Site Senior Project Manager (3 years FTC)

Job Purpose JOB DESCRIPTION The Site Sr. Project Manager is responsible for leading the successful delivery of the Economic Zone at Al Rawdah project — a complex, large-scale infrastructure and building development. Acting as DP World’s primary on-site representative, the role provides strategic oversight, ensures compliance with governance and quality standards, manages high-level stakeholder engagement, and drives timely completion within budget and scope. The position reports to the Group Planning & Project Management Department (GPPMD), Group Vice President – Project Portfolio and follows GPPMD governance frameworks to ensure alignment with business objectives, development plans, and operational readiness requirements.

Key Accountabilities

Project Strategy & Control

• Represent DP World and GPPMD on-site, ensuring project objectives, timelines, and budgets are achieved.
• Align project execution with DP World’s strategic goals and master development plans.
• Lead high-level decision-making and provide direction to consultant and contractor teams.
• Support the Group Vice President – Project Portfolio with reviewing major project milestones, design changes, and financial variations.

PMO Governance Compliance

• Ensure all project documentation complies with GPPMD PMO standards, templates, and procedures.
• Ensure relevant project information is updated regularly in the Project Portfolio Management System and required reporting is submitted as per the agreed timelines.
• Maintain alignment with DP World’s governance framework, including DoA (Delegation of Authority) and ISO-certified processes.
• Contribute to lessons learned, knowledge-sharing, and continuous improvement across the PMO community.
• Guarantee audit readiness through consistent reporting, risk management, and adherence to approved workflows.

Stakeholder Management

• Act as the first point of contact between DP World, consultants, contractors, and regulatory authorities.
• Ensure transparent communication and escalate critical issues to the Group VP Project Portfolio.
• Chair regular technical and progress meetings with consultants and contractors to align expectations and resolve conflicts.
• Liaise with government authorities to secure timely permits submissions and approvals.

Project Planning & Execution Oversight

• Ensure project scope, schedule, and cost baselines are clearly defined and controlled.
• Monitor consultant deliverables, ensuring design outputs align with DP World’s requirements.
• Oversee contractors’ execution of enabling works, infrastructure, superstructure, and fit-out activities.
• Approve method statements, shop drawings, material submittals, and mock-ups based on consultant recommendations.

Quality, Safety & Environmental Compliance

• Ensure strict adherence to HSE standards and international best practices.
• Review and endorse consultant QA/QC strategies and monitor contractor implementation.
• Enforce compliance with all environmental regulations, including EIA and sustainability targets.
• Drive a culture of proactive safety and risk management across all project stakeholders.

Financial & Contractual Management

• Review and approve consultant and contractor cost estimates, claims, variations, and invoices.
• Safeguard DP World’s interests through robust contractual management and risk mitigation.
• Coordinate with the Project Financial Control team within GPPMD Strategy & PMO to ensure adherence to approved budgets.
• Manage disputes, enforce contract terms, and expedite resolution of performance issues.

Progress Monitoring & Reporting

• Oversee preparation of weekly and monthly progress reports from consultants and contractors.
• Track KPIs related to cost, schedule, quality, and safety.
• Highlight delays, risks, and recommended mitigations to the Group VP Project Portfolio.
• Ensure complete documentation and maintain an updated project record aligned with PMO standards.

Risk & Change Management

• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks across design, execution, and external dependencies.
• Supervise the consultant’s change control process and approve scope variations.
• Manage claims and ensure disputes are addressed at project level before escalation.
• Maintain and update project risk registers, change request forms, and change logs in line with GPPMD PMO protocols.

Testing, Commissioning & Handover

• Ensure delivery of as-built drawings, O&M manuals, warranties, and close-out documentation.
• Oversee testing, commissioning, and snagging processes to confirm specification compliance.
• Facilitate smooth handover to the End User teams from DP World.

Resource & Capability Management

• Ensure consultants and contractors allocate adequate resources and competent personnel.
• Foster collaboration while maintaining accountability across all project stakeholders.
• Support knowledge transfer, documentation, and PMO best practices to build long-term capability.

Other Duties

• Applicable if the role has direct or indirect reports - responsible for the management and leadership of an engaged team, promoting collaboration and ensuring that each is developed and evaluated against goals and objectives which are aligned, specific, measurable, attainable yet challenging, realistic and time-bound.
• Act as an ambassador for DP World at all times when working; promoting and demonstrating positive behaviours in harmony with DP World’s Principles, values and culture; ensuring the highest level of safety is applied in all activities; understanding and following DP World’s Code of Conduct and Ethics policies
• Perform other related duties as assigned by the VP Project Portfolio.

Qualifications, Experience And Skills

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or related discipline.
• Advanced qualifications in Project Management preferred (e.g., PMP, PgMP or equivalent).

Experience

• Minimum 10–15 years of relevant experience in managing large-scale building, infrastructure, or mixed-use development projects.
• Proven track record in delivering projects exceeding USD 100 million in value.
• Strong knowledge of FIDIC and other international forms of contract.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multi-disciplinary consultant and contractor teams.

Skills

• Proficiency in project management tools (Primavera, MS Project) and software (MS Office, AutoCAD).
• Strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and decision-making ability.
• Strong financial and contractual acumen.
• Fluency in English and Arabic.

About Us

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world’s trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.

With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 115,000 employees from 160 nationalities, spanning 78 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future.

We’re rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses -- Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades.

What's more, we're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we’re at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimizing disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door.

DP World is on a mission to transcend boundaries and bridge the gap between all nations and cultures – not just in what we do but also in how we behave.

We are dedicated to creating a culture where everyone feels respected, supported, and empowered to reach their full potential. We believe that embracing inclusion and diversity, drives innovation and growth and helps us connect people, businesses, and societies. Free minds and different perspectives are changing our world, and together we can change what’s possible.

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