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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