JOB DESCRIPTION / ROLE

REQUIREMENTS

Qualifications

Ideally you should possess a degree in a construction related discipline and hold a membership/chartership from a construction related professional body.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for at least the following areas and duties in your role

Planning/Scheduling

• Monitor, review and ultimately take responsibility for the content of the project master programme. Ensure the structure of the master programme is in line with the envisaged or agreed project WBS and provide strategic guidance to the schedule formulation.
• Monitor and oversee progress status updates of the master programme and where necessary liaise with project stakeholders to lead delay mitigation strategies and improvement initiatives.
• Monitor and ensure the contract programme under the construction contracts is in place, fully reviewed and approved by the necessary project stakeholders and that all revisions and or progress updates are thoroughly reviewed and accepted.
• Take an active and leading role in the control of ‘time’ on the project, ensuring a protocol and full review of early warnings is in place, and generally ensure a project structure, and personal ownership of changes, is implemented.

Construction Management

• Manage the relationships between all project stakeholders to facilitate effective communications and outcomes
• Manage the design team and site delivery team performance of delegated responsibilities
• Establish an effective and universal strategy to address major issues that may arise with the site delivery team
• Ensure the supervision team and site delivery team receives the necessary stakeholder decisions in a timely fashion
• Establish a mechanism to ensure collaborative problem solving with the site delivery team, which will involve regular dialogue with contractors, team working and risk-sharing
• Chair and lead progress meetings with the contractor and supervision consultant to pro-actively manage the project and mitigate any delivery issues prior to it impacting delivery.
• Monitor the delivery of Contract Administration services by others, and ensure such is protecting the Client as far as possible. Pro-actively monitor this service to ensure active claims protection and management is in place through the issue of contractual correspondence and record maintenance.

People

• Invest in sound people management principles to ensure that the team of staff, contractors and other partners works well and provides a supportive environment for the achievement of project and individual objectives
• Uphold the values of the Company through your actions and assist to enforce Company standards at all times
• Demonstrate clear leadership
• Manage the welfare and motivation of all company direct reports, providing leadership, guidance and encouragement
• Mentor and guide direct reporting staff to grow, improve, develop and together with Senior Management set clear career and role objectives.
• Plan for and undertake annual performance reviews in line with company processes.

Client Management

• As a senior team member for the company assigned to the project you will have responsibility to manage and facilitate a pro-active and positive relationship with the Client.
• Lead the process of Client engagement, through regular meetings, presentations and discussions during the project delivery. Be comfortable leading such scenarios and exhibit exemplar communication skills, representing the company well and in a professional manner in all cases.
• Develop and maintain excellent relationships with client representatives, consultants, contractors and other project stakeholders

Reporting

• Receive and review detailed reports on the project from the design and site delivery team
• Establish formal reporting arrangements on project progress for the Client and Company
• Maintain up-to-date project skite sheets and resumes for the project team for use by the Company

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Atkins is one of the leading providers of professional, technology based consultancy and support services to the industry, commerce and governments in all of the worlds major economies. With over 17,000 staff operating in Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and the Americas, Atkins has a broad range of skills and resources and provides Clients with a comprehensive service throughout the entire life cycle of the projects in the built environment.

We aim to be the international first choice supplier of technical and integrated services. Shaped by our customers' needs, our vision is to:

• focus on quality
• seek world class design and excellence
• strive to add value
• be flexible to the evolving needs of a changing society

Atkins first carried out design and supervision commissions in the Gulf area in 1967. From its regional head office in Dubai, U.A.E. Atkins Middle East now employs over 2000 staff located in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Oman (Muscat ), Qatar (Doha) Bahrain (Manama), Kuwait (Kuwait City) and India (Bangalore).