Director - Waste Management - City Asset Management

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At Jacobs, we push the limits of what’s possible to make the world smarter and more connected. We are a key delivery partner on one of Saudi Arabia’s flagship giga projects and a central pillar of Vision 2030, located approximately 45 km southwest of Riyadh. Designed as the Kingdom’s future capital of entertainment, sports, and culture, this landmark development aims to diversify the economy and enhance quality of life through a mix of world-class attractions, residential communities, and natural landscapes, while generating significant employment and enabling long-term, sustainable growth.

About the Opportunity:

The Director, Waste Management provides strategic leadership for the city's waste management asset portfolio, ensuring waste infrastructure, systems, services, and commercial arrangements are effectively planned, governed, and optimized throughout their lifecycle. The role develops long-term strategies, lifecycle investment plans, performance frameworks, regulatory assurance, and asset management standards to support safe, sustainable, and cost-effective waste services. It oversees municipal, recycling, organics, construction, hazardous, and event waste streams, while promoting circular economy principles, resource recovery, and digital enablement. The position ensures alignment with the city's asset management framework, sustainability objectives, Saudi regulations, Vision 2030 priorities, and global best practices.

Role Responsibilities:

• Lead the strategic direction, governance, operating model, policies, and performance framework for the city-wide waste management portfolio.
• Develop long-term waste asset strategies, service models, demand forecasts, capacity plans, and lifecycle investment programs aligned with city growth and operational needs.
• Drive sustainability, circular economy, recycling, resource recovery, waste diversion, and carbon reduction initiatives in line with ESG objectives and Vision 2030.
• Establish asset information, digital systems, smart waste technologies, data governance, performance dashboards, and analytics to support informed decision-making.
• Ensure compliance with waste management regulations, environmental requirements, permits, licensing obligations, and regulatory reporting through engagement with key authorities.
• Oversee asset lifecycle management for waste infrastructure, including planning, design, maintenance, renewal, replacement, resilience, and operational readiness.
• Lead health, safety, and environmental management, ensuring safe waste handling, environmental protection, regulatory compliance, and emergency preparedness.
• Develop commercial, procurement, investment, and provider governance strategies, including contracts, KPIs, SLAs, budgeting, and lifecycle cost optimization.
• Build strong relationships with developers, operators, facility managers, event organizers, regulators, and the community to support waste and sustainability objectives.
• Lead organizational capability development, fostering a culture of safety, operational excellence, innovation, sustainability, continuous improvement, and workforce development.

Here's what you'll need

Role Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering, Waste Management, Environmental Science, Sustainability, Facilities Management, or a related field; Master’s degree and relevant professional certifications are preferred.
• 18+ years of experience in waste management, environmental services, utilities, infrastructure operations, facilities management, or city-scale service delivery, including at least 8 years in senior leadership roles.
• Proven expertise in municipal, recycling, construction and demolition, organic, hazardous, and industrial waste management, including treatment, transfer, recovery, and disposal systems.
• Strong knowledge of Saudi environmental regulations, MWAN requirements, circular economy principles, ESG frameworks, regulatory compliance, and waste governance.
• Experience leading waste strategy, procurement, operational readiness, service mobilization, performance management, audits, lifecycle planning, OPEX/CAPEX management, and contractor oversight.
• Advanced capabilities in smart waste technologies, IoT, GIS, data analytics, waste-to-energy solutions, stakeholder management, executive reporting, and driving sustainable, commercially viable waste management operations.

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From our inclusive employee networks to our positive mental health champions – we’re committed to driving a culture of caring where you can be you. Joining Jacobs not only connects you locally but globally - and together, our diverse perspectives and unique backgrounds power our collective strength. We collaborate and share! By supporting one another, we all succeed.

With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximize your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits and opportunities to do good too – from participating in our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place.

No matter what drives you, you’ll discover how you can cultivate, nurture and achieve your goals – all at a single global company.

Onsite employees are expected to attend a Jacobs Workplace on a full-time basis, as required by the nature of their role.

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Locations

City State Country
Riyadh	All SA Regions	Saudi Arabia