• Location: Abu Dhabi
• Min. Years: 20
• Min. Degree: Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.

Position Overview:

The Construction Manager will oversee construction activities, ensuring safe, efficient, and compliant execution of works within an operating industrial facility, nuclear site, or comparable high-risk environment. The role requires extensive construction management experience, particularly in coordinating construction activities with ongoing operations and planned outages.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage day-to-day construction activities in accordance with approved drawings, specifications, schedules, and contractual requirements.
• Coordinate construction teams, subcontractors, suppliers, and client representatives.
• Plan and manage interfaces between construction activities, live operations, and scheduled outages.
• Develop and monitor construction programmes, resource plans, and work sequencing.
• Ensure compliance with HSE procedures, permit-to-work systems, quality requirements, and applicable regulations.
• Monitor progress, productivity, material availability, and construction performance.
• Conduct regular site visits to monitor project activities, review contractor compliance, and ensure adherence to quality, safety, and schedule requirements.
• Identify construction risks, resolve site issues, and implement corrective measures.
• Coordinate inspections, testing, commissioning interfaces, and handover documentation.
• Prepare progress reports and escalate issues affecting safety, cost, or schedule.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of construction management experience.
• Proven experience on operating industrial or nuclear sites, including outage interface management.
• Background in PMC, EPC, construction management consultancy, or construction supervision consultancy.
• Strong knowledge of construction methodologies, HSE, quality assurance, contractor management, and regulatory compliance.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary construction teams and complex site interfaces.
• Strong planning, coordination, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.