Project Engineer

Entry-level Project Engineer responsible for day-to-day operational support on active projects.
Follows up on ongoing project activities, prepares and maintains project schedules.
Coordinates with procurement on material and vendor requirements, and tracks progress against milestones and deadlines.
Acts as the coordination point between project execution, procurement, and management, ensuring tasks move forward on time and issues are flagged early.
A hands-on operational role suited to a recent engineering graduate looking to build a career in project execution.

• Follow up on the daily progress of ongoing projects and report status to the project/operations lead.
• Prepare, update, and maintain project schedules and track milestones against plan.
• Coordinate with procurement to raise, follow up on, and close out material and vendor requests.
• Liaise between project, procurement, and other internal departments to keep tasks moving and resolve bottlenecks.
• Support the sales team on new potential projects and customer enquiries: gathering technical information, preparing initial documentation, and coordinating input from procurement or other departments as needed.
• Track project documentation: requests, approvals, deliveries, and handover records.
• Support mobilization and deployment activities for awarded projects, tracking key dates and flagging delays.
• Prepare progress updates, trackers, and simple reports for management review.
• Coordinate site visits and follow-up calls, capturing notes and action items.
• Carry out other day-to-day operational and coordination tasks as assigned by the project/operations lead.

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial, Instrumentation, or related engineering discipline
• 0-1 years of experience; internship or co-op in a project-based or industrial environment is an advantage
• Strong proficiency in MS Office, particularly Excel (tracking, scheduling, data tables) and PowerPoint; familiarity with MS Project or similar scheduling tools is an advantage
• Basic understanding of project execution workflow: planning, procurement, delivery, and close-out
• Valid Saudi driving license and willingness to travel to project/client sites preferred
• Fluent English, spoken and written; Arabic is an advantage

• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple ongoing tasks
• Proficient in MS Excel and MS Office; comfortable building and updating trackers and schedules
• Clear written and verbal communication for cross-department coordination
• Proactive follow-up mindset, comfortable chasing updates from internal and external parties
• Ability to follow established procedures and templates accurately
• Willingness to learn internal systems (ERP/CRM) on the job