Director - Programme - Fujairah New Port

Abu Dhabi Ports; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Abu Dhabi Ports seeks a Director Programme Fujairah New Port to drive end-to-end execution of the Ports Cluster maritime portfolio, reporting to senior leadership. You will lead strategic planning, resource allocation, and stakeholder coordination to expand Fujairah Terminals while maintaining safety, quality, and budgetary discipline.

The role requires 15+ years in a senior project/programme management capacity within multidisciplinary engineering environments, with extensive maritime

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management or related field.
• Master's degree is a plus.
• 15+ years of experience in a similar role.
• Proven experience delivering construction projects in maritime port/terminal expansion.

Responsibilities

• Manage overall programme delivery and monitor the maritime progress to ensure that key milestones are met across all projects.
• Lead the delivery of the Fujairah Terminals expansion including marine works quay and yard infrastructure and terminal facilities while keeping terminal operations safe and uninterrupted.
• Evaluate project risks, resolve issues with relevant parties and develop mitigation plans to ensure maritime project success.
• Provide guidance, advice, and expertise to project owners and department managers regarding maritime programs and relevant specifications, standards and procedures.
• Manage maritime data related to the division and enforce statistical, diagnostic, predictive and prescriptive analytics.
• Provide HSE leadership for all construction activities across the programme and promote a positive HSE culture.

Skills

Customer Focus

Mental Agility

Drive Performance

Adaptability

Courage

Inspire

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Construction Management

Project Management or related field

Master's degree (plus)

Job description

The Director Programme Fujairah New Port will be responsible for the end to end execution of the Ports Cluster maritime portfolio within the assigned programme Reporting to senior leadership in the HC amp E Ports Cluster you will drive strategic planning resource allocation and stakeholder coordination to ensure the successful expansion of Fujairah Terminals and related infrastructure while maintaining safety quality and budgetary discipline

Educational and Technical Qualifications

• Bachelor s degree in Engineering
• Construction Management
• Project Management or a related field
• Master s degree is a plus

Language Skills

• Excellent English
• Arabic is an added advantage

Years of Experience

• A minimum of 15 years of experience in a similar role

Nature of Experience

• Proven experience in delivering construction projects
• Experience as a senior project manager or in a programme management position
• Working in a multi-disciplinary engineering environment
• Extensive experience in the field of maritime development preferably in port and terminal expansion projects
• Experience in working in both contracting and PMC organisations

SECTION IV KEY INTERACTIONS

Key Internal Contacts

• Purpose of Interaction
• Ports Cluster Management
• Business Clusters including Fujairah Terminals operations teams
• Provide advice regarding maritime programs and projects delivery
• Enforce compliance
• Resolve issues and build plans

Key External Contacts

• Purpose of Interaction
• Consultant amp contractor
• Government Stakeholders including port and maritime authorities in Fujairah
• Manage maritime delivery projects
• Enforce compliance
• Resolve issues and build plans

Leadership Competencies required for the role

Competencies

• Customer Focus
• Mental Agility
• Drive Performance
• Adaptability
• Courage
• Inspire

Core Responsibilities

• Manage overall programme delivery and monitor the maritime progress to ensure that key milestones are being met across all projects
• Lead the delivery of the Fujairah Terminals expansion including marine works quay and yard infrastructure and terminal facilities while keeping terminal operations safe and uninterrupted
• Evaluate project key risks resolve issues with the relevant parties and develop mitigation plans to ensure maritime project success
• Provide guidance advice and expertise to project owners and department managers with regards to maritime programs and relevant specifications standards and procedures to meet project requirements and achieve objectives
• Manage maritime data related to the division and enforce statistical diagnostic predictive and prescriptive analytics
• Manage both dependencies and interfaces among maritime projects within the programme s including interfaces with ongoing terminal operations at Fujairah
• Provide support for cross functional and departmental dependencies and collaboration
• Provide HSE leadership for all construction activities across the programme and enforce the promotion of a positive HSE culture

People Management Responsibilities

• Supervise the work of multiple engineering teams
• Ensure the effective allocation of work across resources and planning future resource requirements both internal and external effectively to meet project requirements
• Communicate technical information to non-technical stakeholders including clusters and potential customers
• Conduct regular performance evaluations for team members providing constructive feedback and setting goals for professional growth
• Offer coaching and mentoring to team members to enhance their capabilities and problem-solving skills

Strategic Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain relationships with other senior management suppliers consultants and contractors
• Support the development and continuous improvement of departmental working practices
• Ensure that departmental budgets business strategies and human resource projects are prepared in accordance with the Ports Cluster and ETS strategy to ensure the development of an integrated approach

Qualifications Summary

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management or a related field. Master's degree is a plus Language Skills: Excellent English. Arabic is an added advantage Years of Experience: A minimum of 15 years of experience in a similar role Nature of Experience: Proven experience in delivering construction projects. Experience as a senior project manager or in a programme management position. Working in a multi-disciplinary engineering environment. Extensive experience in the field of maritime development, preferably in port and terminal expansion projects. Experience in working in both contracting and PMC organisations.