site characterization

• Manage project scope, schedule, budget, and risk to ensure successful delivery

• Coordinate and oversee multidisciplinary technical teams and consultants

• Act as the primary point of contact for client stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and alignment

• Support regulatory and licensing processes, ensuring compliance with nuclear standards and local authority requirements

• Monitor project progress and ensure timely resolution of issues and risks

• Drive collaboration between internal teams and external stakeholders

• Ensure adherence to safety, quality, and regulatory frameworks specific to nuclear projects

About you

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Nuclear, or Chemical Engineering (required); Master’s Degree in above disciplines optional

• Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE) or Reliability Maintenance Professional (RMP)

• With atleast 10 years of experience in project management, with strong experience in nuclear projects

• Proven track record in managing design, licensing, and/or site characterization activities

• Experience working on complex, large-scale infrastructure or energy projects

• Strong understanding of nuclear regulatory frameworks and project lifecycle

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and manage competing priorities

• Background in engineering, nuclear engineering, or a related technical field

• Experience working in the Middle East or on international nuclear projects

• Familiarity with Saudi regulatory environment is an advantage

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career.

This includes:

• Tax-free salary.

• Life insurance coverage.

• Medical insurance.

• Annual leave balance.

• Company gratuity scheme.

• Discretionary bonus program.

• Annual flight contribution.

• Transportation & housing allowances.

• Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, family care, personal health, fitness, and nutrition.

About AtkinsRéalis
 

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people. Find out more.

Worker Type

Job Type

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.