Project Manager - Special Projects Delivery

Atlantis; Dubai; On-site; AED 246,000 - 391,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Annual flights home

Life insurance

Incentive programme

Colleague wellness initiatives

Job summary

Atlantis Resorts in Dubai seeks a Project Manager for Special Projects Delivery to coordinate complex resort initiatives from scope through handover and warranty. You will align consultants, designers, contractors, suppliers, and internal teams to deliver on time, within scope, and within budget.

The ideal candidate has proven project administration and delivery experience in hospitality, with strong leadership, budgeting, and governance capabilities across multi-disciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• Proven working experience in project administration, project coordination, or project management.
• Experience coordinating consultants, designers, contractors, and specialist vendors.
• Strong understanding of scope, schedule, budget, risk, and quality controls.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate assigned special projects from initial scope through completion.
• Define objectives, technical requirements, deliverables, and timelines with consultants/designers.
• Ensure internal stakeholders are involved during planning and feasibility reviews.
• Coordinate internal resources, consultants, contractors, vendors, and suppliers.
• Maintain accountability for scope, schedule, cost, and delivery quality.
• Prepare detailed weekly and periodic progress reports.

Skills

Project management

Special projects

Stakeholder management

Budget management

Contractor coordination

Tools

Opera

RAMCO

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

Job description

Job Snapshot

Project Manager - Special Projects Delivery

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Industry: Hospitality

Function: Project Management

Experience: Proven project administration and project delivery experience with consultant, contractor, budget, and stakeholder management

Job Type: Full-time

Project Manager - Special Projects Delivery in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a Hospitality opportunity responsible for coordinating complex resort projects from scope development through construction, handover, and warranty completion. The role manages consultants, contractors, specialist suppliers, budgets, approvals, schedules, quality controls, payment certification, government NOCs, permits, project documentation, and internal stakeholders while ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within approved cost parameters.

Job Details

Country: United Arab Emirates

City: Dubai

Industry: Hospitality

Function: Project Management

Salary: 22000-35000 Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.

Gender: Any

Candidate Nationality: Any

Job Type: Full-time

Role Context

The Project Manager supports the delivery of strategic capital and special projects across Atlantis Dubai by coordinating technical, commercial, operational, and administrative workstreams. The position acts as a central link between designers, consultants, contractors, suppliers, internal departments, senior leadership, and resort operators to keep projects moving from early definition through final completion. This role requires strong control of time, cost, quality, scope, and stakeholder expectations. In addition to project execution, the position contributes to budgeting, team leadership, performance management, workforce planning, and departmental reporting, making it a broad project leadership role within a complex hospitality environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate assigned special projects from initial scope development through completion.
• Work with consultants and designers to define project objectives, technical requirements, deliverables, and timelines.
• Ensure relevant internal stakeholders are involved during project planning and feasibility reviews.
• Act as the client representative when external project managers are appointed.
• Coordinate internal resources, consultants, contractors, vendors, and specialist suppliers.
• Maintain clear accountability for project scope, schedule, cost, and delivery quality.
• Ensure projects are completed on time and within approved budgets.
• Review project progress regularly against agreed milestones and construction programs.
• Monitor cost commitments, expenditure, forecasts, and project cost-to-completion.
• Prepare progress and cost tracking reports for senior management.
• Escalate significant risks, delays, commercial issues, and technical concerns to the VP of Special Projects.
• Develop corrective actions with consultants and project managers when delays occur.
• Review consultant and contractor recommendations before internal approval.
• Coordinate scoring, review comments, and management approvals related to commercial recommendations.
• Liaise with commercial and legal teams to support finalization of LOIs and contracts.
• Coordinate government-related approvals required for project delivery.
• Ensure relevant design NOCs, construction NOCs, permits, and building approvals are secured.
• Track regulatory approvals to prevent avoidable project delays.
• Conduct regular project and construction progress reviews.
• Prepare detailed weekly and periodic progress reports.
• Carry out site inspections to verify construction status and identify emerging issues.
• Review workmanship and completed project elements against approved specifications.
• Conduct quality checks to confirm compliance with drawings, standards, and contractual requirements.
• Track project changes using appropriate scope, cost, and schedule control techniques.
• Maintain comprehensive project tracking and control documentation.
• Establish productive relationships with contractors, consultants, and specialist vendors.
• Support assessment of contractor and supplier payment applications.
• Assist with valuation and payment certification according to contractual terms.
• Review supporting documents before payment recommendations are processed.
• Coordinate pre-completion inspections with consultant teams.
• Identify defects and outstanding work during snagging inspections.
• Ensure snagging items are rectified before final project sign-off.
• Inspect completed projects during the defect liability and warranty periods.
• Follow up unresolved issues until contractual obligations are completed.
• Maintain project correspondence, approvals, reports, and administrative records.
• Administer requisitions and internal approvals as required.
• Prepare departmental reports and formal correspondence.
• Use Opera and RAMCO systems where required for project and operational processes.
• Support administrative duties when additional departmental coverage is needed.
• Coordinate with operational departments to minimize disruption during project execution.
• Build collaborative relationships across the organization.
• Remain informed about new operational initiatives, services, products, and development priorities.
• Contribute to preparation of departmental budgets.
• Monitor financial performance against approved budget targets.
• Identify unfavorable variances and support corrective action.
• Look for opportunities to improve cost efficiency and project performance.
• Set clear objectives for direct reports and monitor achievement.
• Manage employee performance through structured feedback and development.
• Allocate departmental resources according to project priorities.
• Support strategic execution of team priorities and departmental business objectives.
• Advise leadership on project delivery, performance, cost, and resource matters.
• Lead through collaboration and influence across multiple departments.
• Coach and develop colleagues to strengthen technical and management capability.
• Support recruitment and selection activities for direct reports and their teams.
• Participate in appraisal, development, counselling, and disciplinary processes when necessary.
• Maintain an accessible management approach and provide guidance to colleagues.
• Ensure teams comply with relevant Kerzner people processes and deadlines.
• Support probation reviews, performance development processes, and employee surveys.
• Monitor staffing levels and productivity to control unnecessary payroll costs.
• Participate in talent reviews and succession development activities.
• Ensure mandatory training requirements are completed across assigned departments.
• Support departmental trainers and colleague development initiatives.
• Monitor labor turnover trends with Human Resources and respond to areas of concern.
• Conduct regular coaching sessions with department leaders.
• Support engagement survey follow-up and ensure colleagues receive timely feedback.
• Participate in interviews and recruitment reviews when required.
• Review manpower requirements and replacement hiring needs.
• Support departmental corporate social responsibility activities.

Ideal Profile

• Proven working experience in project administration, project coordination, or project management.
• Strong background in delivering construction, refurbishment, development, or hospitality-related projects is advantageous.
• Experience coordinating consultants, designers, contractors, and specialist suppliers.
• Good understanding of project scope, schedule, budget, risk, and quality controls.
• Familiarity with construction progress monitoring and site inspections.
• Strong understanding of project cost tracking and cost-to-completion reporting.
• Comfortable reviewing contractor and supplier payment applications.
• Experience supporting contract awards, LOIs, and commercial approvals.
• Understanding of design NOCs, construction approvals, building permits, and authority processes.
• Strong client-facing and internal communication capability.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills with close attention to detail.
• Able to manage multiple projects, stakeholders, and deadlines simultaneously.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Advanced practical use of Microsoft Excel for project and cost tracking.
• Confident preparing management presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint.
• Knowledge of Opera systems is advantageous.
• Knowledge of RAMCO systems is advantageous.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability.
• Confident working with senior leadership and operational stakeholders.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship management skills.
• Demonstrated leadership capability.
• Able to coach and develop direct reports.
• Comfortable managing performance and setting individual objectives.
• Strong customer service focus.
• Commercially aware with good understanding of departmental budgeting.
• Resilient when managing changing priorities, project delays, and operational constraints.
• Able to work effectively in a multidisciplinary hospitality environment.

Skills Set

• Project management
• Special projects
• Project administration
• Construction project coordination
• Hospitality projects
• Project planning
• Scope management
• Schedule management
• Cost management
• Budget management
• Cost-to-completion
• Project forecasting
• Project reporting
• Stakeholder management
• Consultant coordination
• Contractor management
• Supplier management
• Vendor management
• Client representation
• Design coordination
• Construction monitoring
• Site inspections
• Quality inspections
• Snagging
• Defect liability period
• Warranty management
• Change management
• Project documentation
• Contract coordination
• LOI administration
• Payment certification
• Contractor valuations
• Supplier payments
• Government approvals
• Design NOCs
• Construction NOCs
• Building permits
• Risk management
• Corrective action
• Technical feasibility
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Office
• Opera
• RAMCO
• Budget control
• Financial performance
• Team leadership
• Performance management
• Staff development
• Workforce planning
• Recruitment support
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Senior management reporting
• Problem-solving
• Hospitality operations

Why Join Us

This role offers substantial project ownership within Dubai 's Hospitality sector, providing exposure to design development, construction delivery, commercial controls, authority approvals, budgeting, contractor management, and operational coordination across a large luxury resort portfolio. The breadth of responsibility makes it particularly valuable for project professionals seeking to strengthen both technical delivery and leadership capability. The position includes a competitive tax-free salary in UAE Dirhams, food and beverage privileges, discounted rates across participating Kerzner properties worldwide, comprehensive health insurance including dental coverage, annual flights home, life insurance, an incentive programme, and colleague wellness initiatives. Access to complex capital projects, senior stakeholders, multidisciplinary teams, structured learning, and internal mobility also supports progression into senior project, development, and facilities leadership roles.

About the Company

Atlantis Resorts operates Atlantis, The Palm and Atlantis The Royal in Dubai as part of Kerzner International. Its large-scale luxury hospitality portfolio requires continuous investment in development, refurbishment, technical upgrades, guest facilities, restaurants, entertainment spaces, and operational infrastructure, supported by specialist project teams coordinating consultants, contractors, suppliers, and internal stakeholders from concept through final delivery.