About the Role
The company is seeking a Senior Project Engineer to lead the delivery of facility expansion and infrastructure projects supporting the growth of our satellite manufacturing and operations capabilities. As part of the Facilities & Maintenance team, you will turn business and operational requirements into completed, commissioned, and usable facilities, including cleanrooms, production and technical spaces, offices, and the building services and utilities that support them. You will own delivery from requirements definition and technical scoping through contractor selection, construction, commissioning, and handover.
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In this role, you will work autonomously across internal teams and external contractors, anticipating constraints and resolving technical and commercial issues while maintaining control over schedule, cost, quality, and safety. A central aspect of the position is executing construction work within an occupied, operating facility without disrupting production, testing, or other business activities. Additionally, you will be responsible for practical Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) management by identifying hazards, implementing effective controls, investigating incidents and near misses, and fostering stronger safe-working practices across the site.
What You'll Do
- Capture requirements from Facilities, Operations, AIT, Engineering, IT, Security, Quality, and other stakeholders, translating them into defined scope, technical specifications, interfaces, and acceptance criteria.
- Coordinate architectural, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, and cleanroom-specific interfaces; review designs for constructability, maintainability, and operational suitability.
- Develop and maintain an integrated schedule covering design, approvals, procurement, construction, commissioning, and occupancy, creating credible recovery plans when milestones are at risk.
- Prepare scopes of work and bid evaluations with Procurement; manage contractors and consultants through to completion, resolving deficiencies and holding them to their commitments.
- Own budget and commercial control, including estimates, commitments, actual spend, contingency, variations, and forecast cost to complete.
- Plan construction segregation, access, noise/vibration and contamination controls, and coordinate service isolations and shutdowns to protect ongoing operations.
- Coordinate cleanroom and utility delivery—cleanliness classification, airflow, pressure, temperature, humidity, contamination controls—verified through agreed testing and acceptance criteria.
- Track local authority, landlord, utility, fire/life-safety, and EHS approvals, maintaining the approvals register through to sign-off.
- Define and enforce construction quality through inspections, hold points, defect tracking, and verification against approved drawings and specifications.
- Lead commissioning and handover, including testing, training, as-built drawings, operating manuals, spares, and asset records.
- Conduct job hazard analyses and field risk assessments, implement proportionate controls, and investigate incidents and near misses to ensure verified corrective actions.
- Facilitate coordination meetings and provide clear reports on decisions, risks, and recovery options to stakeholders.
What You'll Bring
- A degree in mechanical, electrical, civil, construction engineering, or a closely related discipline.
- Approximately 7–12 years of relevant engineering and construction project delivery experience, demonstrating independent ownership.
- A proven track record of personally delivering industrial facility buildouts or expansions, from scope through commissioning and handover.
- Experience managing construction within occupied, operating facilities, including segregation, contamination control, shutdowns, and temporary services.
- Direct experience with cleanroom or controlled-environment projects; general office fit-out experience alone is insufficient.
- Working technical depth in building services and utilities (HVAC, electrical distribution, fire systems) to effectively challenge designs and identify interface gaps.
- Contractor management and commercial discipline, including scoping, bid evaluation, progress verification, and variation management.
- Integrated planning skills to connect design readiness, approvals, procurement, construction sequencing, and operational handover into a single executable plan.
- Practical knowledge of UAE construction delivery and local regulatory/approval processes.
- Hands-on EHS experience, including conducting or facilitating job hazard analyses, implementing field controls, and investigating incidents.
- Strong discipline in commissioning and handover processes.
- Proven ability to operate autonomously as an individual contributor and drive outcomes through influence rather than headcount.
- Clear written and spoken English.
Nice to Have
- Experience delivering projects in Abu Dhabi or an industrial zone (e.g., KEZAD).
- Facilities experience in satellite, aerospace, semiconductor, pharmaceutical, or other precision manufacturing environments.
- Client-side project ownership experience.
- NEBOSH or equivalent EHS qualification.
- ISO 45001 / ISO 14001 implementation experience.
- PMP, APM, or equivalent project qualification.
- Cleanroom qualification or familiarity with ISO 14644.
- BIM coordination and clash review experience.
- Contract administration experience.
- Maintenance and facility asset management experience.
- Training and coaching capability for supervisors, employees, and contractors.
