Senior Project Manager — Master Planning & Infrastructure (UAE)

WSP; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP in the UAE is seeking a Senior Project Manager with a strong technical background in infrastructure and master planning to lead and oversee the design of complex land development projects.

The candidate should have extensive planning and design–stage project management experience, UAE planning knowledge, and the ability to lead multi‑disciplinary teams from inception to completion on internationally significant land development programs.

Qualifications

• Proven project management experience on the planning and design of large and complex Land Development projects in the UAE.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in Land Development discipline (e.g. Civil Engineering, Utilities, Roads, Transport Planning, Master Planning)
• Degree in Land Development discipline preferred (e.g. Civil Engineering, Utilities, Roads, Transport Planning, Master Planning)

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage Land Development master planning and design projects (Master Planning, Transport Planning, Roads, Utilities, Landscape).
• Build and lead cross-functional project teams, providing guidance, mentorship and motivation to team members to achieve project goals.
• Cultivate and maintain strong client relationships, understand their needs and ensure project deliverables meet or exceed client expectations whilst aligning with project budgets; Cost and Resource Management – Develop project budgets, monitor and control expenditures, and allocate resources efficiently to optimize project outcomes
• Identify potential project risks and develop mitigation strategies to ensure project success
• Develop a work breakdown structure for the project, create schedules, monitor and control project progress against schedule. Ensure scope and deliverables are well defined. Ensure variance and scope creep are identified and that change is adequately documented and managed
• Manage and control quality on the project by implementing WSP processes and templates and instilling and maintaining a quality culture across the project.
• Apply commercial and legal acumen (with the contributions of support functions) to manage procurement activities on the project, ensuring Main Agreement Execution, Change Control and supplier / subcontractor appointments
• Establish stakeholder and communication management plans. Ensure communication is efficiently and accurately flowing into and out of the project, in accordance with business protocols. Evaluate stakeholder power and influence and ensure relevant feedback is considered and requisite approvals sought

Skills

Project leadership

Team management

Client interaction

Budgeting and cost control

Risk management

Schedule management

Quality management

Procurement management

Stakeholder communication

Education

Degree in Land Development / Civil Engineering

Job description

WSP in the UAE is seeking a Senior Project Manager with a strong technical background in infrastructure and master planning to lead and oversee the design of complex land development projects.

The candidate should have extensive planning and design–stage project management experience, UAE planning knowledge, and the ability to lead multi‑disciplinary teams from inception to completion on internationally significant land development programs.