Senior Project Manager /Project Director - Fujairah Airport -UAE

Job Description

General Description of Role and Responsibilities: • Communicate with the Client’s representatives continuously regarding Project Progress and areas of concerns. • Participate in the planning and formulation of design alternatives and solutions for the construction project; provides conceptual estimates, feasibility studies, and cost estimates, and may coordinate the production of basic design plans and construction documents. • Develop and/or administer project budgets and fiscal controls, contracts, and quality control provisions; perform project cost estimating and value engineering, as appropriate. • Oversee all aspects of the day-to-day management of the construction project; monitor and coordinate work performed by architectural, engineering, and construction departments. • Review and interpret proposed designs, architectural drawings, and building specifications for appropriateness to required function and/or institutional standard, and initiates revisions where appropriate; advise consultants and clients as to how best to achieve required results. • Ensure that project operations comply with design specifications, contract specifications and client requirements. • Manage the performance and delivery criteria, ensuring that client requirements are being met; prepare project specifications, and coordinates procurement, as appropriate. • Coordination of work sequencing to expedite project delivery and to minimize disruption of ongoing operations. • Inspects, identify non-compliances/ acceptance of completed projects for the institution, ensuring conformance with institutional standards, building and life safety codes, and architectural/engineering specifications. • Represent the institution in business with customers, consultants, contractors, and other public and/or private agencies and organizations. • Researches and prepares various reports pertaining to operations, equipment, policies, procedures, and/or other issues, as appropriate. • Manage a construction management team of approximately 220 people across various disciplines. • Liaison with the Employer, Project Stakeholders and Statutory Authorities. • Contractual correspondence to record non-compliances to Contractual Requirements. • Manage the overall requirements and performance of the Hill team within the CMA. • Manage the overall contract closeout process in compliance with the Contract. • Reporting to the Employer. • Informs themselves of the relevant Quality, Environmental, Safety and Occupational Health Policies, Manuals and Procedures in place within Hill International, and ensures continued compliance with these requirements while employed by Hill. • Perform other duties as assigned by the line manager/supervisor. Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge and Skills: • A degree in Engineering or Business related discipline is required. • Post Graduate education, such as an MSC or PHD, is highly desired. • Twenty or more years’ of working on Multi-Million Dollar projects within the Construction field. • Previous experience of working on large airport Projects. • Experience in report writing. • Experience in contractual administration. • Must have on-site Project experience from initial design through to handover and completion. • Adequate work experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree. • Ability to think ahead, identify new opportunities and create new and innovative approaches to work-related issues. • Strong Management of large teams and communication. • Demonstrates a determination, desire to succeed and a wish to progress and develop within a commercial role. • Excellent working knowledge of Word, Excel and strong user skill level within MS Office or Primavera. • Excellent numerical and communication skills.

Desired Candidate Profile

• Lead the CMA activities in within the CMA team, follow ups in the project. • Lead the project from failures/ delays to completion. • Lead/ provide the recommendations of the best way forward toward the completion of the project. • Lead and manage the contractor to finalize all the works for the project completion. • Drive the whole project milestones with the contractor. • Lead proper monitoring of the contractor activities and resolution of issues in a timely manner. • Lead and manage both resources and HSE issues with the contractor. • Lead the project toward completion and protecting ADAC interest. • Lead and resolve all related issues with the contractor performance with clear recommendations if the contractor fails. • Lead effective communications with the contractor and the Employer (ADAC).