Project Construction Manager

Job Description

Project Construction Manager – Logistics & Industrial Projects

Location: Dubai, UAE

Role Overview The Project Construction Manager will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of logistics and industrial construction projects in the UAE, acting as the client-side key on-site representative and coordination lead. The role requires strong experience in UAE project delivery, managing multi-contract delivery, ensuring regulatory compliance, controlling cost and schedule, and coordinating closely with overseas technical, cost, and procurement teams to achieve safe, compliant, and cost-effective project delivery.

Key Responsibilities

Local Project Delivery Leadership

• Act as the primary local construction lead and key point of contact coordinating contractors, consultants, authorities, and internal stakeholders for logistics and industrial projects in UAE.
• Lead end-to-end construction delivery of logistics and industrial projects from mobilization to handover.
• Overall coordination of design, procurement, construction, and handover activities on site.
• Identify and manage construction, technical, regulatory, cost, and schedule risks.
• Ensure compliance with UAE Building Codes, UAE Fire & Life Safety Code, relevant international standards and other relevant authorities.

Technical Solution Localization & Implementation

• Interpret and adapt overseas-developed technical and cost-optimization solutions to suit UAE regulations, local standards, market availability, and construction practices.
• Drive practical, buildable, and cost-efficient technical implementation on site.

Cross-Functional & Cross-Border Coordination

• Maintain close coordination with overseas technical, cost, and procurement teams.
• Provide timely feedback on local site conditions, technical challenges, supply chain constraints, and market intelligence.

Design Coordination & Compliance Management

• Lead coordination with local designers and consultants to integrate approved technical solutions into the design.
• Coordinate with local designers and consultants to ensure designs comply with UAE regulations, authority requirements, and project standards.
• Ensure all designs and construction activities comply with local codes, authority requirements, and safety standards.
• Manage authority submissions, approvals, and compliance with UAE Fire & Life Safety Code and relevant international standards.

Procurement & Supply Chain Support

• Support procurement activities by conducting local market research, supplier sourcing, and technical evaluations.
• Assist in defining procurement strategies and technical specifications to achieve optimal cost and quality.
• Ensure supply chain stability, quality compliance, and cost efficiency.
• Coordinate with suppliers and contractors to ensure timely delivery of long-lead items and critical materials.
• Assist in defining technical scopes, specifications, and contract requirements.

Site Execution & Quality Control

• Conduct detailed technical briefings and method statements with contractors and site teams.
• Supervise construction works to ensure quality, HSE compliance, schedule adherence, and correct implementation of approved solutions.

Reporting, Issue Resolution & Continuous Improvement

• Provide regular progress, cost, and risk reports to management and overseas teams.
• Proactively identify and resolve technical, quality, cost, or schedule issues during construction.
• Capture lessons learned, site feedback and performance data, and contribute to continuous improvement of construction standards and delivery methods.

Contractor and Interface Management:

• Identify, manage, and mitigate interface risks arising from split contracts and multiple subcontractors.
• Develop and maintain package interface matrices, responsibility demarcation documents, and sequencing plans to mitigate scope gaps and interface risks.
• Maintain a live interface risk register and ensure responsibilities are clearly assigned and communicated.
• Manage cross-trade coordination meetings and resolve interface-related conflicts between subcontractors to avoid delays and claims.
• Lead coordination workshops with consultants, subcontractors, and internal teams to resolve interface and sequencing challenges.

Key Qualifications & Experience

Middle East Project Management Experience

• Proven experience working with leading local developers or EPC contractors in theUAE , serving as client-side project manager or a core member of the project management team.
• Strong understanding of the full project lifecycle under UAE construction practices.

Multiple Contracting & Interface Management

• Hands-on experience with Multiple Prime Contracts or split contract delivery models.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex contractor interfaces, coordination, and accountability across multiple work packages.

Local Regulatory & Market Knowledge

• Solid knowledge of UAE construction laws, regulations, approval procedures, and market practices. Fire & Life Safety Code, relevant international codes, permitting processes, authority approvals, and local market practices.
• Ability to identify, manage, and mitigate local compliance, permitting, and regulatory risks.

Design Standards & Coordination Capability

• Familiarity with UAE and regional design codes and approval requirements (e.g. UAE Fire & Life Safety Code, relevant international standards).
• Strong capability to coordinate design development and reconcile overseas technical standards with local codes and authority requirements.

Relevant Project Type Experience

• Extensive construction management experience in industrial plants, logistics warehouses, distribution centers, or similar large-scale industrial infrastructure projects.
• Deep understanding of construction sequencing, cost structure, and key construction challenges specific to these asset types.

Cross-Cultural Communication Skills

• Fluent in English (spoken and written).
• Able to act as an effective bridge between overseas technical teams, cost & procurement functions, and local consultants, contractors, and authorities.
• Experience coordinating between overseas technical teams and local project teams is highly preferred.

Technical Implementation & Cost Awareness

• Strong interest in applying new construction technologies, methods, and cost-optimization solutions.
• High level of cost control awareness with the ability to drive practical, on-site implementation.

General Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 8–12 years of relevant project or construction management experience in UAE .
• Registration or eligibility for registration with Dubai Municipality is preferred.
• Proven experience delivering industrial facilities, logistics warehouses, or large-scale commercial/infrastructure projects.
• Strong knowledge of UAE construction regulations, local authority approval processes, and industry standards.
• Hands-on experience managing multiple contractors and complex interface coordination.
• Solid understanding of construction cost structures, procurement strategies, and site execution challenges.
• Hands-on experience in Project management systems for project tracking, submittals, and site reporting (such as Aconex, Procore, BIM, Primavera, etc.)

Skills & Competencies

• Strong leadership and on-site management capabilities.
• Excellent coordination, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• High level of cost awareness and commercial acumen.
• Ability to work effectively in a multicultural and fast-paced environment.