Assistant Manager - Project Delivery (Dubai Holding Real Estate)

About Dubai Holding Real Estate: Dubai Holding’s real estate business has developed strategic destinations and communities that offer unique and attractive lifestyle opportunities to meet the evolving needs of Dubai’s residents and visitors alike. As a master developer, we invest in sustainable infrastructure, accessibility, community amenities and family-focused facilities including community centers, mosques, schools, supermarkets and landscaping. About the Job: • Support the Senior Manager / Associate Director in coordinating assigned projects in accordance with approved scope, programme, budget, quality, HSE, contractual, and Project Delivery requirements. • Monitor project progress, key milestones, procurement schedules, design deliverables, material approvals, site resources, and VOWD targets, and highlight delays or constraints. • Coordinate with internal functions, consultants, contractors, suppliers, and authorities to follow up actions, resolve routine interfaces, and support timely project delivery. • Track project submissions, RFIs, technical queries, method statements, material approvals, progress reports, and supporting records, and escalate matters requiring senior direction. • Maintain and update project registers, dashboards, action logs, risk and issue logs, NCR trackers, authority schedules, and other required project records. • Support progress meetings, technical workshops, site inspections, and coordination reviews; prepare accurate minutes and follow through on agreed actions. • Monitor consultant and contractor compliance with approved drawings, specifications, QA/QC plans, HSE requirements, statutory obligations, and DHRE procedures. • Track payment applications, variations, claims, commitments, forecasts, and potential cost exposure in coordination with Commercial and Finance teams. • Coordinate NOCs, permits, inspections, testing and commissioning, snagging, handover documentation, authority approvals, and completion requirements. • Support DLP and close-out activities by tracking defects, warranties, as-built drawings, O&M manuals, DLC requirements, final account actions, and outstanding deliverables. About You: • Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Architectural Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline. • Relevant project management certification, such as PMP, is preferred. • Working knowledge of project delivery, construction management, programme and cost monitoring, quality, HSE, authority approvals, handover, DLP, and project close-out in the UAE. • Minimum 7–10 years of relevant experience in construction or project delivery, including experience coordinating multidisciplinary real estate projects. • Practical experience in site coordination, progress monitoring, contractor and consultant follow-up, project reporting, authority interfaces, testing and commissioning, handover, and close-out; UAE developer-side experience is preferred. • Project coordination and monitoring across construction, testing and commissioning, handover, DLP, and close-out stages. • Programme, milestone, VOWD, procurement, resource, risk, cost, variation, claim, and change tracking. • Technical and stakeholder coordination across civil, architectural, structural, MEP, infrastructure, fit-out, landscape, and specialist works. • Working knowledge of QA/QC, HSE, NCR and audit closure, authority approvals, snagging, handover, DLP, and close-out. • Strong reporting, record management, issue follow-up, problem-solving, communication, and escalation skills. • Proficiency in Microsoft 365, project dashboards, electronic document control platforms, and scheduling tools such as Primavera P6. About Dubai Holding Real Estate: Dubai Holding’s real estate business has developed strategic destinations and communities that offer unique and attractive lifestyle opportunities to meet the evolving needs of Dubai’s residents and visitors alike. As a master developer, we invest in sustainable infrastructure, accessibility, community amenities and family-focused facilities including community centers, mosques, schools, supermarkets and landscaping. Show more Show less

• Support the Senior Manager / Associate Director in coordinating assigned projects in accordance with approved scope, programme, budget, quality, HSE, contractual, and Project Delivery requirements. • Monitor project progress, key milestones, procurement schedules, design deliverables, material approvals, site resources, and VOWD targets, and highlight delays or constraints. • Coordinate with internal functions, consultants, contractors, suppliers, and authorities to follow up actions, resolve routine interfaces, and support timely project delivery. • Track project submissions, RFIs, technical queries, method statements, material approvals, progress reports, and supporting records, and escalate matters requiring senior direction. • Maintain and update project registers, dashboards, action logs, risk and issue logs, NCR trackers, authority schedules, and other required project records. • Support progress meetings, technical workshops, site inspections, and coordination reviews; prepare accurate minutes and follow through on agreed actions. • Monitor consultant and contractor compliance with approved drawings, specifications, QA/QC plans, HSE requirements, statutory obligations, and DHRE procedures. • Track payment applications, variations, claims, commitments, forecasts, and potential cost exposure in coordination with Commercial and Finance teams. • Coordinate NOCs, permits, inspections, testing and commissioning, snagging, handover documentation, authority approvals, and completion requirements. • Support DLP and close-out activities by tracking defects, warranties, as-built drawings, O&M manuals, DLC requirements, final account actions, and outstanding deliverables.