About the Job
The company is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead the end-to-end planning, coordination, and delivery of the new Powertech Campus at Tawazun Industrial Park. This role will oversee the project from design and approvals through construction, commissioning, and final handover. The successful candidate will ensure delivery within approved scope, schedule, and budget while maintaining high standards of quality, governance, safety, and regulatory compliance.
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Key Responsibilities
- Develop and manage the integrated project plan, including scope, milestones, schedules, deliverables, risks, and dependencies.
- Lead all phases of the campus development from design through construction, commissioning, and handover.
- Monitor project performance and implement corrective or recovery actions where required.
- Act as the primary coordination point between the company and key stakeholders, including EDGE General Facilities Management, Tawazun Industrial Park, consultants, contractors, Legal Counsel, and relevant government authorities.
- Coordinate permits, approvals, and regulatory requirements with Abu Dhabi Civil Defence, Abu Dhabi Municipality, and other applicable authorities.
- Facilitate stakeholder meetings and provide clear progress, risk, and decision updates to senior leadership.
- Support the drafting, review, negotiation, and administration of contracts with consultants, vendors, contractors, and other parties.
- Monitor contractual obligations, deliverables, timelines, and commercial risks, escalating issues where required.
- Coordinate closely with Legal Counsel on contractual, regulatory, and compliance matters.
- Manage consultants, contractors, and third-party vendors to ensure quality, schedule, and contractual performance.
- Support procurement and tendering activities in collaboration with internal stakeholders.
- Develop and manage project budgets, forecasts, and cost controls.
- Track project expenditure, identify cost risks, and recommend optimization opportunities.
- Maintain project governance documentation including risk registers, decision logs, contracts, schedules, and status reports.
- Ensure compliance with local regulations, building codes, environmental requirements, company policies, and safety standards.
- Maintain strong quality assurance processes throughout the project lifecycle.
Candidate Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 5 years of project management experience, ideally within campus, real estate, infrastructure, industrial, or large-scale development projects.
- Proven experience managing projects from design and permitting through construction and handover.
- Strong contract-management experience and exposure to working with Legal Counsel.
- Demonstrated experience engaging government authorities, regulatory bodies, and external stakeholders.
- Experience managing consultants, contractors, and multidisciplinary project teams.
- Strong understanding of project planning, risk management, budgeting, cost control, and governance.
- Knowledge of facilities management, real estate development, and local permitting processes is highly advantageous.
- Excellent stakeholder-management, communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
