Lead Doors & Joinery Project Manager

UNICO MEA; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

UNICO MEA is seeking a Project Manager for Doors & Joinery in the UAE to lead end-to-end delivery of doors, joinery, and hardware packages from award to handover. You will oversee planning, procurement, production, site execution, QA/QC, HSE, and client coordination.

You will manage multi-disciplinary teams, review contracts and drawings, drive schedules and budgets, and ensure client satisfaction and project success across Dubai and the UAE.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, or related field.
• 7–12 years of PM experience, preferably in doors, joinery, fit-out, or construction.
• Proven track record delivering projects from award to handover.
• Strong knowledge of door systems, architectural hardware, joinery, and finishes.
• Experience in contracts, procurement, commercial management, QA/QC, HSE, variations, claims, submittals, and site execution.

Responsibilities

• Lead doors, joinery, and hardware projects from award to handover.
• Manage programme, cost, quality, HSE, contractual compliance, and project risks.
• Act as main contact for clients, consultants, contractors, suppliers, and teams.
• Develop project strategies, programmes, resources, milestones, and deliverables.
• Review contracts, drawings, BOQs, and scopes to identify obligations and risks.
• Lead shop drawings, submittals, samples, mock-ups, and approvals.
• Coordinate procurement, production, logistics, and installation per programme.
• Monitor progress, cost, resources, milestones; implement corrective measures.
• Manage variations, additional works, claims, and commercial opportunities.
• Lead site coordination, inspections, testing, NCRs, snags, and close-out.
• Ensure compliance with drawings, specifications, QA/QC, and HSE.

Skills

Project leadership

Contract & commercial

Stakeholder management

Doors & joinery knowledge

Budgets & QA/QC

Multidisciplinary leadership

MS Project / Office tools

Education

Bachelor's degree (Architecture/Engineering/Construction Management or related)

Tools

AutoCAD

MS Project

Excel

Word

Job description

UNICO MEA is seeking a Project Manager for Doors & Joinery in the UAE to lead end-to-end delivery of doors, joinery, and hardware packages from award to handover. You will oversee planning, procurement, production, site execution, QA/QC, HSE, and client coordination.

You will manage multi-disciplinary teams, review contracts and drawings, drive schedules and budgets, and ensure client satisfaction and project success across Dubai and the UAE.