Executive COO - Water Treatment & Project Delivery Leader

The Greater Change

Sharjah

On-site

AED 50,000 - 60,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

50,000 To 60,000 AED
Performance Bonus
Long-term Incentives
Executive Leadership Opportunity
Autonomy and decision-making authority

Job summary

The Greater Change seeks an experienced Chief Operating Officer to strengthen and lead the operational engine of a long-established, project-based engineering business in the UAE. You will translate strategy into execution, improve efficiency, and drive profitability.

Reporting to shareholders, the COO will oversee project delivery, governance, budgeting, and cash flow, while building a high-performance leadership team and scalable systems to support growth, acquisitions, or exits.

Qualifications

  • Proven senior leadership experience in COO roles.
  • Experience leading project-based B2B engineering businesses.
  • Experience managing organizations of 70–200 employees.
  • Strong financial acumen including budgeting, EBITDA improvement and cash flow management.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute the company's long-term growth strategy.
  • Lead revenue growth through strategic business development and project sales.
  • Convert a healthy sales pipeline into profitable project wins.
  • Drive operational excellence across engineering, project delivery and support functions.
  • Improve project profitability through cost control, execution discipline and commercial governance.
  • Build scalable business systems, KPIs and performance management processes.
  • Develop and mentor a high-performing leadership team.
  • Strengthen financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and cash flow management.
  • Improve accountability and ownership across all departments.
  • Lead organizational transformation towards a process-driven business.
  • Establish strong governance and management reporting.
  • Prepare the organization for future strategic investment, acquisition or exit opportunities.
  • Represent the company with key customers, partners and stakeholders.

Skills

Operational Excellence
Project Management
Business Operations
Revenue Growth

Job description

The Greater Change seeks an experienced Chief Operating Officer to strengthen and lead the operational engine of a long-established, project-based engineering business in the UAE. You will translate strategy into execution, improve efficiency, and drive profitability.

Reporting to shareholders, the COO will oversee project delivery, governance, budgeting, and cash flow, while building a high-performance leadership team and scalable systems to support growth, acquisitions, or exits.

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