Director - Project Delivery - Dubai Holding Hospitality Assets

Dubai Holding; Dubai; On-site; AED 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Career development opportunities

Collaborative work environment

Job summary

Dubai Holding Hospitality is seeking a seasoned Project Manager to oversee luxury hospitality projects, ensuring on-site supervision aligns with contracted services and business objectives. You will coordinate with developers, consultants, contractors and authorities to maintain schedule, budget and quality across live assets.

The role requires 10–15+ years in project management within luxury hospitality, with a focus on sustainability, value engineering and risk mitigation.

Qualifications

• 10–15+ years project management experience
• Experience on hospitality refurbishments or luxury hotel projects
• Experience working with live operational assets
• Commercially aware of construction costs and budget impact
• Stakeholder relationship management with operators, consultants and authorities
• Experience in sustainability, renewables and best practice construction

Responsibilities

• Ensure supervision consultants discharge duties on site per contracted services
• Coordinate with stakeholders for project-related matters
• Develop procurement strategies with the development team
• Manage interfaces between contractors, consultants and authorities
• Proactively address risks to meet business objectives, budget and timelines
• Monitor safety, quality, environmental policies on site
• Review contractor programmes, logistics, method statements and align with business requirements
• Provide regular project status updates and secure decisions/approvals

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Luxury hospitality experience

Cost control

Value engineering

Sustainability

Risk management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Construction/Architecture

Job description

Job Description:

About Dubai Holding Hospitality:

Dubai Holding Hospitality encompasses a diverse range of assets, including luxury hotels, resorts, and a full-service F&B portfolio. The company operates and manages several hotels, resorts, and residences across the Middle East, Europe, and Asia, maintaining a reputation for unmatched luxury and service quality.

About the Role:

• Ensure the supervision consultants are discharging their onsite duties in accordance with their contracted services.
• Manage and coordinate with all relevant stakeholders matters related to the project.
• Together with the development team, develop a procurement strategy for each project considering the project and constraints and opportunities.
• Manage the interface between all parties on the project, including between contractors, consultants and various authorities and agencies as necessary.
• Always adopt a proactive approach and initiate action in time / ahead of time in the event that any aspect of the project appears at risk to ensure the business objectives, public obligations, budget and key dates are accomplished.
• Monitor the implementation of the security and quality assurance / control and environmental policies of the business are maintained.
• Together with the supervision consultants, review and comment on contractor programmes, logistics plans, method statements and ensure they are aligned with the business requirements.
• Through all construction stages, report regularly on the status of projects and advise on and obtain decisions and approvals as required.
• Attend scheduled and ad-hoc meetings and ensure the supervision consultant chairs the meetings and issues minutes of meetings in a timely manner. In the absence of a supervision consultant, Senior Manager is to perform the same tasks.
• Follow up on open or unresolved items raised by the contractor (RFI’s) with the responsible party to ensure the project is not unnecessarily delayed.
• Monitor the project expenditure to ensure it is aligned with the agreed and approved project budget.
• Provide early warnings of possible variations / additional expenditure requirements.
• Suggest to management mitigation strategies for potential project programme delays or cost over-runs.
• Review interim payment applications and make recommendations for approval and / or deductions.
• Review the consultants and contractors’ quality procedures to ensure works are executed correctly, in accordance with good engineering practice and avoiding abortive works.
• Ensure all project participants adopt best practice HSE protocols.
• Coordinate onsite witness testing and inspections as required.
• Ensure the supervision consultants inspect all aspects of the contracted Works and issue a comprehensive punch / snag list.
• Prepare and coordinate preliminary hand-over inspections and witness testing.
• Coordinate final hand-over inspections.
• Coordinate with the Operator / end user training procedures.
• Review and approve final hand-over inspections.
• Ensure the supervision consultant reviews for completeness the As-Built information together with the Operation and Maintenance manuals issued by the contractor.
• Coordinate with the relevant stakeholders in obtaining the necessary NOC’s from utility providers and government authorities.
• Coordinate pre-opening activities with the Operator.
• Inspect the Works during the Defects Notification Period and make recommendations for any contract adjustments.
• Provide a recommendation for the Final Payment Certificate.

About You:

• Minimum 18 years’ experience in the construction industry from either a developer or consultancy background.
• At least 8 years focused on project delivery, preferably within a top tier developer international project management firm with specific experience on luxury hospitality.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or related discipline
• 10–15+ years’ project management experience, ideally client side or consultancy based
• Proven experience delivering hospitality led refurbishments or luxury hotel projects
• Experience working within live operational assets is essential
• Commercially aware of construction costs and the impact of the decision-making process on budgets. Able to manage and control costs and offer direction on cost effective solutions inc. leading value engineering processes.
• Establish and maintain relationships with project stakeholders from operational teams, consultants, contractors, authorities and those with project influence. Proactively engaging to foster effective communication.
• Sustainability: Experience of sustainable construction, renewable technology and construction best practice.
• Programmes: Able to prepare and advise on programme impact relative to the overall project delivery objectives and to mitigate the impact of project delays on the overall schedule.
• Quality Control: Able to manage and advise on quality control procedures on site to achieve an exemplary product.
• Project Reporting: Able to prepare and present reports for the wider organisation to update progress on projects status
• Risk Management: An appreciation of risks and understanding of how to document them, including mitigation plans to ensure projects are delivered within their respective constraints.

About the Benefits:

At Dubai Holding, we're committed to nurturing the success and well‑being of our colleagues. Join our dynamic and diverse team, and enjoy a comprehensive benefits package that includes competitive compensation, career development opportunities, and a collaborative work environment. We strongly believe in creating an empowered workforce that will help us build a connected city for tomorrow. We are committed to attracting the brightest minds and nurturing the most pioneering candidates who desire to make a great impact on the future of Dubai.

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