Project Planning Expert

<div><h3>Job Purpose</h3><p>Jobholders at this level are responsible for leading work activities and working autonomously with minor direction towards predetermined long-term objectives.</p><p>Jobholders might act as internal consultants and facilitators through providing guidance to deliver and perform operational activities.</p><p>Their main operational role includes reviewing capacity and operational assessment result report and accordingly advising on future project portfolio, facilitate the development of 5 years portfolio plan specifying needed objectives for improvement and providing necessary guidance in reviewing submitted design packages and in RFP technical evaluation ensuring alignment with ZATCA’s goals and objectives.</p><h3>Roles And Responsibilities</h3><ul><li>Conduct research on latest trends and best-practices applicable within ZATCA and stay informed about national laws and regulations to potentially enhance the operational performance</li><li>Perform site visits to conduct capacity assessments and develop reports to identify gaps and highlight improvement areas</li><li>Gather operational KPIs for measurement and assessment to highlight needed improvement actions for operational performance optimization</li><li>Capture stakeholder’s requirement and collect additional information to assess and identify ways of improvement</li><li>Consolidate research, capacity assessment, operational performance results and stakeholders’ requirement in a report highlighting new potential opportunities and possible projects needs and communicate it with related stakeholders to enable the development of capacity planning</li><li>Provide support in developing Engineering Affairs Planning strategy ensuring alignment with ZATCA’s overall strategy and objectives</li><li>Review consolidated report including assessment results and highlighted opportunities to identify future project portfolio</li><li>Conduct strategic assessment ensuring identified projects are aligned with ZATCA strategic priorities and responding to ZATCA’s need</li><li>Conduct project risk assessments to selected projects to evaluate associated risks and develop mitigation plan accordingly</li><li>Develop project prioritization plan setting priorities and criteria to facilitate the selection of needed engineering projects</li><li>Develop and update 5-years portfolio plan and objectives ensuring alignment with ZATCA’s Overall strategy</li><li>Set defined KPIs for portfolio tracking throughout all stages of project lifecycle to facilitate monitoring process and ensure alignment with defined scope of work, set budget and schedule</li><li>Identify potential privatization projects and develop accordingly privatization strategic roadmap ensuring alignment with ZATCA’s overall strategic directions</li><li>Define scope of work and develop project plan for approved privatization projects coordinating with National Center for Privatization for project’s enablement</li><li>Set and communicate project requirements with related stakeholders ensuring a clear understanding of project’s scope of work</li><li>Review submitted projects design packages and accordingly conduct meetings with related stakeholders for design clarification and to discuss issues and misalignments</li><li>Follow all relevant policies, processes and standard operating procedures so that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner</li><li>Help in solving escalated problems and provide needed support for junior team to ensure work is carried out in an efficient manner</li><li>Escalate complex problems to the relevant person to ensure cases/issues are closed properly</li><li>Train junior staff on the different job activities to ensure transfer of know-how, when applicable</li><li>Provide clear direction, prioritize tasks, assign and delegate responsibility, and monitor the workflow of subordinates/ junior staff</li></ul><h3>Job Qualifications And Requirements</h3><ul><li>A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience</li><li>Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Business Administration or equivalent is required. Master’s degree in Business Administration, Project Management, or equivalent is preferred</li></ul></div>#J-18808-Ljbffr