PMO Construction Specialist - Wastewater

Parsons; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 550,000 - 850,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons seeks a PMO Construction Specialist to deliver wastewater infrastructure in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The role blends PMO governance with hands-on construction oversight across networks, pumping stations, and treatment assets, coordinating with contractors, consultants, and authorities.

Responsibilities include schedule tracking, risk management, quality and HSE compliance, and preparing dashboards for senior leadership. A strong background in PMO processes and wastewater projects is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or Construction Management or related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in construction management or project delivery.
• Experience in PMO or structured project governance environments.

Responsibilities

• Support construction execution planning for wastewater projects.
• Coordinate design-to-construction handover and constructability reviews.
• Support delivery of pumping stations, trunk mains, and networks.
• Implement PMO governance including templates, reporting, risk logs, and change control.
• Review contractor programmes and monitor progress against baselines.
• Coordinate across multiple stakeholders and contracts.

Skills

PMO governance

Project scheduling

Stakeholder management

Construction management

Planning and progress tracking

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering / Construction Management

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Job description

Job Snapshot

PMO Construction Specialist – Wastewater. Role: PMO Construction Specialist. Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE. Industry: Utilities. Function: Project-Program Management. Experience: Minimum 10 years of relevant experience. Job Type: Full Time.

Job Details – Country: UAE City: Abu Dhabi Industry: Utilities Function: Project-Program Management Salary: Not disclosed Gender: No Preference Candidate Nationality: Not specified Job Type: Full Time Work Arrangement: On-site.

Parsons is seeking a PMO Construction Specialist to support wastewater infrastructure delivery within its Project Management Office in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The role combines PMO governance with construction delivery oversight across wastewater networks, pumping stations, trunk mains, trunk sewers, collection systems, deep sewer tunnels and treatment-related assets. Working across a multi-stakeholder programme, the specialist will support schedule, cost, risk, quality, HSE, reporting, commissioning, handover activities while maintaining effective coordination between project teams, consultants, contractors, authorities and operations personnel.

What You 'll Be Doing

• Support construction execution planning for wastewater infrastructure projects.
• Coordinate constructability considerations and design-to-construction handover activities.
• Support delivery of pumping stations, trunk mains, trunk sewers, collection networks, deep sewer tunnels and treatment-related assets.
• Implement PMO governance requirements, including standard templates, reporting processes, risk and issue logs, change control, document control and stage-gate compliance.
• Review Contractor programmes and method statements as part of construction management oversight.
• Track construction progress against approved baselines.
• Identify schedule variances and support development of appropriate corrective actions.
• Coordinate construction delivery matters across multiple project stakeholders and contracts.

Planning, Schedule and Risk Management

Monitor project schedules and construction progress with particular attention to critical activities and potential delivery constraints. The role will support critical path monitoring, monthly reporting, construction risk registers and programme-level visibility of issues affecting wastewater project delivery. Responsibilities will also include supporting budgets and forecasts and helping teams identify, document, monitor and respond to construction risks.

Shutdowns, Commissioning and Handover

• Support planning for wastewater system shutdowns and tie-in activities.
• Coordinate relevant requirements with operations and maintenance teams.
• Assist with commissioning planning and execution coordination.
• Support construction-to-operations handover activities.
• Monitor readiness of required project information and construction deliverables.
• Help coordinate activities that affect existing wastewater infrastructure and operations.

PMO Governance and Reporting

The PMO Construction Specialist will maintain structured oversight through established governance processes and provide accurate information for programme decision-making. This includes supporting stage-gate requirements, change management, risk tracking, document control and regular performance reporting. Dashboards, reports and presentations will be prepared for senior stakeholders to communicate construction status, emerging issues, risks and other relevant programme information.

Quality and HSE Compliance

• Support compliance with project QA-QC requirements.
• Monitor Inspection and Test Plan requirements and associated inspections.
• Track Non-Conformance Reports and follow-up actions.
• Verify alignment with applicable project standards and approvals.
• Review Contractor HSE plans and risk assessments.
• Support incident reporting and corrective action processes.
• Promote appropriate attention to community safety and environmental protection during construction.
• Coordinate quality and HSE matters with relevant project stakeholders.

Stakeholder and Programme Coordination

• Coordinate with internal project and PMO teams.
• Work with engineering consultants and construction contractors.
• Interface with relevant authorities where required.
• Maintain communication across multi-contract and multi-stakeholder workstreams.
• Support resolution of construction delivery issues through effective coordination.
• Provide clear reporting and presentations to senior stakeholders.
• Capture lessons learned from project delivery.
• Recommend practical improvements to PMO processes and tools.

What Required Skills You 'LL Bring

• Bachelor 's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in construction management or project delivery.
• Strong wastewater infrastructure project experience.
• Experience working within a PMO or structured project governance environment.
• Experience with multi-stakeholder and multi-contract programmes.
• Strong knowledge of wastewater networks and pumping stations.
• Understanding of construction planning, progress monitoring, risk management, quality and HSE requirements.
• Familiarity with contract administration concepts.
• Knowledge of FIDIC or similar contract frameworks is advantageous.
• Proficiency with planning and reporting tools such as Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project.
• Experience with PMO reporting systems.
• Strong reporting and coordination capabilities.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent communication skills.

What Desired Skills You 'LL Bring

• UAE wastewater or municipal infrastructure experience.
• Familiarity with local approval and regulatory requirements.
• PMP certification is advantageous.
• Construction management credentials are advantageous.
• HSE training or certification such as NEBOSH, IOSH or OSHA is advantageous.

Continuous Improvement

The role will contribute to ongoing improvement of PMO construction management practices by capturing lessons learned, reviewing delivery experience and recommending improvements to programme processes, governance tools and reporting approaches.

About Parsons

Parsons supports major infrastructure programmes through multidisciplinary engineering, construction management and PMO teams. The company emphasizes technical quality, structured project delivery, innovation, professional growth, employee wellbeing, collaboration, inclusion and continuous improvement.