Lead Project Manager

Turner & Townsend Limited; Ras Al Khaimah; On-site; AED 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global professional services company is seeking a Lead Project Manager for their Ras Al Khaimah office. This role involves acting as the key client interface, ensuring project objectives are met on time and within budget. The ideal candidate should have at least 10-15 years of project management experience, with strong knowledge in the real estate sector. A degree in engineering or construction management is essential, and previous UAE experience is strongly preferred. The company promotes a balanced work environment and values diversity among its employees.

Benefits

Flexible working environment

Equal opportunity employer

Qualifications

• Minimum 10-15 years of Project Management experience.
• Strong knowledge of end-to-end project delivery lifecycle.
• UAE experience is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage governance and communication control systems.
• Monitor team performance and compliance with management systems.
• Prepare and present project progress reports.

Skills

Project Management

Construction Management

Interpersonal Skills

Relationship Management

Education

Degree in Engineering or Construction Management

Job description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives.

Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success. Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world. Please visit our website:www.turnerandtownsend.com

Job Description

This opportunity will be based in Ras- Al Khaimah.

The Lead Project Manager will act as the key, day to day client interface, ensuring that client objectives are met and that projects are delivered to time and cost targets and the appropriate quality, sustainability and safety standards.

Ideally you will have strong new build and or refurb / extension / upgrades or enhancements project experience within the within the real estate sector.

We are looking for an enthusiastic self-motivated individual who has excellent written and verbal communication skills and who wants to make a difference to the Project Management division.

Key Attributes and Duties

You will show excellent management and interpersonal skills and possess a very strong core technical skillset, an understanding of construction and commercial and contractual awareness.

As a smart and enthusiastic Lead Project Manager you will understand the complexities of a large scale building and infrastructure projects.

Your strong interpersonal skills and exceptional relationship management experience will enable you to effectively liaise with a diverse range of clients, sub-contractors and key stakeholders. You are immaculately presented and possess a perceptive knowledge of the end to end project delivery lifecycle inclusive of design, procurement, permitting, construction and handover processes.

Your proven success in delivering building projects will allow you to execute the following key responsibilities as Lead/Senior Project Manager:

• Develop and manage a suite of governance, communication and management control systems for the proper conduct and assured delivery of the client’s essential services and works.
• Review the organisation structures of the parties and recommend alignment measures.
• Monitor overall team performance and initiate any required safety or performance improvement measures and methodologies.
• Monitor and audit compliance with the requirements of the management systems and report as required.
• Continually identify any project risks, actively assign and manage mitigations as appropriate.
• Initiate and conduct weekly technical and progress meetings relating to the services and works.
• Manage any client stage gateway reviews and attainment of conditions precedent to such approvals.
• Manage the attainment of design stage deliverables to schedule and quality that may be concurrent with any fast track works package procurements and associated permitting and approvals requirements.
• Attend the site(s) as often as required to review HSSE, logistics and progress against the programme.
• Produce formal reports on project progress measured against the baseline and milestone dates and agreed project-wide KPI’s.
• Prepare weekly, monthly and ad-hoc reports on project progress for the Employer’s representative, prepare and conduct presentations as required.
• Manage and administer the relevant contracts affording appropriate protection of the client’s interests.
• Manage the timely issuance of company invoices and receipts against the agreed contract.

Qualifications

• Degree inengineering, construction management or an equivalent technical qualification
• Minimum 10-15 years Project Management experience
• UAE Experience is strongly preferred for this role

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e‑mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.