SML Engineering & Contracting
Project Manager
Fujairah, UAEPosted 2 days ago
- Salary
- AED 35k–50k a month· Michael Page
- Job type
- Full time
- Level
- Lead
- Field
- Construction & Engineering
- Work mode
- On site
About the role
JOB PURPOSE The Project Manager exists to serve as the single accountable leader for the safe, profitable, and timely delivery of the Fujairah Hotel project — integrating design, procurement, and construction under one master programme, and protecting the project's P&L, schedule, and quality through to final handover and DLP transition by March 2029. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES • Own the project P&L, cash flow, EAC, contract, and change/claims management, protecting the project's margin. • Integrate design, approvals, procurement, and construction under one master programme and release plan. • Lead the client/operator, consultants, authorities, and subcontractors; close out decisions and interfaces. • Drive package ownership, production, risk controls, reporting, and recovery across the project organisation. • Assure HSE, quality, mock-ups, testing and commissioning, statutory/operator acceptance, and handover by March 2029. QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE • Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or equivalent. • Minimum 20 years' construction experience, including 8 years in senior PM leadership. • Must have personally delivered at least two hotel/resort projects, including one UAE/GCC design-and-build project through testing, commissioning, and handover. • UAE/GCC contractor-side D&B leadership on a complex building of comparable scale (approximately AED 400m / 45,000 m²). • Proven control of P&L, EAC, cash flow, procurement, variations/claims, and FIDIC/lump-sum contracts. • Hands-on command of programme, site production, subcontractors, recovery, and multidisciplinary interfaces. • Willing and able to reside and work full-time in Fujairah for the duration of the project. SKILLS & COMPETENCIES • Ability to manage a project organisation of approximately 10–12 direct functional/package leads. • Experience with an international luxury-hotel operator and soft-opening requirements is an advantage. • Fujairah authority experience, or coastal resort/existing-foundation interface experience, is an advantage. • PMP/chartered status and strong BIM, digital controls, and executive-reporting capability is an advantage. • Fluent English required; Arabic and/or Turkish is an advantage. You may also send your CV directly to [email protected].
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or equivalent. Minimum 20 years' construction experience, including 8 years in senior PM leadership. Must have personally delivered at least two hotel/resort projects, including one UAE/GCC design-and-build project through testing, commissioning, and handover. UAE/GCC contractor-side D&B leadership on a complex building of comparable scale (approximately AED 400m / 45,000 m²). Proven control of P&L, EAC, cash flow, procurement, variations/claims, and FIDIC/lump-sum contracts. Hands-on command of programme, site production, subcontractors, recovery, and multidisciplinary interfaces. Willing and able to reside and work full-time in Fujairah for the duration of the project.
Responsibilities
Own the project P&L, cash flow, EAC, contract, and change/claims management, protecting the project's margin. Integrate design, approvals, procurement, and construction under one master programme and release plan. Lead the client/operator, consultants, authorities, and subcontractors; close out decisions and interfaces. Drive package ownership, production, risk controls, reporting, and recovery across the project organisation. Assure HSE, quality, mock-ups, testing and commissioning, statutory/operator acceptance, and handover by March 2029.
Skills
- PMP
- chartered status
- BIM
- digital controls
- executive-reporting
- FIDIC
- lump-sum contracts
- P&L management
- EAC
- procurement
- change/claims management
- project controls
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