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Project Manager - Consultancy - Schools - 11 Month Contract

United Arab Emirates  |  Contract

Our Global Project Management Consultancy (PMC) client has a new requirement for a well experienced Consultant Project Manager to join their team in Abu Dhabi to work on a new school development project in the Emirate. Successful candidates will have extensive Project management experience ideally with a recognised consultancy company background in new build school projects.


This role is available for immediate joining and is an initial 11 month contract hire opportunity as an outsourced employee through J10 Consulting.


Responsibilities:

  • In a true collaborative Project Management style, you will manage, develop, and coordinate the design and construction processes, ensuring that design and build plans are within functional project, budgetary, environmental, and legal requirements.
  • Driving development and delivery performance so that all milestones are met or exceeded without compromising cost targets, safety, security or quality
  • Directly managing consultants and contractors engaged in the design and build process
  • Planning and coordinating the operations infrastructure required for consultants, and contractors to function in a safe, secure, productive and collaborative environment
  • Validating project plans, budgets, performance status, forecast, trends, risks, and key decisions thereby enabling escalation as necessary
  • Providing management and oversight of the construction and commissioning by ensuring that all objectives are being achieved including those related to cost, schedule, safety, quality, technology, security, logistics, supply chain delivery and sustainability


Consultant Project Manager Requirements:

  • Degree Level (preferably) – Civil or Architectural building or similar
  • Work Experience>12 years’ experience in relevant Tier 1 Senior Project Management roles, at least 5 from within a construction and technical background.
  • Minimum of 5 years working in reputed Tier 1 consultancy companies.
  • Must have delivered one full life cycle new build school project including post contract activities.
  • PMP is essential

Skills:

  • High ethical standards & integrity in professional and personal dealings
  • Able & willing to listen to others and encourages dialogue
  • Sensitive to corporate politics
  • Able to operate in fast paced environment
  • Flexible, responsive and willing to consider change
  • Able to work as a team member and encourage team collaboration.
  • Resilient and able to cope in demanding fast paced environments
  • Excellent communication skills in both written and spoken English &/OR Arabic
  • Ability to work under pressure 


Interested candidates are invited to share their up to date CV directly to jobs@j10consulting.ae for further review and shortlisting.


Date Posted: 21 Nov 2021

Status: Filled