Projects Manager - Civil

1. Full Project Oversight: Responsible for the entire project lifecycle, from design through to completion and handover.
2. Financial Control: Manages project expenditures, cost tracking, and cash flow to ensure financial discipline.
3. Approval of Key Documents: Reviews, approvals, and ensures alignment of project plans, variation orders, subcontractor agreements, and procurement processes.
4. Staff Leadership and Guidance: Oversees and provides direction to management staff at all stages of the project, ensuring alignment with project goals and timelines.
5. Project Strategy Development: Develops and implements a comprehensive project management strategy, including risk management, scheduling, and quality control.
6. Policy Enforcement: Ensures adherence to company standards, policies, and procedures throughout the project execution.
7. Team Structuring and Delegation: Defines the project’s organizational structure and assigns appropriate responsibilities and authority to project management team members.
8. Staffing Decisions: Makes key decisions regarding the hiring, assignment, and dismissal of project staff as needed to maintain project performance and standards.
9. Stakeholder Communication: Acts as the primary point of contact for all project-related communications with clients, consultants, contractors, and other stakeholders.
10. Performance Monitoring: Tracks project progress identifies risks or delays and implements corrective actions as necessary to ensure project objectives are met.
11. Business Development: Identifies potential opportunities for business growth through client relationships and project success, contributing to future project pipelines.
12. Ensure compliance with project contracts, specifications, local authority regulations, and company policies.
13. Lead project planning activities including baseline program development, resource allocation, procurement schedules, and execution strategies.
14. Monitor subcontractor and supplier performance to ensure timely delivery, quality compliance, and contractual obligations.
15. Review and approve material requisitions, procurement schedules, subcontract agreements, and project expenditures within delegated authority limits.
16. Manage project risks and opportunities through proactive identification, mitigation plans, and regular risk reviews.
17. Lead project progress review meetings with clients, consultants, subcontractors, and internal departments.
18. Ensure timely preparation and submission of progress reports, recovery plans, extension of time (EOT) claims, variation orders, and commercial notices.
19. Drive compliance with HSE requirements and promote a strong safety culture across the project.
20. Coordinate engineering, procurement, construction, testing & commissioning, and handover activities.
21. Ensure project documentation, records, approvals, inspections, and authority submissions are maintained and controlled.
22. Support tendering and business development activities through technical input, lessons learned, and client relationship management.
23. Lead project closeout activities including snagging, testing & commissioning, as-built documentation, O&M manuals, authority clearances, and final handover.
24. Mentor and develop project staff through performance management, coaching, and succession planning.

Desired Candidate Profile

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering (Mandatory)
• Master's Degree in Construction Management (Preferred)
• PMP Certification or Equivalent Project Management Certification (Preferred)
• Minimum 12–15 years of construction experience.
• Minimum 5 years in Project Manager position.
• Experience in high-rise residential/commercial building projects in UAE/GCC.