Senior Project Manager - Multidiscipline Projects

ADNOC Abu Dhabi UAE; Dubai; On-site; AED 391,000 - 558,000; Full time

Job summary

ADNOC Group in Dubai seeks a Senior Project Manager - Multidiscipline Projects to lead multidisciplinary oil and gas initiatives across the full lifecycle, coordinating engineering, planning, procurement, construction and commissioning to deliver assets. You will drive governance, risk management, and cost control while ensuring safety and quality across the project.

The role requires extensive experience managing complex interfaces among engineering, operations, contractors, and stakeholders,

Qualifications

• Extensive oil and gas project management experience required.
• Experience with brownfield developments and production assets.
• Strong leadership and governance across full project lifecycle.
• Ability to manage cost, schedule, quality and HSE performance.

Responsibilities

• Manage multidisciplinary projects from initial concept and project definition through detailed engineering, construction, commissioning, handover, and closeout.
• Develop project execution strategies that align technical, operational, commercial, HSE, cost, and schedule requirements.
• Establish project plans, milestones, deliverables, resource requirements, and implementation priorities.
• Coordinate project activities across engineering, operations, construction, planning, procurement, HSE, quality, and technical support functions.
• Ensure project scope is clearly defined and maintained throughout execution.
• Monitor project progress against approved schedules and identify potential delays, constraints, or critical path issues.
• Develop recovery and mitigation plans when project performance deviates from approved targets.
• Maintain effective control over project budgets, commitments, expenditure, forecasts, and cost performance.
• Review project estimates and identify opportunities to improve cost effectiveness while maintaining technical integrity.
• Coordinate engineering studies and ensure designs meet approved company standards, operating requirements, and field conditions.
• Review technical deliverables and ensure appropriate multidisciplinary integration.
• Ensure project designs incorporate constructability, maintainability, operability, reliability, and safety requirements.
• Identify technical and execution risks at an early stage and coordinate appropriate mitigation measures.
• Supervise contractor and consultant performance throughout project implementation.
• Review contractor execution plans, schedules, progress reports, engineering submissions, and supporting project documentation.
• Conduct regular project progress meetings and ensure outstanding actions are assigned and closed within agreed deadlines.
• Coordinate with procurement and contracting teams on project materials, equipment, services, and contractor requirements.
• Monitor delivery of critical materials and equipment to ensure alignment with construction schedules.
• Ensure construction activities comply with approved drawings, specifications, quality standards, and project procedures.
• Maintain strong HSE oversight and ensure contractors comply with ADNOC policies, procedures, and Codes of Practice.
• Coordinate inspection, testing, mechanical completion, pre-commissioning, and commissioning activities.
• Ensure commissioning plans provide a structured transition from construction to safe operational readiness.
• Coordinate with operations teams to prepare facilities for handover and integration with existing assets.
• Verify that punch-list items, outstanding technical issues, and completion documentation are properly closed.
• Ensure as-built drawings, operating manuals, technical records, and project dossiers are completed before final handover.
• Manage interfaces between project teams, operational assets, contractors, consultants, and external stakeholders.

Skills

Project management

Multidiscipline projects

Oil and gas projects

Project lifecycle management

Budget management

Risk management

Contractor management

Construction management

HSE management

Stakeholder management

Job description

Job Snapshot

Role: Senior Project Manager - Multidiscipline Projects

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Industry: Oil and Energy

Function: Project Management

Experience: Extensive oil and gas project management experience required

Job Type: Full-time

Job Details

• Country: United Arab Emirates
• City: Dubai
• Industry: Oil and Energy
• Function: Project Management
• Salary: 35000-50000 Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.
• Gender: Any
• Candidate Nationality: Any
• Job Type: Full-time

Role Context

The Senior Project Manager leads the development and implementation of multidisciplinary projects supporting ADNOC upstream operations and production assets. The position manages the complete project lifecycle, coordinating engineering, planning, procurement, construction, commissioning, operations, contractors, consultants, and technical authorities. The role is responsible for ensuring project scope, schedule, cost, quality, HSE, and operational requirements remain aligned from inception through handover. Strong project governance and early identification of execution risks are essential to maintaining asset reliability, supporting production objectives, and delivering technically sound facilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage multidisciplinary projects from initial concept and project definition through detailed engineering, construction, commissioning, handover, and closeout.
• Develop project execution strategies that align technical, operational, commercial, HSE, cost, and schedule requirements.
• Establish project plans, milestones, deliverables, resource requirements, and implementation priorities.
• Coordinate project activities across engineering, operations, construction, planning, procurement, HSE, quality, and technical support functions.
• Ensure project scope is clearly defined and maintained throughout execution.
• Monitor project progress against approved schedules and identify potential delays, constraints, or critical path issues.
• Develop recovery and mitigation plans when project performance deviates from approved targets.
• Maintain effective control over project budgets, commitments, expenditure, forecasts, and cost performance.
• Review project estimates and identify opportunities to improve cost effectiveness while maintaining technical integrity.
• Coordinate engineering studies and ensure designs meet approved company standards, operating requirements, and field conditions.
• Review technical deliverables and ensure appropriate multidisciplinary integration.
• Ensure project designs incorporate constructability, maintainability, operability, reliability, and safety requirements.
• Identify technical and execution risks at an early stage and coordinate appropriate mitigation measures.
• Supervise contractor and consultant performance throughout project implementation.
• Review contractor execution plans, schedules, progress reports, engineering submissions, and supporting project documentation.
• Conduct regular project progress meetings and ensure outstanding actions are assigned and closed within agreed deadlines.
• Coordinate with procurement and contracting teams on project materials, equipment, services, and contractor requirements.
• Monitor delivery of critical materials and equipment to ensure alignment with construction schedules.
• Ensure construction activities comply with approved drawings, specifications, quality standards, and project procedures.
• Maintain strong HSE oversight and ensure contractors comply with ADNOC policies, procedures, and Codes of Practice.
• Coordinate inspection, testing, mechanical completion, pre-commissioning, and commissioning activities.
• Ensure commissioning plans provide a structured transition from construction to safe operational readiness.
• Coordinate with operations teams to prepare facilities for handover and integration with existing assets.
• Verify that punch-list items, outstanding technical issues, and completion documentation are properly closed.
• Ensure as-built drawings, operating manuals, technical records, and project dossiers are completed before final handover.
• Manage interfaces between project teams, operational assets, contractors, consultants, and external stakeholders.
• Ensure modifications to existing facilities are appropriately controlled and coordinated.
• Support Management of Change requirements where projects affect existing operating facilities.
• Provide regular project status updates to management covering scope, schedule, cost, risk, quality, HSE, and key decisions.
• Prepare and deliver project presentations, management reports, and progress reviews.
• Escalate significant project risks, deviations, or contractual issues requiring management intervention.
• Lead multidisciplinary project teams and provide technical and managerial direction to assigned personnel.
• Support training, mentoring, and development of project engineering personnel.
• Contribute to preparation of project and departmental budgets and approved work plans.
• Implement applicable project management policies, systems, processes, standards, and procedures.
• Identify opportunities to improve project delivery methods, engineering workflows, and execution efficiency.
• Apply lessons learned and recognized industry practices to future projects.
• Maintain compliance with applicable legislation, HSE requirements, sustainability standards, and ADNOC Codes of Practice.

Ideal Profile

The successful candidate should have substantial experience managing multidisciplinary projects within oil and gas, energy, petrochemical, or similarly complex industrial environments. A strong understanding of the complete project lifecycle is essential, including feasibility, concept development, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, operational handover, and closeout. Candidates should be capable of managing complex interfaces between engineering disciplines, operations, contractors, consultants, procurement teams, and senior stakeholders while maintaining control over cost, schedule, quality, and HSE performance. Experience with brownfield developments, operating facilities, production assets, plant modifications, commissioning, and Management of Change activities will be particularly relevant. The role requires strong decision-making capability, project governance, contractor management, risk management, technical coordination, and the ability to lead multiple workstreams simultaneously.

Skills Set

• Project management
• Multidiscipline projects
• Oil and gas projects
• Project lifecycle management
• Project execution planning
• Engineering coordination
• Project controls
• Cost control
• Schedule management
• Project scheduling
• Budget management
• Risk management
• Contractor management
• Consultant management
• Construction management
• Engineering design review
• Procurement coordination
• Technical assurance
• Constructability review
• Operability review
• Maintainability review
• HSE management
• Quality assurance
• Mechanical completion
• Pre-commissioning
• Commissioning
• Operational readiness
• Project handover
• Project closeout
• Punch-list management
• As-built documentation
• Management of Change
• Brownfield projects
• Asset interface management
• Stakeholder management
• Progress reporting
• Project governance
• Continuous improvement

Why Join Us

This opportunity provides experienced project professionals with responsibility for complex multidisciplinary developments supporting major Oil and Energy assets. The role offers direct involvement across the complete project lifecycle and provides exposure to engineering, construction, commissioning, operational integration, contractor management, and senior-level project governance. Working within a large upstream organization also provides long-term professional development opportunities in technically demanding projects where safe execution, production continuity, cost discipline, and asset performance are critical to business success.

About the Company

ADNOC Group includes one of the UAE 's largest upstream oil production businesses, with a long operating history and a major portfolio of producing fields and development projects. Its operations combine large-scale hydrocarbon production with continued investment in asset development, enhanced oil recovery, carbon management, and technologies such as Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage to improve operational performance and support long-term sustainability objectives.