Senior Coastal Engineering Program Lead

NMDC Dredging & Marine; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

NMDC Dredging & Marine is seeking a senior Coastal Engineering leader with 15-20 years of experience to supervise project milestones, guide complex modelling, and manage tender design and costs. The role demands strong leadership, cross-disciplinary coordination, and a track record of delivering high-quality coastal engineering deliverables on time and within safety standards.

You will oversee resource planning and budget development, promote advanced tools and techniques, and mentor teams while

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, and preferably an advanced degree in Coastal/marine Engineering and sciences.
• Minimum 15-20 years of experience in Coastal Engineering modelling and Design, in related industries
• Proven leadership in technical teams and complex projects

Responsibilities

• Supervise all project milestones and ensures with team leads that they are achieved.
• Interdisciplinary arrangement for coastal engineering design functions and modelling.
• Manage the design and evaluation of tender proposal and/or project design.
• Review and ensure appropriate resource and costs utilization by consultants.
• Ensure the optimisation of all research and development activities related to coastal engineering.
• Supervise and review the coastal engineering design deliverables within deadline and budget available.
• Ensure that advanced tools, technologies and techniques are implemented for coastal section and plans enhancements of capabilities through internal/external training.
• Ensure high quality of deliverables, meeting safety and environmental standards.
• Monitor key project deliverables and participate in all project plans and facilitate to develop effective project schedules.
• Analyse projects and develop all budgets and schedule for coastal projects.
• Supervise and provides support to emergency activities in coastal regions.
• Stimulate a result-oriented organizational culture by regularly sharing the division's performance and results.
• Take ownership of own objectives agreed upon and of the objectives of the division.
• Investigate, understand and respond to the needs of internal and external stakeholders. Build and maintain strategically important client and contractor relations.
• Proactively serve and constructively respond to external client needs in order to meet business priorities
• Show respect, flexibility and loyalty towards colleagues throughout the organization.
• Collaborate constructively and effectively with all levels within and outside the organization orally and in writing.
• Communicate clearly and succinctly orally and in writing. Adapt oral and written communication style to the audience.
• Manage conflict, solve problems and mediate between different interests of multiple stakeholders.

Skills

Coastal engineering modelling

Leadership

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering

Advanced degree in Coastal/marine Eng

Job description

NMDC Dredging & Marine is seeking a senior Coastal Engineering leader with 15-20 years of experience to supervise project milestones, guide complex modelling, and manage tender design and costs. The role demands strong leadership, cross-disciplinary coordination, and a track record of delivering high-quality coastal engineering deliverables on time and within safety standards.

You will oversee resource planning and budget development, promote advanced tools and techniques, and mentor teams while