Project Director

NSR Associates; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 900,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

NSR Associates seeks a Project Director for a senior leadership role in Dubai. The candidate will oversee a 24-month mixed-use development valued at 2 billion Dirhams, acting as No.

1 on site and directing a large UAE-based team under a FIDIC framework. Your responsibilities span client relationships, stakeholder management, and strategic decision-making to protect programme, productivity, and profitability.

Qualifications

• 10+ years post-graduate experience on major projects in the UAE.
• Experience leading complex design-and-build programs.
• Strong ability to manage stakeholders and clients at senior levels.
• Proven on-site leadership of large project teams under FIDIC contracts.

Responsibilities

• Lead the project as the No. 1 on site.
• Manage client relationships and key stakeholders.
• Mentor and develop the site management team.
• Oversee delivery, safety, quality, schedule, and commercial performance.
• Coordinate with consultants, subcontractors, and the wider project team.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Client management

Team mentoring

On-site leadership

UAE major projects

FIDIC environment

Job description

Job description

Project Director opportunity in Dubai.

Delivering a mixed use development consisting of 9 Buildings ranging from Mid to High Rise. Value of 2 Billion Dirhams across a 24 Month Program.

Mature client, supply chain and a genuine Tier 1 UAE Main Contractor. We are proud to have worked with this employer for 15 + Years of their rich 30 Year history. We are well placed to explain the character, culture and inner workings of this client.

As the PD leading this site you will be expected to react to change, handle the most senior of stakeholder management in the emirate, forward plan that you understand the questions being raised before you even walk into the meeting room.

You understand the game and challenges of UAE major projects for Main Contractors, protecting your position, motivating your team and thinking at a strategic level about decisions that influence the program, productivity and profitability.

Key Requirements for successful applicants:

• Experience as a Project Director or Senior Project Manager in the UAE on a Major Project worth 750 Million AED +
• 10 years' post-graduate experience.
• At least 80% of career spent with main contractors
• Strong stakeholder and client management skills
• Must hold local UAE experience to add VALUE immediately and to HIT the ground running so to speak

Experience managing:

• Demanding UAE Developers & End Clients
• Design changes
• Complex programs
• Large site teams
• Supply chain and subcontractors

Responsibilities:

• Lead the project as the No. 1 on site
• Manage client relationships and key stakeholders
• Mentor and develop the site management team
• Oversee delivery, safety, quality, schedule, and commercial performance
• Coordinate with consultants, subcontractors, and the wider project team.

This role is best suited to someone who has already delivered a large-scale UAE projects for a main contractor and has extensive experience leading complex design-and-build projects under a FIDIC environment.