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Job Description

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Project Manager to join our Buildings and Places practice, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This role demands exceptional leadership in overseeing all pre-contract activities for our high-profile projects, ensuring meticulous project initiation and establishing a robust foundation for successful execution.

Responsibilities:

• Formulate and rigorously manage comprehensive project plans, schedules, and budgets for the pre-contract phase, ensuring absolute precision and foresight

• Spearhead contract negotiations with clients, subcontractors, and suppliers, with the paramount goal of securing optimal terms and conditions that protect the company's interests

• Execute thorough risk assessments and develop sophisticated mitigation strategies to safeguard project integrity and financial stability

• Orchestrate cross-functional collaboration to produce meticulously detailed project proposals and bid documents that meet the highest industry standards

• Oversee the meticulous preparation of pre-contract documentation, including technical specifications and scope of work, ensuring unparalleled accuracy and completeness

• Enforce strict compliance with local building codes, regulations, and industry standards throughout the pre-contract process, mitigating legal and operational risks

• Cultivate and maintain strategic relationships with key stakeholders, including clients, partners, and regulatory bodies, to ensure project alignment and support

• Provide authoritative mentorship and guidance to junior project team members, fostering a culture of excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement

• Deliver comprehensive and timely status updates and reports to senior management on pre-contract activities and project pipeline, facilitating informed decision-making at the highest levels

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field

• Minimum of 12+ years of project management experience, with a focus on pre-contract activities

• Proven track record of successfully managing large-scale construction projects in the pre-contract phase

• Strong expertise in contract negotiation, risk management, and financial planning

• Proficiency in MS Office suite, particularly Excel, Project, and PowerPoint

• Excellent understanding of industry regulations, standards, and local building codes in the GCC

• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage multiple stakeholders effectively

• Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills, with a keen attention to detail

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and persuade at all levels

• Adaptability and resilience to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

Additional Information

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: J10118775

Business Line: Building Engineering

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: ME and Africa

Career Area: Program & Project Management

Work Location Model: Hybrid

Legal Entity: AECOM MIDDLE EAST LIMITED ABU DHABI