Project Lead – Defense Tech & Systems Delivery

Edge Group; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family visas

Annual flight tickets

Medical insurance for dependents

Education allowances for children

Job summary

EDGE in Abu Dhabi seeks a Project Specialist to oversee planning, coordination, execution, monitoring and control of complex defence and tech projects. You will liaise with clients, engineering teams, suppliers and subcontractors to ensure scope, schedule, and budgets are met.

The role requires a strong technical engineering background and practical project controls capabilities, with governance compliance and proactive risk management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical, Aerospace, Aviation, Industrial, or related disciplines).
• Experience in managing projects.
• Knowledge of budgeting and cost estimation.
• Ability to assess project risks, costs, and value realization opportunities.
• Strong stakeholder coordination and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and reporting capabilities.
• Effective communication and presentation skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects from contract award through to completion and handover.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, and documentation.
• Coordinate activities across engineering, procurement, operations, suppliers, and stakeholders.
• Monitor project milestones, deliverables, and overall progress.
• Resolve project issues and support timely delivery.
• Understand client technical, operational, and contractual requirements.
• Review SOWs, specifications, drawings, and contractual documentation.
• Act as interface between clients, engineering teams, suppliers, and stakeholders.
• Ensure project deliverables remain aligned with scope and requirements.
• Monitor project budgets, forecasts, schedules, and cost variances.
• Track project performance against milestones.
• Assess impact of risks, delays, and changes on delivery.
• Support recovery planning where required.
• Maintain project risk and opportunity registers.
• Identify risks across technical, commercial, schedule and operations.
• Track mitigation actions and elevate issues as required.
• Collect and validate project progress updates.
• Prepare project reports, dashboards, and performance metrics.
• Highlight project deviations and recommend corrective actions.
• Maintain change and variation registers.
• Assess impact of scope, schedule, and cost changes.
• Ensure approved changes are reflected in plans and documentation.
• Track delivery commitments and milestones.
• Coordinate testing, commissioning, and acceptance activities.
• Track punch-list items and ensure timely closure.
• Support project handover and closeout activities.

Skills

Project leadership

Stakeholder coordination

Risk & cost management

Analytical reporting

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Tools

MS Project

Power BI

Job description

EDGE in Abu Dhabi seeks a Project Specialist to oversee planning, coordination, execution, monitoring and control of complex defence and tech projects. You will liaise with clients, engineering teams, suppliers and subcontractors to ensure scope, schedule, and budgets are met.

The role requires a strong technical engineering background and practical project controls capabilities, with governance compliance and proactive risk management.