Project Manager - Architecture

AE Recruitment; Dubai; On-site; AED 279,000 - 301,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Structured career development

Mentoring

Clear career pathway

Job summary

A talented Project Design Manager is sought by a leading international architecture and engineering practice to join its Dubai team, with trips to Abu Dhabi and Iraq to manage projects.

The role suits a technically strong Senior Architect expanding to broader project-management responsibilities, coordinating design processes with an integrated team of architects, engineers, interior designers and planners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture is essential.
• Approximately 5+ years’ post-qualification experience.
• Established Senior Architect with exposure to project-management responsibilities.
• Proven UAE experience, ideally gained with UAE, Iraq or wider Middle East.
• Experience in high-rise residential towers and/or hospitality projects is particularly relevant.
• Strong design literacy and the ability to communicate and defend design intent clearly with both internal teams and clients.
• Evidence of programming, reporting, scheduling and consultant/stakeholder coordination experience.
• Strong working knowledge of Revit and cloud worksharing.
• Design-minded architect who has project management experience and enjoys the PM side.
• Confident, polished communicator who can lead meetings and present to senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day management of assigned projects under the guidance of a Project Director.
• Ensure delivery against agreed scope, programme, budget and quality requirements.
• Participate in the design process, reviewing and coordinating architectural and multidisciplinary design information.
• Plan and manage internal resourcing, allocate work and monitor progress across architectural and engineering teams.
• Coordinate sub-consultants and external stakeholders, including clients, operators, contractors and authorities.
• Prepare and maintain project schedules, look-ahead programmes, progress reports and action trackers.
• Organise and chair coordination meetings, issue minutes and ensure actions are followed through to close-out.
• Support contract-administration activities, including variation and change tracking, RFIs and technical clarifications.
• Identify project risks and issues early, escalating them appropriately and proposing practical mitigation measures.
• Champion quality, health and safety, and compliance with relevant codes and standards throughout the project lifecycle.

Skills

Architecture

Concept Design

Coordination

Detail Design

High-rise

International exp

Project Management

Technical

UAE Exp

Education

Bachelor's in Architecture

Tools

AutoCAD

Revit

Job description

• Education required Bachelors in Architecture (buildings)
• Expertise Required Architecture; Concept Design; CoOrdination; Detail Design; High-rise; International exp; Project Management; Technical; UAE Exp
• Computer Expertise AutoCAD; Revit
• Project Experience High-rise; Hospitality; Mixed-use; Residential; Retail
• City Dubai
• Country United Arab Emirates
• Postal Code 51133
• Target Date 11/01/2027

Job Description

An established international architecture and engineering practice isseeking a talented Project Design Manager to join its Dubai team with trips to Abu Dhabi and Iraq to manage the projects.

The role is ideal for a technically strong Senior Architect who hasbegun taking on broader project-management responsibilities and is ready toformalise that progression. You will manage project delivery while continuingto contribute to and coordinate the design process, working within anintegrated team of architects, engineers, interior designers and planners.

Projects include large, complex and high-profile developments across theMiddle East, including super-tall towers, hospitality, commercial and mixed-useschemes.

Keyresponsibilities

• Leadthe day-to-day management of assigned projects under the guidance of aProject Director.
• Ensuredelivery against agreed scope, programme, budget and quality requirements.
• Participatein the design process, reviewing and coordinating architectural andmultidisciplinary design information.
• Planand manage internal resourcing, allocate work and monitor progress acrossarchitectural and engineering teams.
• Coordinatesub-consultants and external stakeholders, including clients, operators,contractors and authorities.
• Prepareand maintain project schedules, look-ahead programmes, progress reportsand action trackers.
• Organiseand chair coordination meetings, issue minutes and ensure actions arefollowed through to close-out.
• Supportcontract-administration activities, including variation and changetracking, RFIs and technical clarifications.
• Identifyproject risks and issues early, escalating them appropriately andproposing practical mitigation measures.
• Championquality, health and safety, and compliance with relevant codes andstandards throughout the project lifecycle.

Requirements

• Bachelor’sdegree in Architecture is essential.
• Approximately 5+ years’ post-qualification experience.
• EstablishedSenior Architect experience, with demonstrable exposure toproject-management responsibilities.
• ProvenUAE experience, ideally gained with UAE, Iraq or wider Middle East.
• Experiencein high-rise residential towers and/or hospitality projects isparticularly relevant.
• Soundunderstanding of all project stages: concept, schematic design, detaileddesign and construction.
• Strongdesign literacy and the ability to communicate and defend design intentclearly with both internal teams and clients.
• Evidenceof programming, reporting, scheduling and consultant/stakeholdercoordination experience.
• Strongworking knowledge of Revit and cloud worksharing.
• Design-mindedarchitect who has project management experience and enjoys the PM side.
• Confident,polished communicator who can lead meetings and present to seniorstakeholders.
• Organised,detail-focused and proactive in resolving issues.
• Collaborativeteam player, comfortable working within a large integratedmultidisciplinary environment.
• Calmand resilient under pressure, with the ability to manage fast-paced,complex projects.
• AED25,000–27,000 per month, dependent on experience.
• Medicalinsurance / healthcare.
• Structuredcareer development and mentoring.
• Clearpathway from Senior Architect into a more formally defined Project Managerrole within a global practice.