Project Manager – Doors & Joinery (U.A.E.)

UNICO MEA; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

UNICO MEA is seeking a Project Manager for Doors & Joinery in the UAE to lead end-to-end delivery of doors, joinery, and hardware packages from award to handover. You will oversee planning, procurement, production, site execution, QA/QC, HSE, and client coordination.

You will manage multi-disciplinary teams, review contracts and drawings, drive schedules and budgets, and ensure client satisfaction and project success across Dubai and the UAE.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, or related field.
• 7–12 years of PM experience, preferably in doors, joinery, fit-out, or construction.
• Proven track record delivering projects from award to handover.
• Strong knowledge of door systems, architectural hardware, joinery, and finishes.
• Experience in contracts, procurement, commercial management, QA/QC, HSE, variations, claims, submittals, and site execution.

Responsibilities

• Lead doors, joinery, and hardware projects from award to handover.
• Manage programme, cost, quality, HSE, contractual compliance, and project risks.
• Act as main contact for clients, consultants, contractors, suppliers, and teams.
• Develop project strategies, programmes, resources, milestones, and deliverables.
• Review contracts, drawings, BOQs, and scopes to identify obligations and risks.
• Lead shop drawings, submittals, samples, mock-ups, and approvals.
• Coordinate procurement, production, logistics, and installation per programme.
• Monitor progress, cost, resources, milestones; implement corrective measures.
• Manage variations, additional works, claims, and commercial opportunities.
• Lead site coordination, inspections, testing, NCRs, snags, and close-out.
• Ensure compliance with drawings, specifications, QA/QC, and HSE.

Skills

Project leadership

Contract & commercial

Stakeholder management

Doors & joinery knowledge

Budgets & QA/QC

Multidisciplinary leadership

MS Project / Office tools

Education

Bachelor's degree (Architecture/Engineering/Construction Management or related)

Tools

AutoCAD

MS Project

Excel

Word

Job description

Position: Project Manager - Doors & Joinery (U.A.E.)

Position Overview

As a Project Manager - Doors & Joinery at UNICO MEA, you will oversee the delivery of door, joinery, and hardware packages from award to handover, with responsibility for planning, contracts, clients, procurement, production, site execution, quality, HSE, cost, and programme.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead doors, joinery, and hardware projects from award to final handover.
• Manage programme, cost, quality, HSE, contractual compliance, and project risks.
• Act as the main contact for clients, consultants, contractors, suppliers, factories, and internal teams.
• Develop project strategies, programmes, resources, milestones, and deliverables.
• Review contracts, drawings, specifications, BOQs, and scopes to identify obligations, risks, interfaces, and opportunities.
• Lead shop drawings, submittals, samples, mock-ups, technical documentation, and approvals.
• Coordinate procurement, production, logistics, and installation in line with the programme.
• Monitor progress, cost, resources, and milestones; implement corrective and recovery measures.
• Manage variations, additional works, claims, and commercial opportunities.
• Lead site coordination, installation, inspections, testing, NCRs, snags, and close-out.
• Ensure compliance with drawings, specifications, standards, QA/QC, and HSE requirements.
• Manage multidisciplinary teams across engineering, procurement, production, logistics, QA/QC, HSE, and site operations.
• Conduct project/client meetings, reporting, action follow-up, and maintain project documentation.
• Drive completion, handover, client satisfaction, and repeat business opportunities.

Required Skills

• Strong project leadership, planning, decision-making, and problem-solving.
• Strong contract, commercial, risk, and project controls knowledge.
• Excellent stakeholder, negotiation, communication, and follow-up skills.
• Strong technical knowledge of doors, joinery, architectural hardware, and fit-out.
• Experience with budgets, variations, claims, QA/QC, HSE, procurement, and site execution.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and manage multiple projects.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD, Excel, Word, and MS Project.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, commercially driven environment.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, or related field.
• 7-12 years of relevant project management experience, preferably in doors, joinery, fit-out, or construction.
• Proven experience managing projects from award through completion and handover.
• Strong knowledge of door systems, architectural hardware, joinery, and finishes.
• Experience in contracts, procurement, commercial management, QA/QC, HSE, variations, claims, submittals, and site execution.
• Experience coordinating consultants, contractors, suppliers, manufacturers, and multidisciplinary teams.
• U.A.E. project experience strongly preferred.