Company

An established and innovative multi-faceted Project Consultancy headquartered in Dubai, successfully providing project strategy and project management solutions to a wide range of clients

Responsibilities

We are looking for an experienced Project Manager / Design Manager and an individual who would prefer to have more control on project outcomes and their personal growth and career ambitions which we would nurture and support

Requirements

Work closely with colleagues / line manager to deliver successful project outcomes for our clients

Managing or supporting any Assistant Project Managers on your project(s)

Develop a close relationship with the appropriate level representative for your clients and other professional team members, where relevant, such that they see you as critical to success of the project

Work closely with our Cost Managers (where relevant) to understand costs and achieve the best commercial outcomes for our clients

Take strategic responsibility for client outcomes, taking pride in all tasks and ensure they are of the highest quality and accuracy with guidance from others as required

Develop project scope, KPI\'s and objectives with stakeholders

Proactive development of the gaps in your knowledge of the project lifecycle to achieve technical excellence

Be able to produce and maintain a project programme

Understand the critical success factors, for all work stages of the project lifecycle, and able to manage your role as part of these stages. This includes:

o Site acquisition / due diligence o Brief and objective setting o Project controls and governance o Project leadership o Fees and appointment management o masterplanning o Design management /Risk and value management o Procurement o Programme and construction logistics o Contract Administration o Quality management including mock-ups / prototypes o Completion and handover / Awareness of HSE policy and objectives

Measure, update, monitor and report regularly and as required, on project progress and performance

Develop communication skills to be confident and clear in your communication both internally and externally, both written and verbal

Utilise and help improve best practice tools and processes including the use of technology to support service delivery

Strong client and stakeholder management, coordination and communication

Committed to customer satisfaction and active engagement with duties and management of relationships

Compliance with legal and other compliance obligations

Understand any commercial documents relevant to your project(s) including appointments, scope of services and fee cashflows identifying any issues for consideration with a senior colleague

Actively embrace company values

Assist with the production of fee proposals / bids.

Design Management responsibilities:

Create a Design Brief based on Client desired outputs

Ensure Design meets client brief, industry and legal standards

Manage and coordinate other designers in a timely manner

Managing client relationships and act as the liaison between designers and client

Provide feedback on design ideas to improve, identify problems as necessary

Assign tasks to design team and monitor / track satisfactory completion

Review designs for accuracy and appropriateness, identifying problems and proactively managing changes / improvements

Awareness of client / company HSE and quality policies and objectives

Contribute towards effectiveness of QSHE management system

Commitment to highest standards of customer satisfaction

Essential Qualities

• Technically skilled in being able to carry out project management / design management duties with appropriate degree

PMP, CAPM, MRICS qualifications preferred and a degree in Architecture or Design Management for Design Manager role

3-10 years experience, ideally in hospitality and mixed use projects

Willingness to travel within the GCC

Exceptional communication, organisational and interpersonal skills

Ability to use appropriate software

Preference for full life cycle project management skills (start to finish)

Pro-active work ethic with a passion to want to develop skills and customer satisfaction demonstrating professionalism and integrity

Thank you for your interest. All applications are viewed and evaluated according to the role requirements. We aim to contact shortlisted candidates within 2 weeks. As we often receive a high volume of applications, we are unable to reply to everyone. If you have not heard back from us within 2 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful

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