Dredging Superintendent

Tanqeeb; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 270,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

Tanqeeb in Abu Dhabi seeks an experienced Dredging Project Manager to lead day-to-day dredging activities, ensuring completion within deadlines and budget while maintaining quality, safety, and environmental standards.

The role involves contributing to detailed project plans, providing weekly progress reports, and coordinating with crews and multiple departments to optimize performance and mitigate risks.

Qualifications

• Engineering Master or bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification.
• 5 years of dredging project experience.
• PMP certification is an asset.
• Strong understanding of dredging processes and equipment.
• Ability to transform CSV data into readable reports.
• Leadership and communication with crew.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day dredging activities on a project.
• Provide input for the detailed project plan.
• Ensure activities follow the project plan.
• Provide weekly reports on milestones, progress and budget.
• Delegate tasks to dredge supervisors and senior dredge masters.
• Assess performance and suggest efficiency improvements.
• Identify risks and mitigations; escalate as needed.
• Coordinate with project team and stakeholders for information transfer.
• Plan staffing for dredging activities.
• Collaborate with Technical, QA/HSE, Estimation & Operational Advisory departments.

Skills

Dredging processes

Dredging equipment

Leadership

Analytical thinking

Data interpretation

Education

Engineering degree (Bachelor/Master)

Tools

PMP certification

Job description

The ideal candidate will execute dredging activities related to, dredging, reclamation projects within deadline and budget available. Ensure high quality, safety and environmental standards.

Responsibilities

• Manage and be responsible for day to day dredging activities on a project
• Provide the Dredging Works manager with input for the development of the detailed project plan.
• Ensure that dredging activities are executed as per project plan.
• Provide weekly report to the Works Manager on milestones, work/ done, progress, budget, issues and planning.
• Delegate specific responsibilities to dredge supervisor and Sr. dredge masters(s) and analyze their daily reports.
• Assess performance and suggest efficiency improvement activities.
• Identify risks and appropriate mitigations; escalat if necessary to Works Monitor, evaluate and control activities of subcontractors
• Ensure cooperation between project team members and a smooth data/ information transfer to internal and if applicable, external stakeholders
• Coordinate and plan optimal staffing for dredging related activities
• Cooperate constructively, efficiently and effectively with Technical-, QA/HSE-, Estimation & Operational Advisory departments

Qualifications

Engineering Master / bachelor's degree or an equivalent professional qualification5 years of experience on dredging projects in relevant role PMP certification will be an asset In depth understanding of dredging processes/use of dredging equipment/ land reclamation/ pipelines, cutter types, pick points etc Ability to transform raw data (CSV-files, loggings) into readable format and ability to interpret this format and come to relevant conclusion based on the converted raw date Implement dredging methodologies Analytic capability Leadership capabilities Ability interact with crew, SDMAbility to take responsibility and suggest decision based on the knows and unknowns Ability to link survey-results (calculation, heights, benchmarks, charts, tolerances, etc.) to contractual implications Ability to work autonomous Having a problem-solving mind and able to spread this attitude amongst his project team