Senior Project Manager

Turner & Townsend; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A global professional services company is seeking a Senior Project Manager to oversee large-scale construction projects. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 10 years of Project Management experience, including 3 years in the Middle East, and strong communication skills. Responsibilities include developing governance systems, monitoring project risks, and preparing progress reports. This role is integral to ensuring project delivery meets quality, safety, and sustainability standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years Project Management experience.
• Minimum 3 years experience of working in the Middle East.
• Experience in the Buildings/Real Estate sector.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage governance and control systems.
• Monitor team performance and initiate improvement measures.
• Identify project risks and manage mitigations.
• Prepare weekly and monthly reports on project progress.

Skills

Management and interpersonal skills

Technical skillset

Communication skills

Client relationship management

Education

Degree in engineering or construction management

Job description

Overview

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world. Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Role

The Senior Project Manager reports to the Turner & Townsend Project Director internally and the client representative at a project level. The Senior Project Manager acts as the key, day-to-day client interface, ensuring that client objectives are met and that projects are delivered to time and cost targets and the appropriate quality, sustainability and safety standards.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated individual who has excellent written and verbal communication skills and who wants to make a difference to the Project Management division.

Key Attributes and Duties

You will show excellent management and interpersonal skills and possess a very strong core technical skillset, with an understanding of construction and commercial and contractual awareness.

As a smart and enthusiastic Senior Project Manager you will understand the complexities of large-scale building projects. Your strong interpersonal skills and exceptional relationship management experience will enable you to liaise with a diverse range of clients, sub-contractors and key stakeholders. You are immaculately presented and possess a perceptive knowledge of the end-to-end project delivery lifecycle inclusive of design, procurement, permitting, construction and handover processes.

Your proven success in delivering building projects will allow you to execute the following key responsibilities as Senior Project Manager:

• Develop and manage a suite of governance, communication and management control systems for the proper conduct and assured delivery of the client’s essential services and works.
• Review the organisation structures of the parties and recommend alignment measures.
• Monitor overall team performance and initiate any required safety or performance improvement measures and methodologies.
• Monitor and audit compliance with the requirements of the management systems and report as required.
• Continually identify any project risks, actively assign and manage mitigations as appropriate.
• Initiate and conduct weekly technical and progress meetings relating to the services and works.
• Manage any client stage gateway reviews and attainment of conditions precedent to such approvals.
• Manage the attainment of design stage deliverables to schedule and quality that may be concurrent with fast-track works package procurements and associated permitting and approvals requirements.
• Attend sites as often as required to review HSSE, logistics and progress against the programme.
• Produce formal reports on project progress measured against the baseline and milestone dates and agreed project-wide KPI’s.
• Prepare weekly, monthly and ad-hoc reports on project progress for the Employer’s representative; prepare and conduct presentations as required.
• Manage and administer the relevant contracts affording appropriate protection of the client’s interests.
• Manage the timely issuance of company invoices and receipts against the agreed contract.

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree in engineering, construction management or an equivalent technical qualification
• Buildings/Real Estate sector experience
• Minimum 10 years Project Management experience
• Minimum 3 years experience of working in the Middle East

Desirable

• Recognised Project Management Qualification
• Membership or chartership of a recognised professional industry body, such as RICS/CIOB

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