Construction Manager

UrbaCon Contracting & Trading Company; Qatar; On-site; QAR 360,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

UrbaCon Contracting & Trading Company in Qatar is seeking a Construction Manager to oversee all construction activities, coordinate teams, subcontractors, and resources, ensuring projects stay on time, within budget, and meet quality and safety standards.

You will lead problem-solving, enforce codes, manage cost controls, participate in tendering, and drive value engineering across project phases, with a focus on risk management and compliant operations.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of civil construction practices and processes.
• Strong budgeting and cost control expertise.
• Understanding of Quality, OH&S and Environmental management systems.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all construction activities, coordinating team, subcontractors and resources.
• Manage cost controls, preliminaries, and project profitability.
• Ensure compliance with safety regulations and building codes; lead risk management.
• Involvement in tendering processes and contract administration across project phases.

Skills

Construction Mgmt

Budgeting

Risk management

HSE

Leadership

Project controls

Education

Bachelors in Civil Eng

Profesional degree in related field

Tools

SAP

Job description

Job Summary

The Construction Manager oversees and coordinates all construction activities to ensure projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards. They manage the construction team, subcontractors, and resources while ensuring compliance with safety regulations and building codes. Their role involves problem-solving and decision-making to address any issues that arise during the construction process.

Job Responsibilities 1

Manage all cost controls related to the project by collecting, analyzing and advising appropriate course of actions to management based on cost efficiency and capability.

Establish and maintain line items costs for all associated preliminaries and consumables projected over the period of the project.

Strategize, manage and develops all relevant approaches to ensure delivery of project earnings.

Maintain the quality and value of all services as well as goods to minimize cash tied-up in inventory and maintain flow of outputs.

Monitor and give needed support to all aspects of value engineering, including tracking changes and reconciling any variations.

Manage proper allocation of assets and liabilities by ensuring proper maintenance of project insurance requirements.

Manage the elimination of potential risks and hazards by identifying elements of project design likely to result in claims or disputes.

Involvement in tendering processes to ensure that all potential discrepancies are identified and duly reported.

Involvement in all Human Resource processes and procedures including mobilization and demobilization as well.

Manage cost planning, commercial management, value engineering and contract administration in every phase of the process.

Ensure compliance and development of all safety policies and procedures across all positions and personnel in the project.

Support the implementation of HSE initiatives, participate in safety awareness activities, and contribute to incident reporting and resolution in alignment with company and IMS policies

Job Responsibilities 2

Additional Responsibilities 3

Job Knowledge & Skills

Extensive knowledge of civil construction practices, processes and protocols.

Expertise in construction industry and budgeting.

Thorough understanding of Quality, OH and S and Environmental Management Systems.

Good knowledge of financial, cost accounting, contracts administration and risk management.

ERP knowledge preferably SAP functional skills are a requirement to be successful in this role.

Job Experience

Minimum 8 year(s) working experience, 5 year(s) relevant working experience, 2 year (s) GCC is a plus

Competencies

Agility

AI Fluency

Resilience

Quality

Leadership

Cost Management L3

QA/QC L3

Design & Construction L3

HSE L3

Project Management L3

Build High-Performing Teams

Provide Direction

Education

Profesional degree in any related field

Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering or Architecture