Senior Project Manager

Artelia Airports; Dubai; On-site; AED 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An international engineering firm is seeking a Senior Project Manager in Dubai to oversee the management strategy for large-scale airport projects. The successful candidate will be responsible for supervising project teams, managing client relations, and ensuring compliance with quality and regulatory standards. Candidates must possess at least 15 years of relevant experience, a degree in airport management or related fields, and proficiency in project management software such as Primavera or MS Project. Extensive knowledge of FIDIC contracts and airport operations is a plus.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years’ experience on large size construction projects, with airport references preferred.
• Thorough knowledge of engineering design, project budgeting, and FIDIC contracts.
• Fluency in English required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the management of signed contracts and project progress according to client specifications.
• Negotiate technical and financial approaches with stakeholders.
• Manage client relations throughout project lifecycle.

Skills

Leadership

Project Management

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor's or Master's Degree in airport management, planning, aviation science, or engineering

Tools

Primavera

MS Project

Job description

1 Mission

The Senior Project Manager is in charge of the complete implementation of the management strategy for projects under his/her responsibility, and for which he/she has the support of resources either inside or outside the affiliate.

To meet the expectations of Clients, for whom he/she is the direct and key contact, the Senior Project Manager supervises architectural and technical studies. Every decision of design modification leading to financial consequences is taken by him/her. At the same time, he/she guarantees the economic balance of the project and the respect of Quality principles. He/she also deals with all the contractual issues between Artelia Airports and its clients.

In the management of studies, the Senior Project Manager supervises the project teams made available. He/she draws up and manages design contracts entered into with designers outside Artelia Airports and guarantees their functioning. With the support of the functional resources of affiliates, he/she defines the subcontracting strategy, then drafts and manages the subcontracting contracts necessary to project implementation.

He/She contributes to the definition of the affiliate’s strategic focus.

2 Line and Staff Relations

The role will directly report to the Director, Production and Operations and will work in close collaboration with the following teams:

• Artelia Airports Staff
  • Design Manager
  • Contract Administrator
  • Director of Tendering and Consulting
  • Resident Engineer
  • Planning Engineer
  • Design Team, all disciplines
  • Supervision Team at site
  • QA/QC Manager
  • HSE Manager

• External Collaborators
  • Client Representatives
  • Sub-Consultants
  • Contractors / Sub-Contractors

3 Key Responsiblities

Ensures the management of signed contracts

• He/She negotiates the technical and financial approach to projects in his/her portfolio (with Executive Management assisted by the Business Development Manager)
• He/She defines the progress of the project (consistent with the Client’s specifications) and the recourse to outside resources (subcontracting)
• He/She defines the technical, budgetary and financial resources necessary
• He/She defines resources to be implemented and monitoring indicators
• He/She monitors Executive Management’s continuous and adequate information as far as finance, technical choices and deadlines are concerned, in providing the Administrative, Financial and Human Resources Director and the Director of Production and Operations with the data necessary to their audit (Control Panels and performance indicators)

• He/She uses feedback information from the Administrative, Financial and Human Resources Director and the Director of Production and Operations in the management of his project
• He/She supervises studies and manages teams:
• breaks specifications down into study objectives and study team needs

• establishes the monitoring indicators of studies to be carried out
• directs, focuses and coordinates the group of project contributors, i.e. :

• is in charge of teams under his/her direct responsibility.
• focuses and coordinates the work of outside designers.
• coordinates the work of teams, including those teams working on the site.
• monitors subcontractors.
• leads teams.
• monitors Artelia Airports spending and manages it in relation to projected financial schedules.
• guarantees project / Client program appropriateness (functional and technical aspects, study and finishing deadlines and target costs)
• monitors Quality and the respect of project deadlines through continuous dialogue with outside designers (optimization of economic choices, project consistency)
• contributes to the concrete production of studies
• updates the Director of Operations and Production on technical base

• He/She manages Client relations:
• conducts the technical dialogue on the project with the Client (technical choices, functionality)
• validates the various stages of the project with the Client
• conducts the closure of services due under contracts entered into with Clients
• implements the contracts entered into with the Clients
• monitors the deadlines, quality and costs follow-up
• is responsible to report to executive management any changes of the Artelia Airports contract
• prepares, with support from the Business Development Manager, the technical and financial files for possible complaints (follow-up letters etc…)
• advises the Business Development Manager and Executive Management in terms on market opportunities when required
• He/She updates load plans by:

• Defining staff needs according to their skills
• Allowing or denying additional missions
• Accepting vacations
• Managing all the means needed for his project
• Contractors:

• signs all the instructions to the contractor including:
• notice to proceed and eventually to stop the works on site
• technical variation orders
• financial variation orders
• schedule variation orders
• penalty orders for delay
• validates all the contractors’ submittals and quality control plans produced by contractors or he/she can delegate such responsibility.
• He/She follows the project for Artelia Airports by :

Following its spending and invoices

• Approving the schedule for the project
• Approving the missions and reporting it to the Managing Director
• Within the framework of his/her activities, the Senior Project Manager contributes, in a relevant manner, to the fulfillment of Quality objectives.

4 Profile Specifications – Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in airport management, planning, aviation science, or engineering.
• 15 years’ experience minimum on large size construction projects or similar transportation projects in a similar position, with a minimum of 3 airport projects references strongly preferred - both design and site supervision.
• Thorough knowledge of engineering design, construction estimating, facility operation, project budgeting and scheduling.
• Demonstrated knowledge of capital planning and assessment, cost-benefit analysis, planning and evaluation, and risk management protocols
• Experienced in Project Management and FIDIC contracts
• Experience in ICAO and IATA regulations is a plus
• Excellent presentation, coordination and leadership skills
• Knowledge of local laws and regulations, international codes and standards
• Fluent in English; reading, writing and speaking
• Proficiency in the use of standard Microsoft Office products, Primavera (Oracle’s Project Management software)or MS Project.
• Eligibility for frequent travels to be expected.
• SoE membership and AUH Engineering license are mandatory or proven eligibility

Note to external recruiters:Please note that Artelia Airports does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, Artelia Airportswill not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, Artelia Airports explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Artelia Airports and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired byArtelia Airports as a result of the referral or through other means.