Construction Manager

Job description / Role

Overview

KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration through conceptualization to realization of planning, design, or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 60 years, we've led with vision, contributing to many of the world's most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences, and prosperous communities.

As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is recognized by ENR as one of the Top 225 International Design Firms and one of the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms. We are also ranked by World Architecture as the 51st largest global architecture firm and the #1 firm in the Middle East Region in their 2024 WA100 Survey.

We invite you to join us. Why?

When you join KEO, you'll discover more than just a job - you'll find a supportive environment that fosters your professional development through internal global mobility and career development and does so within a culture that supports company-wide health and well-being through on-demand counseling services and regular workplace clinics. You will be invited to celebrate community events such as sports days, fun runs, in-house sports teams, and beach clean-ups. In addition to your competitive package and benefits, you will have access to a suite of policies that include hybrid working arrangements, individual athletic sponsorship, study assistance sponsorship, and employee referral rewards.

Responsibilities

Our newest opportunity is for a talented Construction Manager to join our team based in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

We envisage success in this role to include:

• Developing and maintaining professional and meaningful relationships with the project stakeholders to ensure project requirements are being satisfied.
• Overseeing the contractor works on site to ensure project scope is met successfully.
• Managing and coordinating construction phases with all relevant 3rd parties.
• Providing leadership, guidance, and advice to the project teams. Ensuring that the required staff resources are available to complete all scoped services.
• Managing and directing the development and maintenance of the program and project schedules for all phases of the project including planning, design, and construction. Identifying and mitigating delays or schedule slippage.
• Providing input into the development and maintenance of the cost and claims management plans including budget and estimate feedback, cash flow curves, value engineering (VE), preparation of bill of quantities as well as supporting the assessment of payment applications, variations, and claims.
• Ensuring the physical implementation of Divisional Health & Safety policy and procedures.
• Ensuring compliance with all KEO internal processes and procedures.
• Providing reports (internal and external) in accordance with project requirements.

Qualifications

To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that your career journey to date will include a minimum of 10 years of career experience partnered with a Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering or a related field.

Experience gained from working on structural steel/industrial building projects in the UAE is being looked for.

KEO's performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety, and our people. We embrace diversity and recognize its contribution to client success wherever we work.

We are excited to hear how you can partner with our award-winning team and treat all expressions of interest confidentially.

About the Company

KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration – through conceptualization – to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 57 years we’ve led with vision, contributing to many of the world’s most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.

As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is ranked by ENR in the Top 225 International Design Firms; in the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms; and by World Architecture as 50th largest global architecture firm and #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2021 WAS 100 Survey.

We invite you to join us.