Projects Manager - playpath15

About the Role
This position is focused on managing project delivery activities across various assets and ensuring construction readiness, quality compliance, and the successful coordination of deliverables. The role is integral to the effective execution of project goals, monitoring site progress, and managing contractor activities, all while adhering to project schedules, budgets, and safety standards.

Core Responsibilities

Project Delivery and Construction Readiness

• Manage project delivery activities across assigned assets, projects, packages, or site areas within the business unit.
• Review construction readiness inputs, including design information, procurement status, permits, logistics plans, technical submissions, and site access requirements.
• Ensure delivery activities align with approved design, schedule, budget, quality, governance, health, safety, and environmental (HSE) requirements.
• Evaluate construction readiness inputs to identify gaps, risks, dependencies, or issues that require clarification before execution.

Site Progress, Quality and Compliance

• Monitor site progress, construction sequencing, critical path activities, workforce deployment, and delivery constraints across assigned projects or packages.
• Review site reports, inspection records, technical submissions, non-conformance records, and corrective action updates to identify delivery risks or quality concerns.
• Ensure construction activities comply with approved specifications, relevant standards, regulatory requirements, and applicable governance.
• Follow up on site issues, quality observations, delayed actions, and unresolved construction matters with project teams, consultants, and contractors.

Contractor, Consultant and HSE Follow-up

• Monitor performance of contractors, subcontractors, construction supervision consultants, project management consultants, and delivery partners within the assigned scope.
• Review contractor progress reports, consultant observations, HSE records, method statements, risk assessments, permits, and incident-related inputs.
• Ensure contractor and consultant activities align with contractual expectations, delivery requirements, quality standards, and agreed project milestones.
• Follow up on contractor actions, consultant responses, HSE findings, performance issues, and required corrective actions.

Interface, Testing and Handover Coordination

• Manage delivery interfaces across design, commercial, project controls, procurement, operations, asset management, infrastructure, utilities, and other workstreams.
• Review interface trackers, dependency logs, authority requirements, testing inputs, commissioning plans, completion evidence, and handover documentation.
• Ensure testing, commissioning, snagging, defect close-out, authority approval, and handover readiness activities are coordinated with relevant stakeholders.
• Follow up on readiness gaps, interface actions, completion risks, and handover requirements with project teams, contractors, consultants, and receiving parties.

Project Records, Reporting and Team Supervision

• Develop project delivery trackers, action logs, progress summaries, readiness dashboards, and reporting inputs for assigned assets, projects, packages, or site areas.
• Consolidate project progress updates, site observations, open actions, risks, HSE inputs, quality records, and supporting evidence for management review.
• Ensure project records, review comments, action trackers, completion evidence, and handover documentation are accurate, organized, and traceable.
• Supervise assigned team members or project support resources to ensure accurate and timely completion of project reviews, records, and reporting outputs.

Generic Responsibilities

Strategy and Planning

• Manage the implementation of the department strategy in alignment with organizational vision and mission; identify potential risks and monitor their impact.

Policies, Processes, and Procedures

• Ensure effective implementation of policies and procedures, encouraging the identification of opportunities to improve business operations and enhance service quality.

Stakeholder Management

• Manage the implementation of a comprehensive stakeholder engagement strategy, identify key stakeholders, develop communication channels, track effectiveness, and recommend adjustments as necessary.

Budget

• Manage the budgeting process within the approved budget; analyze financial data for variances, support forecasts and cost-control actions, and ensure compliance with financial reporting regulations and internal policies.

Change Management

• Ensure continuous improvement of department systems, processes, and practices by analyzing existing systems for inefficiencies and implementing solutions.

People Management

• Translate strategic direction into actionable plans, collaborate to develop SMART goals, and manage the talent management cycle within the department.

Reports

• Manage the development of a comprehensive reporting process for the department; guide staff on the reporting process and ensure understanding of reporting requirements.

Additional Duties

• The duties described are typical for this position but are not exhaustive; management may assign additional tasks as needed.

Requirements

Knowledge Minimum Qualifications

• Preferred: Master’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Architecture, Engineering, or a related field.
• Required: Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, Engineering, Project Management, or a related field.
• Preferred: Professional certifications or memberships with recognized engineering, construction, project management, quantity surveying, or built environment institutes, such as SCE, ICE, CIOB, PMI, APM, RICS, AACE, or equivalent.

Skills

• Demonstrates fluency in written and verbal English; proficiency in Arabic preferred.
• Analyzes operational data to support decision-making and contribute to process improvements.
• Coordinates with internal stakeholders to ensure alignment across teams for effective execution.
• Manages team activities to ensure quality in deliverables and operational outputs.
• Strong knowledge of project delivery, construction management, contractor oversight, site logistics, HSE, quality, testing, commissioning, and handover readiness.
• Applies judgment to review construction progress, contractor performance, technical submissions, site issues, risks, and completion evidence.
• Demonstrates understanding of procurement readiness, construction sequencing, interface management, and operational readiness requirements.
• Reviews project documentation with accuracy and attention to detail.

Experience

• A minimum of 8 years of experience in project delivery, construction management, project management, infrastructure delivery, real estate development, mixed-use development, or related fields, including supervisory or managerial experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing project delivery activities across construction readiness, site execution, contractor and consultant coordination, interface management, HSE, quality, schedule monitoring, risk resolution, testing, commissioning, completion, and operational readiness within large-scale construction and mixed-use environments.