Project Director

SML Engineering & Contracting; Fujairah; On-site; AED 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

SML Engineering & Contracting seeks a Project Director for a Fujairah hotel project, accountable for safe, profitable, and timely delivery within a single master programme. You will integrate design, procurement and construction, protecting P&L, schedule, and quality through handover by March 2029.

The role requires 20+ years in construction, with 8+ years in senior PM/PD leadership, and ownership of complex design-and-build hotel developments in the UAE/GCC.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or equivalent.
• Minimum 20 years' construction experience, including 8 years in senior PM/PD leadership.
• Delivered at least two hotel/resort projects, including one UAE/GCC design-and-build project through testing, commissioning, and handover.
• UAE/GCC contractor-side D&B leadership on a complex building of comparable scale (AED 400m / 45,000 m²).
• Proven control of P&L, EAC, cash flow, procurement, variations/claims, and FIDIC/lump-sum contracts.
• Hands-on command of programme, site production, subcontractors, recovery, and multidisciplinary interfaces.
• Willing and able to reside and work full-time in Fujairah for the duration of the project.

Responsibilities

• Own the project P&L, cash flow, EAC, contract, and change/claims management, protecting the project's margin.
• Integrate design, approvals, procurement, and construction under one master programme and release plan.
• Lead the client/operator, consultants, authorities, and subcontractors; close out decisions and interfaces.
• Drive package ownership, production, risk controls, reporting, and recovery across the project organisation.
• Assure HSE, quality, mock-ups, testing and commissioning, statutory/operator acceptance, and handover by March 2029.

Skills

PMP/chartered status

BIM

Executive reporting

Fluent English

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or equivalent

Tools

BIM

Job description

JOB PURPOSE

The Project Director exists to serve as the single accountable leader for the safe, profitable, and timely delivery of the Fujairah Hotel project — integrating design, procurement, and construction under one master programme, and protecting the project's P&L, schedule, and quality through to final handover and DLP transition by March 2029.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own the project P&L, cash flow, EAC, contract, and change/claims management, protecting the project's margin.
• Integrate design, approvals, procurement, and construction under one master programme and release plan.
• Lead the client/operator, consultants, authorities, and subcontractors; close out decisions and interfaces.
• Drive package ownership, production, risk controls, reporting, and recovery across the project organisation.
• Assure HSE, quality, mock-ups, testing and commissioning, statutory/operator acceptance, and handover by March 2029.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or equivalent.
• Minimum 20 years' construction experience, including 8 years in senior PM/PD leadership.
• Must have personally delivered at least two hotel/resort projects, including one UAE/GCC design-and-build project through testing, commissioning, and handover.
• UAE/GCC contractor-side D&B leadership on a complex building of comparable scale (approximately AED 400m / 45,000 m²).
• Proven control of P&L, EAC, cash flow, procurement, variations/claims, and FIDIC/lump-sum contracts.
• Hands-on command of programme, site production, subcontractors, recovery, and multidisciplinary interfaces.
• Willing and able to reside and work full-time in Fujairah for the duration of the project.

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES

• Ability to manage a project organisation of approximately 10-12 direct functional/package leads.
• Experience with an international luxury-hotel operator and soft-opening requirements is an advantage.
• Fujairah authority experience, or coastal resort/existing-foundation interface experience, is an advantage.
• PMP/chartered status and strong BIM, digital controls, and executive-reporting capability is an advantage.
• Fluent English required; Arabic and/or Turkish is an advantage.