MIT - Junior Project Executive

La Petite Maison (LPM); Dubai; On-site; AED 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

La Petite Maison (LPM) is expanding its Project team in Dubai. The MIT - Junior Project Executive will work closely with the Group Project Manager on new openings, refurbishments and brand rollouts, requiring frequent trips across the GCC, Europe, and the US.

Based at the Dubai Support Office, you will coordinate with architects, designers, and contractors to ensure milestones, permits, budgets, and quality standards are met on time.

Qualifications

• Build and run project schedules and trackers from design to handover.
• Work with architects, interior designers, kitchen consultants and contractors to keep projects moving.
• Follow permits and authority approvals with local teams.
• Visit sites, track progress and log snags until every detail meets LPM standards.
• Track quotes, POs, invoices and budgets; flag overruns before they happen.
• Coordinate furniture and equipment deliveries to site.

Responsibilities

• Build and run project schedules and trackers, from design to handover.
• Work with architects, interior designers, kitchen consultants and contractors to keep projects moving.
• Follow permits and authority approvals with local teams.
• Visit sites, track progress and log snags until every detail meets LPM standards.
• Track quotes, POs, invoices and budgets; flag overruns before they happen.
• Coordinate furniture and equipment deliveries to site.

Skills

Project coordination

Schedule management

Budget tracking

Stakeholder management

Tools

MS Excel

Project management software

Job description

Job Description:

Watch a restaurant go from empty shell to opening night. Then do it again in another country.

LPM brings the French Riviera to cities from London to Dubai, Miami and Hong Kong. We’re growing, with new openings across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Europe and the US. Our Project team builds every one of them. We’re looking for a MIT -Junior Project Executive to join it.

The role

Based at our Dubai Support Office, you work side by side with the Group Project Manager on new openings, refurbishments and brand rollouts for LPM Restaurant & Bar, Le Café LPM and LPM-sur-MER. Expect 6 to 8 project trips a year across the GCC, Europe and the US.

What You’ll Do

• Build and run project schedules and trackers, from design to handover
• Work with architects, interior designers, kitchen consultants and contractors to keep projects moving
• Follow permits and authority approvals with local teams
• Visit sites, track progress and log snags until every detail meets LPM standards
• Track quotes, POs, invoices and budgets; flag overruns before they happen
• Coordinate furniture and equipment deliveries to site