Project Manager

KEO Group; Dubai; Hybrid; AED 350,000 - 700,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working arrangements

Study sponsorship sponsorship

Athletic sponsorship

Employee referral rewards

Job summary

KEO Group in Dubai, UAE, invites a seasoned Project Manager to oversee multiple infrastructure design projects across the GCC, ensuring scope, timeline and budget compliance. The ideal candidate has 10+ years in consultancy, a Civil Engineering degree, and a track record of delivering government and major sector projects; strong leadership, planning and risk management skills are essential.

The role supports hybrid working, with a collaborative environment, career development and a commitment to

Qualifications

• 10+ years in a consultancy environment, with at least 4 years on GCC projects.
• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent.
• Experience handling major scale infrastructure projects in the design phase.
• Strong project management skills including financing and resources control.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of infrastructure design projects across multiple programs.
• Plan, manage budgets and allocate team resources to achieve commercial and project outcomes.
• Plan and manage complex programs and contracts.
• Ensure project standards, governance and contract terms are followed.
• Prepare monthly project reports and contribute to division reporting.
• Lead and develop professional staff; drive performance and outcomes.
• Identify process improvements for efficiency and cost reduction.
• Participate in business development, tendering and client presentations.
• Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate project risks.
• Foster strong communication with staff, management, subcontractors and clients.

Skills

Project management

Budgeting

Risk management

Contract management

Team leadership

Business development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Job description

KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration – through conceptualization – to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 60 years we’ve led with vision, contributing to many of the world’s most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.

As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is recognized by ENR as one of the Top 225 International Design Firms and one of the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms. We are also ranked by World Architecture as the 51st largest global architecture firm and the #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2024 WA100 Survey.

We invite you to join us. Why?

When you join KEO, you’ll discover more than just a job – you’ll find a supportive environment that fosters your professional development through internal global mobility and career development and does so within a culture that supports company-wide health and well-being through on-demand counselling services and regular workplace clinics. You will be invited to celebrate community events such as sports days, fun-runs, in-house sports teams and beach clean ups. In addition to your competitive package and benefits you will have access to a suite of policies that include hybrid working arrangements, individual athletic sponsorship, study assistance sponsorship, employee referral rewards.

Responsibilities

Our newest opportunity is for a talented Project Manager in Dubai, UAE (Abu Dhabi location can also be considered)

The focus of this role is to oversee projects, ensuring they meet all scope, timeline, and budget requirements. You will be comfortable managing multiple projects.

We envisage success in this role to include;

• Leading the delivery of infrastructure design projects.
• Effective preparation, planning and control of financial budgets and team resources in order to deliver the required commercial and project outcomes.
• Planning, preparing, and managing complex programmes and project contracts.
• Ensuring project standards are implemented across each of the project's, including project administration.
• Ensuring terms of the contract are followed and manage scope changes and their effect on delivery of project objectives.
• Preparing monthly Project Report and input to consolidated Division Report.
• Leading a team of professional employees, driving increased organisational performance and achievement of team goals.
• Analysing existing work processes, procedures, and systems, identifying opportunities for increased efficiencies, cost-effectiveness, and service improvements.
• Participating in business development activities, including tender/proposal preparation and presentations.
• Pro-actively identifying, assessing, and mitigating project risks.
• Leading and developing strong communication and working relationships with staff, management, subcontractors, and clients which support collaborative work practices.

Qualifications

To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that your career journey to date will include at-least 10 years’ experience in a consultancy environment, of which at least 4 years were spent working on projects within the GCC, partnered with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering or equivalent.

The successful candidate will have spent the majority of their career within the consultancy sector where major scale infrastructure projects were handled in the design phase. This role would not involve construction elements, therefore if your experience is in line with construction management or being a resident engineer (or similar), the role will not match your strengths.

Strong project management skills will be sought as the role requires extensive understanding of the financial element of projects. You will have been involved in consultancy works with deliverables that are used by various government bodies and national level clients that allow them to move ahead with their infrastructure design plans.

KEO’s performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety and our people. We embrace diversity and recognise its’ contribution to client success wherever we work.

We are excited to hear how you can partner with our award-winning team and treat all expressions of interest confidentially.