Project Manager

(BLME0165) Dubai

About the role

Our Dubai-based client envisions a future-centric mini-city that embodies its commitment to progress and innovation. This ambitious project aims to become a cultural, entertainment, and business hub, redefining the city's landscape. With a focus on maintaining a world-class standard and continually enhancing its creative offerings, they are dedicated to establishing itself as a premier destination.

Having welcomed millions of visitors from around the globe, they are now transitioning into a new phase, where it seeks to develop its entertainment programming to generate independent revenue and further elevate its status as a thriving center for culture, entertainment, and commerce.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Responsibilities

• Leading the project management of all activities to ensure quality completion within the agreed cost and time

• Overseeing and directing project activities from planning, conception , procurement, delivery to completion

• Reviewing the project in-depth to schedule deliverables and estimate costs

• Responsible for the project phases planning and delivery

• Supporting the Sr. Project Manager in setting up the project baseline

• Developing project management plan and execution plan and manage the project stages and changes accordingly

• Management of design stage to provide most efficient and cost effective delivery of the project

• Overseeing all onsite and offsite activities, monitor progress and drive project timely delivery

• Lead workshops with consultants and contractors to tackle key challenges and provide cost and time effective solutions in line with Client’s expectations

• Mobilisation of supply chain and establish project process, safety and communication protocols

• Managing the site and engage with the relevant stakeholders to set up adequate logistics plan.

• Leading gap analysis between design and construction and implementation of solutions on site

• Lead the process and monitoring of contractor procurement plan for all materials that allow sufficient time for long lead items and proper on site logistics for installation provisions of late supplied items

• Coordinate and direct construction workers and subcontractors

• Meet contractual conditions of performance

• Review the work progress on daily basis

• Prepare internal and external reports pertaining to job status

• Plan ahead to prevent problems and resolve any emerging ones

• Negotiate terms of agreements, draft contracts and obtain permits and licenses

• Analyse, manage and mitigate risks

  Operational Responsibilities

• Overall responsibility from project concept stage to complete delivery.

• Responsible stakeholder management and engagement will relevant parties to obtain approvals.

• Plan the project stages, procurement and delivery strategies

• Develop the project brief with the client

• Supply chain procurement and mobilisation and delivery management

• Ensure quality delivery standards and the use of proper design and construction techniques

• Ensure Health and Safety standards on site in line with Expo City Dubai requirements

• Health, safety and environment leadership skills and ability to guide the contractors to ensure safe installations on site

  People Responsibilities

• Good communication and interpersonal skills to co-ordinate and liaise with the Package Managers.

• Ability to convey issues and discuss solutions with stakeholders .

• Ability to identify escalate issues and provide clear justifications to management.

• Leadership skills

Candidate Requirements

• 8+ years’ experience at a manager level.

• Bachelor’s degree in architecture, engineering, or equivalent

• Proven working experience in construction management

• Advanced knowledge of construction management processes, means and methods

• Expert knowledge of building products, construction details and relevant rules, regulations and quality standards

• Understanding of all facets of the construction process

• Familiarity with construction management software packages

• Ability to plan and see the “big picture”

• Competent in conflict and crisis management

• Leadership and human resources management skills

• Excellent time and project management skill

• Excellent presentation and interpersonal skills to engage effectively with all levels of the organization Team management skills, presentation skills, risk management skills, project management skills, high attention to detail, communication skills

• 5 years post-PhD experience in radiography and imaging applied to cultural heritage.

• Expertise in radiography and CT scanning of artworks and ability to conduct and interpret data in a wider range of imaging techniques.

• Knowledge of a broad array of artists’ materials and techniques, artworks’ structure, and art conservation practices.

• Computer skills, including knowledge of some programming language, for instrument control and data processing.

• Strong interest in collaborative and multi-disciplinary research and ability to work collaboratively with conservators, curators, collections management staff, museum educators, academic scientists, scientists from other museums.

• Record of peer-reviewed research and publications in imaging techniques applied to cultural heritage.

• Ability to effectively interpret research results for colleagues and communicate them to non-technical audiences, including the general public.

• Excellent writing and verbal communication skills in English

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