Project Manager - Ports Programme Delivery

Job Description

The role involves managing all activities across Ports medium-scale projects to ensure successful delivery, handling project risks, resolving issues, and updating mitigation plans. The individual will ensure compliance with governance and stakeholder requirements, support managing interfaces and dependencies, and promote HSE culture in construction activities. Additionally, the role includes preparing management reports, liaising with project owners, maintaining a positive culture among project teams, developing relationships with suppliers, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Manage all the activities across ports medium-scale projects to enable successful delivery.
• Handle ports medium-scale project risks, resolve issues with the relevant parties and update mitigation plans to ensure project success.
• Responsible to ensure ports project compliance to group governance, external stakeholder, and cluster requirements.
• Support in managing the interfaces and dependencies across ports medium-scale project, clusters, and external parties.
• Promote HSE culture and activities in the construction activities across ports project.
• Prepare reports to the management for all ports project delivery related matters and present performance improvement initiatives based on current activities, data analysis and forecasting study.
• Liaise with ports medium-scale project owners and review the assigned specifications, standards, and procedures to meet project requirements and achieve objectives.
• Develop and maintain a positive and collaborative culture between project teams, supply chain and other stakeholders for the betterment of the AD Ports group.
• Develop and maintain relationships with other projects, suppliers, consultants, and contractors.
• Support the development and continuous improvement of departmental working practices.
• Identify and support improvement initiatives

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field (engineering, construction management, project management, etc.)
• Excellent English. Arabic is an added advantage
• A minimum of 8-10 years of experience in a similar role
• Proven experience in delivering construction projects in the assigned country.
• Experience as a senior project manager or in a programme management position.
• Working in a multi-disciplinary engineering environment.
• Preferably have work in both construction and consultancy organisations.
• Cultural sensitivity and adaptability.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with individuals at all levels of the organization.
• Experience in project management including the ability to plan, execute and oversee projects from concept to implementation.
• Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills to identify and address complex challenges and opportunities and make data-driven decisions.