Construction Site Logistics Manager

SNC-Lavalin Fayez Engineering; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable engineering services firm in the United Arab Emirates is seeking a Construction Site Logistics Manager to oversee logistical operations for construction projects. The ideal candidate will have over 15 years of experience managing complex logistics in a multicultural environment, with mandatory prior experience in Abu Dhabi projects. This role offers a tax-free salary, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for flexible and remote work.

Benefits

Tax-free salary

Comprehensive life insurance coverage

Premium medical insurance

Generous annual leave

Flexible work solutions

Remote work opportunities

Discretionary bonus program

Transportation & housing allowances

Employee Wellbeing Program

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in site-wide logistics management.
• Fluent in English (read, write, and speak).
• Experience in managing complex projects across cultures.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all logistical aspects of construction projects.
• Manage delivery, storage, and distribution of materials.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.

Skills

Logistics management

Communication

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Project Management, or Real Estate Development

Chartership preferred

Tools

CSCS

SMSTS/SSSTS

Job description

Job Description

Overview

The Construction Site Logistics Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating, and overseeing all logistical aspects of a construction project to ensure smooth site operations. This role involves managing the delivery, storage, and distribution of materials and equipment, organizing site access and traffic flow, and ensuring compliance with health, safety and environmental regulations. The manager works closely with project teams, suppliers, and contractors to optimize resource utilization, minimize delays and maintain accurate documentation. Their primary goal is to keep the site efficient, safe, and well‑organized throughout the project lifecycle.

Your role

Performance

• Effective delivery of site‑wide logistics through the procurement of a site‑wide logistics management contractor.
• Define and monitor that the scope of services is delivered satisfactorily through setting and monitoring of measurable goals and objectives around the following broad key enablers.
• Orderly, safe and efficient movement of labour, plant, and materials around site.
• Creation of a secure, well maintained site with regular logistics meetings.
• Efficient and orderly management of any worker’s accommodation.
• Development of processes, procedures and induction programmes.
• Supply chain management, movement plans and look‑ahead forecasting.
• Ensuring logistics activities are not a constraining factor on the program.
• Creating a site‑specific safety manual, with appropriate first aid cover and equipment present.
• Develop, maintain and update the Site Emergency Plan.
• Ensuring information is communicated effectively around the site.
• Planning for effective signage in line with corporate branding.
• Efficient management of any special public access roads – access to show houses/sales pavilions etc.
• Provision of an effective security management system that ensures all the above is achievable.

Change Management

• Variations and adjustments to Logistics Contractors scope, review the requirements and assess the impacts. Monitor construction change management process via the Engineer.

Permitting

• The Logistics Contractor’s acquisition of all necessary permits for smooth logistics operations.

Cost

• Review completeness of established budgets and review cost plans. Ensure that work is re‑measured and work is signed off in accordance with the contract.

Planning

• The monthly detailed graphical time slice showing plot and infrastructure activities and how logistics will support.
• Review weekly plans, confirm the activities are accurate and coordinated across stakeholders.

Risk

• Review detailed risk register developed by logistics contractor and team coordinated with all site stakeholders, complete with implement mitigation plan.

Interface

• Provide coordination across all programme consultants and stakeholders related to logistics works.
• Provide support to plots in terms of external access and influences that impact plot activities.

Communication

• Through regular meetings, highlight issues, concerns and roll out weekly directions to stakeholder’s team managers. Seek resolution to any issues with the respective plot, infrastructure or logistics teams or escape with the proposed mitigation plan.

Reporting

• Weekly issues through detailed logistics dashboards.

Assurance

• Submission of checklists of all logistics contractor self‑audits (QA, Safety, Environmental, Welfare etc.) review and report on status.

About you

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Project Management or Real Estate Development
• Chartership preferred.
• CSCS, SMSTS/SSSTS, Recognised safety programme (qualified and up to date), First Aid, Lifting Supervisor Certification, Traffic management, Institutional membership.

Experience

• More than 15 years as a Sitewide Logistics expert in management of complex, matrixed team environments across multiple cultures.
• Prior Abu Dhabi projects experience is mandatory (Hospitality, Mixed use, Residential projects).
• Fluent in English (read, write and speak).

Rewards & benefits

• Tax‑free salary.
• Comprehensive life insurance coverage.
• Premium medical insurance for you and your dependents.
• Generous annual leave balance.
• Flexible and hybrid work solutions.
• Remote work opportunities outside of country.
• Company gratuity scheme.
• Discretionary bonus program.
• Annual flight contribution.
• Relocation assistance.
• Transportation & housing allowances (available for remote work locations).
• Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, family care, personal health, fitness, and nutrition.

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world‑class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

EEO Statement

AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world‑class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.