Location: Dubai, UAE
Employment Type: Full-Time,
Key Role & Summary
Responsible for overseeing all aspects of high-rise building projects from planning through to completion. This position demands a professional with at least 10 years of experience in high-rise construction, strong leadership skills, and deep knowledge of regulatory compliance & high standards of quality, safety, and cost control.
Responsibilities:
– Lead, manage and coordinate all construction activities on the high-rise project, ensuring compliance with scope, schedule, quality, cost, and safety targets.
– Develop and maintain project schedules; track progress; ensure milestones are met.
– Budget management: prepare cost estimates, track expenditures, and implement cost control measures.
– Procurement and resource planning: materials, subcontractors, labor, and equipment.
– Ensure compliance with Dubai and UAE building codes, regulations, fire safety, environmental, and other statutory requirements.
– Coordinate with architects, engineers, consultants, subcontractors, and clients to ensure alignment and delivery of project specifications.
– Quality control: monitor workmanship; enforce quality standards; manage inspections and any quality assurance programs.
– Safety management: enforce HSE (Health, Safety, Environment) policies; conduct site safety audits; ensure safe work practices are followed.
– Risk management: identify potential risks or delays; develop mitigation strategies.
– Reporting: Provide regular progress reports to senior management, stakeholders; handle change orders and client communications.
– Team leadership: manage site team (supervisors, foremen, site engineers), mentor staff, resolve conflicts, ensure team performance.
Qualifications & Experience:
– Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or related field.
– Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in high-rise (multi-storey) building construction.
– Prior experience managing projects of comparable scope (structural, façade, MEP, fit-outs, etc.).
– Strong knowledge of local regulations, codes, and standards in Dubai/UAE.
– Excellent understanding of construction methods, materials, structural systems, and building technologies.
– Proven leadership & people management skills.
– Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
– Strong financial acumen: budgeting, cost control, financial reporting.
– Proficiency with project management software/tools (e.g. MS Project, Primavera, Procore, etc.).