Senior Project Manager - Airport & Infrastructure Delivery

Turner & Townsend; Doha; On-site; QAR 437,000 - 801,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in Doha (Qatar) is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead and coordinate multiple projects of moderate size and complexity. You will oversee the full lifecycle from business case to handover, ensuring delivery within scope, budget, and schedule.

The ideal candidate brings strong leadership and delivery experience in airport, live operational, or major infrastructure environments, with robust planning, risk management, and stakeholder engagement skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent qualification.
• PMP Certification is required.
• 5-10 years of project management experience delivering projects and work packages up to USD 50M.
• Demonstrated experience delivering 1-2 full end-to-end lifecycles.
• 4-7 years in airport, live operational, or major infrastructure environments.
• Regional (Middle East) experience preferred; multicultural teams managed.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects from initiation through completion, ensuring delivery within scope, budget, and schedule.
• Drive project strategy, planning, execution, commissioning, and handover activities.
• Support the development of business cases and project objectives.
• Develop project plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and delivery strategies.
• Monitor project performance and implement corrective actions when required.
• Ensure project deliverables meet quality, safety, and operational requirements.
• Manage project resources including personnel, contractors, materials, and equipment.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues throughout the project lifecycle.
• Develop contingency plans to support successful project delivery.
• Act as the primary point of contact for project stakeholders.
• Provide regular project updates and manage stakeholder expectations.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and foster collaboration across all project participants.
• Lead and motivate project team members to achieve project objectives.
• Support operational continuity planning within live operational environments.
• Coordinate project phasing, access requirements, permits-to-work, and stakeholder engagement.
• Manage commissioning, ORAT, operational readiness, handover documentation, training, defect management, and project close-out activities.
• Support procurement and tender activities.
• Manage RFIs, technical submittals, variations, and contractor interfaces.
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulations, authority requirements, and project standards.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Planning

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent qualification

PMP Certification

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Jira

Asana

BIM platforms

Job description

Turner & Townsend in Doha (Qatar) is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead and coordinate multiple projects of moderate size and complexity. You will oversee the full lifecycle from business case to handover, ensuring delivery within scope, budget, and schedule.

The ideal candidate brings strong leadership and delivery experience in airport, live operational, or major infrastructure environments, with robust planning, risk management, and stakeholder engagement skills.