Site Project Manager (2 years FTC)

Job Purpose

Perform Project Management activities on site and coordination for the timely implementation of projects within project objective targets, working under the direction of Group Planning & Project Management Dept., Head Office in Dubai.

Key Accountabilities

Leadership

• 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;

• Demonstrates and articulates what a safe working culture is and means. Applies these principles in the way work is done;

• Establish project management leadership by building and motivating project stakeholders and engaged team, promoting collaboration to meet project objectives and adhere to their responsibilities and project milestones;

• Prepare estimates and detailed project budgets supporting AFE’s for all phases of the project;

• Maintain cost monitoring of committed funds against approved budgets applying EVM methodology;

• Ensure project financial activities align with business processes;

• Review/ amend/ approve payments to consultants and contractors;

• Flexible, open and determined to identify project cost savings at all levels while not compromising project ‘fit-for-purpose’ outcomes;

Project Engineering

• Manage day-to-day project activities and resources and chairs project management team meetings where appropriate;

• Assist in the acquiring of, consolidation, interfacing and compliance with End User requirements;

• Manage and/ or develop scopes of work, technical specifications, tender documents and related documentation;

• Review designs with respect to ‘Safety in Design’ principles

• Undertakes prequalification selections of Vendors, Engineering Consultants and Contractor selections for evaluation;

• Provide expert Civil Engineering advice on design, specifications and tender evaluation;

• Ensures design and construction complies with appropriate regulations, standards and codes of practice;

• Manage project scope, changes and variations 

• Monitor, track and control outcomes to resolve issues, conflicts, dependencies and critical path deliverables

PMO Documentation 

Develop and maintain GPPMD - PMO documentation (*within a PPM system), including:

• Maintain a project Organization Breakdown Structure;

• Maintain a Stakeholder Register;

• Prepare, maintain and control a project schedule;

• Create and maintain a project assumptions and constraints register;

• Prepare, populate, own and review monthly a project risks & issues register;

• Maintain a project Change Log;

• Maintain monthly project cost reporting;

• Maintain weekly and monthly progress reporting;

• Maintain a record of lessons learned.

Financial 

• Prepare estimates and detailed project budgets supporting AFE’s for all phases of the project;

• Maintain cost monitoring of committed funds against approved budgets applying EVM methodology;

• Ensure project financial activities align with business processes;

• Review/ amend/ approve payments to consultants and contractors;

• Flexible, open and determined to identify project cost savings at all levels while not compromising project ‘fit-for-purpose’ outcomes;

Governance

• Coordinate and report with GPPMD on the strategy and direction to be implemented on the Projects;

• Maintain the GPPMD online Project, Portfolio Management System; 

• Ensure procurement activities align with business processes;

• Fully understand and manage all contracts to ensure deliverables meet project objectives;

• Manage project and program expectations while delegating and managing/ integrating deliverables with project stakeholders;

• Assist in dispute resolution, negotiation, arbitration or litigation, as directed by HO PM;

• Identify and communicate risks and issues impacting project objectives;

• Provide and implement strategies to control, reduce or eliminate project risks;

• Follow up securing of permits, approvals and licences;

• Assure proper implementation of QA/QC procedures on the projects; as well as Environmental, Health and safety.

• Ensure self and team members always act in a professional manner to ensure integrity of project objectives.

Reporting

• Provide status reporting regarding project progress, milestones, deliverables, costs, budgets, dependencies, risks and issues, communicating across Strategic/ Tactical/ Implementation teams;

• Establish systems to manage the flow of accurate information provided to project stakeholders.

Qualifications, Experience and Skills

Training/Qualifications

• Bachelors degree (or higher) in Civil Engineering;

• Post graduate qualifications in Project Management or related disciplines;

• Knowledge of structured Project Management frameworks and methodologies, preferably PMI, PMBOK 6th Ed..

Experience

• 10-15 years’ experience in Project Management including the setting up and delivery of project management frameworks from concept to handover;

• Experience in managing small to medium sized project management implementation teams;

• Demonstrated experience delivering Civil Engineering Infrastructure projects, including large transport, infrastructure and logistics facilities;

• Managing civil design, construction standards, consultants, tenders and Australian Standards./ FIDIC forms of contract;

• Demonstrated experience of applying civil engineering principles to review, question and challenge concepts, design and application.

Skills/Techniques:

• Well developed technical management skills and experience of Projects;

• High level scheduling, computer literacy (MS Office, AutoCAD) and report writing skills;

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal;

• Building budgets, monitoring cash flow and costs in professional systems;

• High level of relationship building and engagement;

• Team approach and recognition of others;

• Well developed data analysis skills;

• Mentoring and development of people.

Competencies:

• Conceptual thinking;

• Strategic planning;

• Information seeking;

• Analytical thinking;

• Attention to detail;

• Initiative;

• Organizational awareness;

• Impact and influence.