Kuwait-Based Senior Project Manager - Construction & Design

SRT Marine Systems plc; Kuwait; On-site; KWD 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-leading benefits package

Private health and travel insurance

Family relocation support

Job summary

SRT Marine Systems plc is seeking a Senior Project Manager, based in the Middle East with a focus on Kuwait, to drive project delivery on-site across multiple streams. You will coordinate ICPs, design consultants, subcontractors and internal teams to achieve acceptance against scope, schedule, cost and quality while meeting customer commitments.

The role involves acting as design manager/coordinator, overseeing consultant deliverables, and ensuring alignment with customer requirements and site

Qualifications

• Strong, proven experience in project management and delivery of complex construction and system integration projects.
• Experience of civil build, construction and design for communication towers, data centres etc.
• Experience of international build and design knowledge in the Middle East or comparable environments.
• Experience working with in-country partners, design consultants, customer-side stakeholders, government/regulatory stakeholders and local subcontractors.
• Ability to review contractor programmes, identify schedule risk, support recovery planning and translate programme issues into practical site actions.
• Experience acting as a design manager, design coordinator or client-side design lead, including management of consultant deliverables.
• Strong knowledge of RAID, change control, progress reporting, and stakeholder management.
• Comfortable operating in a hands-on, site-based capacity with regular travel across the Middle East.

Responsibilities

• Lead assigned projects and workstreams, ensuring delivery against scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk and customer outcomes.
• Maintain project governance, action tracking, decision logs, escalation routes and progress forums.
• Oversee integrated planning, milestones, dependencies, RAID, change control and delivery forecasts.
• Coordinate Kuwait delivery across customer, government, ICP, consultants, subcontractors and internal teams.
• Maintain regular site presence across Kuwait to review progress and confirm readiness.
• Act as design manager during design development, overseeing ICP deliverables and approvals.
• Coordinate design workshops and reviews among SRT teams, the Programme Director, ICP, consultants and site teams.
• Manage design queries, deviations, approvals, procurement interfaces and installation-readiness constraints.
• Ensure construction/design activities comply with Kuwait health, safety, environmental and statutory requirements.
• Assist with tender activity, scope interpretation and delivery advice as required.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Site delivery

Risk management

Change control

Design coordination

Contract & procurement

Communication skills

Leadership

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Project

Primavera P6

MSP

CAD

Job description

SRT Marine Systems plc is seeking a Senior Project Manager, based in the Middle East with a focus on Kuwait, to drive project delivery on-site across multiple streams. You will coordinate ICPs, design consultants, subcontractors and internal teams to achieve acceptance against scope, schedule, cost and quality while meeting customer commitments.

The role involves acting as design manager/coordinator, overseeing consultant deliverables, and ensuring alignment with customer requirements and site