Site Director- Riyadh

TAIT partners with artists, brands, IP holders and place makers to bring culture-defining, never-before-seen experiences to life. With a legacy of innovation spanning over 45 years, TAIT has grown from pioneering in rock ‘n’ roll concert staging to setting the global standard for extraordinary live events and experiences through cutting-edge technology, precision engineering, and creative design. TAIT’s 20 global offices have developed iconic productions and experiences in over 30 countries, all seven continents, and even outer space for renowned performers, theme parks, exhibits, and venues across the globe, including partnerships with Taylor Swift, Cirque Du Soleil, Royal Opera House, Nike, NASA, Bloomberg, Google, Beyoncé, and The Olympics

**Job Outline: Site Director (Riyadh Freelance)**

The Site Director is responsible for the logistics of all elements of site, including operations planning and implementation, managing key supplier relationships and team members and maintaining consistent communication and reporting at the “Venue” from initial confirmation through execution. The Site Director will be responsible for communicating project status, coordinating schedules, crew/staff calls, and tracking client deliverables. This role will be a long term placement at a venue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and support the site year-round, working on Event specific projects as they are booked at the Venue. The role will report to the Venue Manager on a daily basis; shifting to support Event specific leadership teams during shows for pre-production, on site and derig phases. On site role located in Riyadh.

**Areas of Focus Include (not exhaustive list)**:

- Site Base construction (non creative), such as: rental cabins/containers, capital expense/permanent build items, hardware, tools, placement of fencing, bike racks, barricades, interior walls, layouts/jersey barrier placement, lighting, line painting, mapping & mark out, misc site builds and construction, tenting and surveying, power/water/waste and IT infrastructure.
- Parking Lot & Offsite construction (non creative), such as: cable trenching, cabins, fencing/bike rack/barricades, lighting, generators, tenting, permanent infrastructure.
- Site Base Operations, such as: cable ramps, cable trenching, cleaning, cranes, fuel, golf carts, gators, trucks, motor pool, heavy equipment/production equipment, keys/locks, local labor, plant, power and generators, restrooms/water stations/water management, signage install support for BOH/FOH, site ops team, skips, street sweeper, truck marshalling.
- Parking Lot & Off Site Operations: cleaning, power and generators, restrooms/water stations/water management, signage install support (BOH/BOH), site ops team, skips, street sweeper

**Detailed Responsibilities include**:

- **Site Operations & Planning**:

- Oversee temporary builds, construction projects, site infrastructure and civil works plans in ways such as finding efficiencies, strategizing with partners, ensuring milestones are being met, continued communication around goals, budget efficiencies and so on
- Source and identify vendors and staff roles to successfully complete all tasks, work through the procurement and contracting steps for said positions, continued oversight of these roles while onsite and through execution
- Be responsible for contractor execution output, including accuracy and quality and managing subcontractors directly day to day
- ** Utility Management**:
- Planning for power, lighting, IT, water, wastewater, and waste management needs across site and working with suppliers to deliver and troubleshoot. Ultimately own the operations and logistics of the permanent (and temporary for Events) infrastructure at the Venue
- Establish and communicate clear schedule of uplifts of each of the above during various Event build and break phases.
- Strategize and implement sustainable practices
- Ensure proper and efficient receipt and handover of venue utilities
- Manage all related suppliers and maintenance requests- ** Site & Space Planning**- Site Layout: work with Venue and Event teams on creation and execution of Site Plan, including: mapping, surveying, and mark out, line painting, barrier placements, cabling and cable ramp locations, structure installation and demobilization- Work with Signage teams to ensure wayfinding, logístical and operational messaging is communicated, translated and placed in relevant places including gate and structural labellingWork with Health & Safety Teams to create and implement Emergency Action Plans and appropriate sitewide rules and regulations.**Budgeting & Procurement**- Follow procurement process as prescribed for Venue and/or specific processes for Events
- Predict and manage all related suppliers’ maintenance requests within budget allocation** Staffing, Team Management & Contractors**- Responsible for assisting in the staffing of Site Operations department’s executional & Event related roles including oversight o