Project Manager - Design

Job description

📢 Job Opportunity: Project Manager - Design 📢

📍 Location: Dubai

🔍 Purpose of the Role:
Are you a skilled Project Manager with a background in architecture and a passion for driving projects? We're looking for you! This role offers the opportunity to lead diverse projects, collaborate with talented professionals, and drive innovative solutions.

📋 Key Responsibilities:
- Organize & monitor schedules, ensuring deadlines are met.
- Liaise and collaborate with the project team and stakeholders to scope requirements and objectives.
- Analyze project insights and produce progress reports.
- Ensure stakeholders' needs are met as projects evolve.
- Assess, document, track, and communicate project risks and issues, providing solutions where applicable.
- Organize and attend stakeholders' meetings, recording minutes.
- Prepare necessary presentation materials for meetings.
- Follow up on the status of Authorities applications & NOCs, preparing summary reports on progress and related risks.

📌 Additional Responsibilities:
- Support company stakeholders by administering all types of projects ranging from simple activities to complex plans.
- Plan certain parts of the project, monitor progress, coordinate meetings, oversee team members, and maintain project documentation.
- Prepare design briefs & RFPs (Technical scope) for procurement of lead and sub-consultancy services, overseeing project procurement management.
- Reply to consultants’ tender queries and coordinate with relevant design managers.
- Update consultants’ database and prequalification for different scopes and disciplines.
- Overlook design team workload and tasks allocation.
- Manage preparation of templates for the design department.
- Provide all kinds of support to company stakeholders as needed.
- Create, maintain, coordinate, and monitor comprehensive project documentation.
- Monitor and collect project information for reporting to senior leadership.

🎓 Qualifications:
- Architectural Bachelor's degree holder.

💼 Experience:
- 8-12 years of proven work experience, with a minimum of 3 years as a Project Manager or similar role.

🔧 Skills:
- Fluent in English.
- Experience in project management from conception to delivery.
- Ability to prepare and interpret flowcharts, schedules, and step-by-step action plans.
- Solid organizational skills, including multitasking and time-management.
- Strong communication and teamwork skills.
- Familiarity with risk management and quality assurance control.
- Competency in Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
- Hands-on experience with project management tools (e.g., Microsoft Projects, MS Planner).
- Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
- FIDIC or arbitration courses are a plus.