Senior Project Manager

Stryker Corporation; Dubai; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

A global professional services firm is seeking a Senior Project Manager in Dubai. The role involves ensuring project delivery to client objectives, managing governance and performance systems, and liaising with various stakeholders. Candidates should have a degree in a related field and at least 8 years of experience in Project Management within the buildings sector. This position offers a significant opportunity to impact large-scale construction projects.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of Project Management experience.
• Experience in the buildings sector.
• Recognised Project Management Qualification is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Act as the key client interface for project delivery.
• Develop governance and management control systems.
• Monitor team performance and project risks.
• Prepare reports on project progress and contract administration.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal communication

Strong management skills

Interpersonal skills

Construction and commercial awareness

Education

Degree in architecture, engineering, construction management or equivalent

Job description

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. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

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, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Job Description

The Senior Project Manager will act 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 have both a strong precontract and post contract delivery background. You will show excellent management and interpersonal skills and possess a very strong core technical skillset, an understanding of construction and commercial and contractual awareness.

As a smart and enthusiastic Senior Project Manager you will understand the complexities of a large-scale building projects.

Your strong interpersonal skills and exceptional relationship management experience will enable you to effectively 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 any fast track works package procurements and associated permitting and approvals requirements.
• Attend the site(s) 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 architecture, engineering, construction management or an equivalent technical qualification
• Buildings sector experience
• Minimum 8 years Project Management experience

Desirable

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

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