Senior Manager Projects - Cargo Terminal 2 - Fixed Term Contract

Description

About the role

Lead QAS Cargo’s end-user oversight and operational integration for Cargo Terminal 2 (CT2), providing the senior point of accountability across operational requirements, delivery interfaces, systems integration, testing, operational readiness, handover and transition into service.

Head the dedicated QAS Cargo CT2 project team and protect the integrity of the approved operating solution by ensuring the facility, Material Handling System (MHS), technology, processes, people and operational arrangements are integrated, validated and supported by sufficient evidence for operational acceptance and go-live.

Responsibilities

Strategic

• Lead the QAS Cargo CT2 delivery strategy and end-user governance framework to maintain clear ownership, timely decision-making and alignment between project outputs, cargo operating requirements and business objectives.
• Translate QAS Cargo’s strategic capacity, service, automation, safety and operational objectives into clear project priorities to ensure CT2 can support the intended operating model and future cargo growth.
• Provide senior end-user advice to the Vice President QAS Cargo and relevant governance forums on operational impacts, integration risks, readiness status, critical decisions and emerging threats to successful entry into service.
• Oversee the integration of CT2 with the existing QAS Cargo operation, Cargo Terminal 1 and the wider HIA operating environment to support business continuity and a controlled transition to the future operating model.

Operational
End-User Project Leadership

• Act as the senior QAS Cargo representative for CT2 and head the dedicated QAS Cargo project team, setting priorities, delegating accountabilities and ensuring operational assurance activities, decisions, deliverables and escalations are completed in line with the approved project programme and governance requirements.
• Maintain an integrated view of construction interfaces, MHS, IT and automation, operational processes, project controls and ORAT to identify cross-workstream dependencies and prevent isolated decisions from affecting the overall operational outcome.
• Establish structured QAS Cargo assurance, decision and escalation processes to ensure execution-stage matters from the Major Projects Department (MPD), Project Management and Construction Management (PMCM) consultant and delivery parties are directed to the appropriate operational owner and resolved within required timeframes.

Operational Requirements and Delivered-Solution Assurance

• Maintain senior oversight of the approved QAS Cargo operational-requirements baseline and associated traceability arrangements to verify that operational requirements are addressed through construction, installation, systems configuration, testing, commissioning, handover and transition.
• Ensure significant operational departures from the approved solution are supported by documented impact assessments covering safety, security, functionality, capacity, productivity, maintainability, staffing, training, business continuity, readiness and whole-life operational implications.
• Endorse the consolidated QAS Cargo operational position on material changes and unresolved delivery matters before formal communication or escalation through the approved project governance route.
• Ensure the dedicated QAS Cargo CT2 team verifies the delivered solution through progressive inspections, system demonstrations, testing, commissioning evidence, operational trials and readiness reviews.
• Determine when unresolved operational matters require executive intervention, formal risk acceptance, conditional acceptance or recommendation against handover or go-live.
  

MHS, Technology and Process Integration

• Oversee end-to-end operational integration across the base building, MHS, cargo applications, screening systems, IT infrastructure, Cool Chain facilities, security systems, operational processes and relevant airport systems.
• Ensure MHS and technology outputs are aligned with QAS Cargo process requirements, ConOps, exception-handling arrangements, recovery procedures and required operating performance.
• Direct coordinated end-user participation in system demonstrations, factory and site acceptance activities, integrated systems testing, commissioning, operational simulations and trials to verify end-to-end operational performance against approved requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate with the Manager IT Integration – Cargo Terminal 2 and Manager Delivery Integration– Cargo Terminal 2 to resolve cross-functional dependencies and ensure systems, processes, people and facilities progress toward a single operational outcome.
• Ensure proposed system workarounds or manual fallback arrangements are not treated as permanent operating solutions unless their operational, safety, staffing, capacity and business-continuity implications have been formally assessed and accepted by the appropriate authority.
  

Stakeholder and Interface Management

• Lead QAS Cargo’s project interface with MPD and the PMCM while preserving clear accountability for asset delivery, contractor management, design coordination, site supervision, quality assurance, commercial management and contract administration.
• Coordinate QAS Cargo engagement with Qatar Airways Cargo, QAS Cargo Operations, MATAR Facilities Management and Operations, IT, Security, Safety, Customs, MOI, QCAA and other relevant authorities and stakeholders.
• Chair QAS Cargo project-delivery and integration forums to maintain action ownership, resolve cross-functional issues and escalate decisions that cannot be resolved at working level.
  

Programme, Change and Risk Oversight

• Review integrated schedule, cost, risk and performance information provided through the Manager Project Controls, MPD and appointed consultants to assess implications for QAS Cargo deliverables and operational readiness.
• Ensure QAS Cargo dependencies, approvals, training, recruitment, process development, testing, trials and transition activities are incorporated into the integrated project schedule.
• Identify and maintain oversight of QAS Cargo operational, integration, readiness and business-continuity risks, ensuring owners and mitigation actions are assigned and regularly reviewed.
• Maintain senior oversight of decisions and unresolved matters that could result in operational rework, deferred scope, reduced capacity, increased manpower, additional operating cost or reliance on temporary arrangements.
• Escalate any proposed acceptance of incomplete, non-compliant or operationally constrained outputs where the residual risk or business impact exceeds delegated authority.
• Perform other department duties related to his/her position as directed by the Head of the Department

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Qualification

About you

Essential

• Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent
• Minimum 10 years of job-related experience, including substantial senior responsibility for complex projects, programmes or operational transformation.
• Demonstrated experience representing an owner, operator or end user on a major airport, air-cargo terminal, logistics, automation or comparable complex infrastructure programme.
• Significant experience leading the execution, systems integration, testing, commissioning, operational readiness, handover and transition phases of a complex infrastructure, airport, cargo, logistics or automation programme.
• Expert working knowledge of air-cargo terminal operations, including cargo flows, special products, screening, automated handling, safety, security, operational continuity and interfaces with airlines, authorities and airport stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience with automated MHS and its integration with buildings, IT systems, operational processes and supporting infrastructure.
• Proven experience leading ORAT or an equivalent large-scale operational-readiness and transition programme.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary internal teams and coordinating consultants, contractors, technology providers, operational departments and government stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience managing major operational risks, complex interfaces, business change and senior-level decisions.

Preferred

• Experience of major international airport cargo-terminal development.
• Previous major-project experience in Qatar or the GCC.
• Professional certification such as PMP, APM, PRINCE2 or equivalent.
• Experience of automated cargo or logistics facilities involving complex systems testing and phased operational transition.

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