Senior Project Engineer

The Senior Project Engineer supports delivery of complex projects through planning, coordination, technical oversight and performance control. The role is part of a project-management office and involves managing project activities from tender and mobilisation through execution, handover and close-out. The engineer must balance scope, schedule, cost, quality, resources and safety while maintaining effective communication with clients, contractors and internal stakeholders. The position may involve several live projects at the same time, requiring disciplined reporting and early action on risks, changes and delays. Experience in heavy industry, marine operations or port-related projects is particularly relevant.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan project activities and maintain schedules, resource plans and delivery milestones using appropriate project-management tools.
• Coordinate tender documentation, technical reviews, contractor inputs and project mobilisation activities.
• Monitor project scope, budget, costs, variations, risks and progress, taking action when performance moves away from plan.
• Prepare clear weekly and monthly reports covering schedule, financial status, issues, decisions and recovery actions.
• Maintain regular contact with clients, consultants, suppliers and internal teams to resolve interfaces and maintain delivery momentum.
• Oversee quality, safety and project-control requirements while ensuring work is completed in accordance with approved specifications.
• Manage parallel workstreams and support handover, lessons learned and project close-out.

Requirements and Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a similar technical discipline.
• At least seven years of project-management or project-engineering experience.
• Experience in heavy industry, marine, ports, cranes or related project environments is preferred.
• Crane or other heavy-equipment project experience is desirable.
• Practical experience with project scheduling, tender management, cost control and reporting; proficiency with MS Project is useful.

Skills and Employment Details

• Project planning and execution control.
• Commercial awareness, cost tracking and change management.
• Client communication, negotiation and presentation.
• Risk management, problem solving and commitment to HSE standards.

Full-time, one-year contract role based in Dubai, UAE. Project schedules and site activities may require coordination across several locations.