Manager - Project Delivery - Dubai Holding Hospitality Assets

Job Description

About Dubai Holding Hospitality Assets:

We are a prestigious Dubai-based, global company with multiple companies in the portfolio. One of our sectors is Real Estate. Within this area we specialize in construction, design, and contracts for large-scale projects globally. With a strong reputation for excellence and innovation, we have successfully completed numerous landmark projects and are committed to delivering exceptional results.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure the supervision consultants are discharging their onsite duties in accordance with their contracted services.
• Together with the supervision consultants, review and comment on contractor programmes, logistics plans, method statements and ensure they are aligned with the business requirements.
• Attend scheduled and ad-hoc meetings and ensure the supervision consultant chairs the meetings and issues minutes of meetings in a timely manner. In the absence of a supervision consultant, Senior Manager is to perform the same tasks.
• Follow up on open or unresolved items raised by the contractor (RFIs) with the responsible party to ensure the project is not unnecessarily delayed.
• Monitor the project expenditure to ensure it is aligned with the agreed and approved project budget.
• Provide early warnings of possible variations / additional expenditure requirements.
• Suggest to management mitigation strategies for potential project programme delays or cost over-runs.
• Review the consultants and contractors quality procedures to ensure works are executed correctly, in accordance with good engineering practice and avoiding abortive works.
• Ensure all project participants adopt best practice HSE protocols.
• Coordinate onsite witness testing and inspections as required.
• Prepare and coordinate preliminary hand-over inspections and witness testing.
• Coordinate final hand-over inspections.
• Coordinate with the Operator / end user training procedures.
• Review and approve final hand-over inspections.
• Ensure the supervisions reviews for completeness the As-Built information together with the Operation and Maintenance manuals issued by the contractor.
• Coordinate with the relevant stakeholders in obtaining the necessary NOCs from utility providers and government authorities.
• Coordinate pre-opening activities with the Operator.

Key Requirements:

• Minimum 10 years experience in the construction industry from either a developer or consultancy background.
• At least 5 years focused on project delivery, preferably within a top tier developer international project management firm with specific experience on luxury hospitality.
• A Bachelors degree in Construction or related discipline, i.e. Construction Project Management, Engineering Building Surveying, Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying or Architecture
• Budgeting: Commercially aware with experience in cost control, value engineering, and cost-effective decision-making.
• Stakeholder Management: Builds strong relationships across teams, consultants, contractors, and authorities.
• Project Management: Skilled in applying project management processes.
• Sustainability: Knowledge of sustainable construction and renewable technologies.
• Programmes: Able to assess and mitigate program impacts on project delivery.
• Quality Control: Ensures on-site quality and high-standard outcomes.
• Reporting: Prepares clear project status reports.
• Risk Management: Identifies risks and defines mitigation strategies.
• Communication: Strong written and verbal English.
• Other Skills: Negotiation, organisation, attention to detail, and interpersonal skills.
• Tools: Proficient in MS Office.

Benefits:

We strongly believe in creating an empowered Internal workforce that will help us build a connected city for tomorrow. We are committed to attracting the brightest minds and nurturing the most pioneering candidates who desire to make a great impact on the future of Dubai.