Misk City slab reinforcement activity with cranes and crews on mega-project site
Completed C-Ward Expansion Building at KFSH&RC
Night concrete pour for underground water tank
Wide site view of Misk City construction
Senior Project Engineer

Building Delivery
Across Saudi Arabia

Over a decade of experience directing complex construction projects across Saudi Arabia, encompasses a diverse portfolio, ranging from Royal palaces and governmental healthcare facilities to urban regional mega-projects. My core methodology centers on translating intricate design intent into buildable work packages, firmly anchored by rigorous QA/QC gates and comprehensive, audit-ready documentation.

SAR 1.2B+ 10+ Years 100+ Inspection Closures SAR 65M+ Delivered Healthcare + Mega-Projects
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Delivery Track Record

Four case studies spanning mega-project execution, live hospital delivery, and constrained-site infrastructure.

Misk City slab reinforcement activity with cranes and crews on mega-project site

MISK CITY | AL-MISHRAQ

Senior Site Engineer | Jul 2024 – Present

SAR 1.2B (overall program)

I contributed to Misk City, a multi-building non-profit campus in Riyadh delivered under demanding fast-track conditions. The development featured overlapping structural and architectural scopes across several zones.

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Completed C-Ward Expansion Building with Riyadh stone facade at KFSH&RC

KFSH&RC HOSPITAL DELIVERY CLUSTER

Project Manager / Lead Civil Engineer | Aug 2021 – Jul 2024

Approx SAR 33M

Delivering three parallel scopes within a live, operational hospital required balancing physical progress with strict governance and rigorous approval protocols.

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Night concrete pour with pump booms over deep excavation for underground water tank

UNDERGROUND WATER TANK | KFSH&RC

Project Manager / Civil Site Engineer | Apr 2018 – Aug 2021

SAR 30M

Delivering a 2,000,000-litre underground water tank on the KFSH&RC campus required a 12-meter deep excavation within a highly constrained, operational hospital environment.

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3D design visualization of perimeter fence for KFSH&RC campus Design Visualization

PERIMETER FENCE | KFSH&RC / KFNCCC

Project Manager / Civil Site Engineer | Apr 2018 – Aug 2021

SAR 2M

Executing a 3,200-metre perimeter fence at the KFNCCC campus demanded phased construction designed to maintain uninterrupted facility security throughout every stage.

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Delivery Operating System

The execution system underpinning the engineering. Documentation, readiness gates, and coordination as core delivery instruments.

The distinction between a clean closeout and a trail of rework, claims, and NCRs is not engineering talent; it is the execution system underpinning the engineering. Over a decade of delivering building projects in KSA, a structured operating rhythm has been developed that treats documentation, readiness gates, and coordination as core delivery instruments, not administrative overhead. The subsections below outline the methodology behind site operations. The downloadable artifacts are working templates drawn from this framework.

Color-coded progress and procurement tracking spreadsheet showing submittal status with completion percentages
1. Daily Execution Rhythm
The daily execution loop follows a three-phase cycle engineered to prevent surprises, capture progress, and produce evidence that supports informed decision-making.

Start-of-day: Confirm that approved drawings and method statements are in hand. Verify access, permits, manpower, and materials are in place prior to releasing crews to active work areas.

During the day: Supervise critical activities and resolve constraints as they surface. Coordinate interfaces between disciplines (MEP, structural, and architectural). Pre-check quality ahead of formal inspections; consultant inspections should only be requested when the work is fully inspection-ready.

End-of-day: Capture measurable progress including quantities installed, zones completed, and photographic evidence. Record any delays or constraints with documented root causes. Finalize the next-day execution plan so the cycle restarts without ambiguity.

Download DSR Template (.xlsx)

2. Documentation as a Delivery Tool
Documentation functions as the mechanism that converts field activity into decision-grade evidence, not a back-office task.

Documentation functions as the mechanism that converts field activity into decision-grade evidence. Every inspection request, material approval, and site instruction is logged with a traceable reference. The Daily Site Report captures quantitative progress, not narrative summaries.

Material Inspection Requests (MIRs) are supported by comprehensive evidence packs: approved submittals, delivery notes, batch certificates, compliance data sheets, and storage verification, all assembled before the request is raised, never gathered afterward. Work Inspection Requests follow the same gate logic: approved drawings, approved method statements, calibrated instruments, pre-inspection checklists, and photographic evidence compiled prior to calling the consultant. This front-loaded approach reduces inspection failures and compresses approval cycles.

Download MIR Evidence Pack Index (.xlsx)

3. Drawing Control & Revision Management
Rework caused by outdated drawings is entirely preventable.

Rework caused by outdated drawings is entirely preventable. Treating the "latest approved drawing" as a controlled asset requires a maintained drawing register that tracks revision numbers, issue dates, distribution logs, and confirms that superseded drawings have been physically removed from active work areas. Drawing types are clearly distinguished (Tender, IFC, Shop, As-Built) ensuring every team member identifies which drawing governs the current activity.

Upon arrival of revisions, the established process is: verify what changed, identify all parties requiring notification (site teams, subcontractors, QC, survey), and log the distribution before releasing crews to updated scope.

Download Drawing Register & Revision Control Log (.xlsx)

4. Clearance-Before-Execution Workflow
The most common source of hidden cost on construction sites is commencing work before all clearances are in place.

The most common source of hidden cost on construction sites is commencing work before all clearances are in place. A standard gate sequence is enforced: drawings approved → materials approved → method statement and ITP approved → workfront access confirmed → MEP clearance obtained (where interfaces exist) → safety permit issued. Execution begins only after every gate registers green.

This discipline prevents the cascade of rework, abortive work, and NCRs that characterizes "start now, sort it out later" cultures. On the KFSH&RC projects, the clearance workflow proved particularly critical, as work could not proceed without coordinated access windows, hospital operations clearance, and security approvals alongside the standard technical gates.

Download Workfront Clearance Checklist (.xlsx)

5. QC Pre-Emption Framework
The QC Pre-Emption Framework transforms site quality management from reactive paperwork into a proactive, field-ready methodology engineered for Tier-1 Saudi mega-projects.

The QC Pre-Emption Framework transforms site quality management from reactive paperwork into a proactive, field-ready methodology engineered for Tier-1 Saudi mega-projects. To eliminate redundancy and ensure digital scalability, the system relies on Discipline, Inspection Category, and Individual Check Items that mirrors standard Work Breakdown Structures (WBS).

Execution is strictly tailored by discipline to maximize operational efficiency and maintain clear jurisdictional boundaries. Structural and architectural domains undergo rigorous, phase-sequenced direct field inspections, utilizing Hold, Witness, and Review points for critical tasks like concrete pours, structural steel erection, and architectural finishes. This field execution is governed by a robust Quality Assurance layer driven by the continuous improvement PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) cycle, ensuring standardized procedures, targeted training, regular audits, and immediate corrective actions for non-conformances.

Construction performance is continuously monitored through quantifiable Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), including First-Time Pass Rates, Non-Conformance Report (NCR) resolution ratios, and Rework Cost Percentages. Ultimately, this digital, closed-loop mechanism preempts architectural and structural defects, accelerates inspection turnarounds, and guarantees verifiable structural integrity across massive construction scopes.

Download Structural QC Pre-Emption Framework (.xlsx)

6. Safety Ownership Model
Safety is not delegated to the HSE department; it begins with the site engineer who sequences work, controls access, and releases crews.

Safety is not delegated to the HSE department; it begins with the site engineer who sequences work, controls access, and releases crews. Safety is treated as an execution constraint: safe sequencing of activities, controlled access to active workfronts, housekeeping standards maintained between shifts, and permits obtained before any high-risk activity including excavation, lifting, hot works, or confined spaces.

Pre-task briefings are conducted before critical activities to ensure every crew member understands the hazards, controls, and emergency procedures specific to that day's work. On the underground water tank project, this translated to daily verification of excavation shoring, controlled access to the 12-metre deep excavation, and lifting plans for every crane operation within the confined site footprint.

Download HSE Pre-Task Briefing Card (.xlsx)

7. AI-Assisted Reporting
Active development of AI-assisted reporting tools is underway to auto-draft structured Daily Site Reports from site photos and progress notes.

Active development of AI-assisted reporting tools is underway to auto-draft structured Daily Site Reports from site photos and progress notes, transforming a 45-minute reporting task into a 10-minute review. The approach applies the same documentation discipline described above, leveraging AI to handle formatting, structure, and consistency checks, freeing site engineers to focus on content: what happened, what is blocked, and what needs to happen tomorrow.

This is not a replacement for engineering judgment; it is an efficiency layer that ensures reports are timely, complete, and consistently structured even on the busiest days. The same logic extends to pre-inspection checklists (auto-populated from ITP hold points) and constraint logs (flagging missing approvals based on the clearance workflow).

AI is treated as a delivery tool in the same manner as documentation: it reduces variability and improves decision speed.

About

A career built on execution discipline, documented outcomes, and structured delivery.

Arriving in Saudi Arabia in 2015 marked the beginning of a career built on execution discipline. Initial years were spent delivering high-profile residential and royal projects in Riyadh, including royal palaces and private villas, where demanding finishing standards and strict stakeholder expectations established the foundation for rigorous quality control. Operating within small-team environments without full internal systems necessitated carrying broad responsibility early: site execution, coordination with the main contractor, measurement, payment documentation, and quality assurance. The lesson from that formative period proved enduring: even technically perfect work is commercially invisible without signed documentation. Evidence protects time, money, and trust.

From 2018 to 2024, multiple projects were delivered at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (KFSH&RC), a live, operational hospital where governance, approvals, and closeout evidence carry the same weight as physical progress. This period encompassed an underground water tank (SAR 30M, 12m deep excavation, 9,850 m³ concrete, 210 tons steel), a 3,200m perimeter fence, and subsequently the C-Ward Expansion Building (SAR 20M, 200 tons structural steel), a Fire-Rated Doors Retrofit, and a Protocol Office Conversion, approximately SAR 33M in combined delivery. Working inside a functioning hospital reinforced that constraints planning surpasses manpower planning, that phased turnover builds stakeholder trust, and that documentation is protection.

Currently operating within a fast-track mega-project environment in Riyadh, Misk City (Al-Mishraq), a SAR 1.2B non-profit campus program, responsibilities include managing multi-zone execution across structural and architectural scopes, coordinating interfaces between site managers and subcontractor crews, and utilizing BIM-enabled coordination alongside Oracle Aconex and Primavera Unifier for audit-ready reporting. Concurrently, AI tools are being integrated into construction documentation workflows, developing methods to auto-draft structured site reports and pre-populate inspection checklists, treating technology as a delivery advantage, not a separate discipline.

Management Style

Leadership is exercised through clarity and structured gates: defining buildable work packages, setting inspection readiness standards, assigning owners, and tracking evidence until closure. Technical support is provided when team members encounter obstacles, while maintaining high but practical standards: quality, safety, and productivity are measurable routines, not slogans.

Optimal performance is achieved in environments where decisions are documented, responsibilities are clear, and quality operates as an operational routine, not a poster on the wall.

Skills & Competencies

Categorized by depth. Core strengths represent daily operational capability. Growth areas are actively developing. Supporting capabilities are project-specific.

Core Strengths

Site Execution Leadership (Civil / Structural / Architectural)
Over a decade of multi-zone leadership across live hospital and mega-project environments. Demonstrated workfront control, sequencing discipline, and systematic closure management.
QA/QC Systems: ITP, MIR, WIR Readiness
100+ inspection closures across hospital and mega-project sites. Quality control operated through structured gates and pre-checks, not reactive inspection chasing.
Interface Management (Civil / Arch / MEP)
Multi-discipline coordination leveraging RFIs, TQs, BIM viewpoints, and evidence-based communication. Most effective when governance supports structured handoffs.
Constructability & Field Engineering
On-site problem-solving across complex scopes. Core strength in preventing rework through early detection of clashes, sequencing conflicts, and design-versus-buildability gaps.
Quantity Take-Offs & Measurement
Consistent strength across all roles. BOQ preparation, measurement logic, reconciliation, and payment certificate support.
Document Control & Systems (Aconex / Unifier / ERP)
Oracle Aconex, Primavera Unifier, and ERP-based activity logging deployed across hospital and mega-project environments. Documentation constitutes a core professional advantage.
Shop Drawing Review / Redlines / Revision Control
Proficient at converting design intent into buildable packages through markups, redlines, and controlled revision distribution.
Method Statements & Work Packaging
MS/ITP routines anchored across hospital compliance and mega-project execution. Progressing toward writing method statements as production manuals with embedded checkpoints.
Workfront Planning & Sequencing (Daily / Weekly)
Area ownership under shifting priorities. Closure of stalled workfronts through constraint identification, resolution sequencing, and evidence-based escalation.
Progress Reporting & Dashboards (Excel)
Weekly and monthly dashboards, progress trackers with color-coded status systems, and cycle-time monitoring. Designed to support decision-making, not merely filing.
People Leadership (Engineers / Foremen / Subcontractors)
Led teams ranging from 10 to 100+ personnel. Clear expectations, technical support when blocked, and high but practical standards for quality and safety.
Stakeholder Coordination (Client / Consultant / Authorities)
Extensive experience in live hospital and approvals-intensive environments. Evidence-based communication and options-driven escalation.

Active Growth Areas

Look-Ahead Planning (2–4 Weeks) & Constraints Removal
Hospital constraints planning experience and execution planning across roles. Currently formalizing a structured constraints log with time-boxed escalation protocols.
Schedule Language (P6 / Critical Path Influence)
Worked with look-aheads and planning integration. Strengthening float analysis, constraints impact assessment, and critical chain influence on execution decisions.
NCR Handling & Corrective Actions
NCR experience across delivery environments. Strengthening root-cause trend analysis and prevention controls to eliminate repeat non-conformances.
Variation / Extra Works Pricing
Priced extra items and BOQ variations across roles. Strengthening formal variation workflows with evidence packs and structured substantiation.
Progress Valuation / Payment Support
Monthly payment certificates and supporting documentation. Effective when BOQ is clear; strengthening substantiation workflows for complex claims.
Revit (Model Reading / Coordination)
Utilized for coordination and viewpoint-based clash resolution. Functions as coordinator and model consumer, not a full-time BIM modeler; an honest distinction.
Navisworks (Clash Viewpoints)
Applied for interface resolution and saved viewpoints. Expanding into systematic viewpoint-to-RFI linking workflows.

Supporting Capabilities

AutoCAD (2D & 3D)
Strong capability. Utilized for coordination, markups, shop drawing control, and as-built preparation across all roles.
Tekla Structures
Applied for 3D structural steel modeling and documentation on the C-Ward project. Effective as a coordination tool; depth is project-specific rather than full-time modeling.
STAAD.Pro / Robot Structural Analysis
Listed capability with some project exposure. Honest assessment: recency is limited. Positioned as review and coordination capability, not current production use.
PMP Certification
Not yet certified. Planned to formalize governance language, stakeholder management, and structured escalation. The principles have been applied in delivery across multiple projects; the methodology section of this portfolio serves as evidence.

Get in Touch

Availability extends to Senior Project Engineer and Construction Manager opportunities across KSA. For organizations building programs that demand delivery discipline, governance maturity, and audit-ready documentation, a conversation is welcomed.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Open to Senior Project Engineer and Construction Manager opportunities in KSA