In Country Project Manager

Job description / Role

DAEP Dubai Airport In Country Project Manager

The candidate will be a ‘hands on, can do’ person responsible for the overall Program Management of the DAEP Dubai Airport project dealing with all Internal and External Stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:
- Set up of the project management process for executing the DAEP Dubai Airport project working with the key internal and customer stakeholders.
- Take ownership of all aspects of the Project and develop a financial baseline, ensuring project achieves business goals including profitability, revenue, and payment milestones.
- Communicate to Senior Management through Project Reviews and other means, updates and snapshots of the Project including highlighting issues in a timely manner.
- Communicate with the customer to manage contract requirements between the customer and the UK team.
- Achieve Factory, Site and Final Acceptance processes in conjunction with QA/QC Team.
- Confirm System complete to BoM prior to Shipping and on arrival at Site including Install Tools and Spares Packages and in full compliance with the documentation requirements.
- Work with the identified Installation and training resources to ensure that all availability, travel, planning, labor and other resources are in place to complete the Project.
- Attend customer meetings, provide meeting minutes, and coordinate between the customer and the UK program team.

Manage the following aspects of the Project:
- Overall engineering development efforts.
- Contract Deliverables and Contract Milestones between UK and DAEP Dubai Airport.
- Risk management plan development and mitigation strategy.
- Sub-Contractors and Distributors, as required.
- Take ownership of all on-site elements of the project.
- Document the Project including:
- Maintaining the Project Gantt or Schedule.
- Reporting and consolidating all other Project related documentation including that from Civil or other Sub Contractors and Distributors.
- Working with the sales team and logistics to ensure that the Commercial, Licence, Shipping and related documents are in process and/or complete, accurate and/or available within the related Project timeframes.

Work with the customer interfaces and program manager to ensure the following actions are completed.
- Manage Customer expectations including installation timeframe.
- Ensure completion of Project v Plan including Estimate to Complete.
- Work with other installation OEM Vendors as required.
- Manage handover to the Customer including completion of Final Acceptance.

Requirements

- Degree educated preferably Electrical or Electronic Engineering.
- PMP or similar APM professional qualification or PRINCE2 qualified.
- Ideally with additional ‘skill-sets’ i.e. H&S, ILS or QA/QC or Process background.
- Proficient in the use of PRIMAVERA and MS projects planning tools essential.
- A good communicator with excellent written and oral communication skills. Able to articulate both the Product and Process to any Customer or Project Stakeholder.
- Knowledge of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, electronic equipment or complex multi-disciplined equipment or systems ideally with knowledge of inspection systems.
- Ability to develop robust plans, assess risk, develop and drive mitigation plans.
- Have managed installations of equipment Projects ideally outside of the UK or mainland US and prepared to travel and remain at Project Sites or location for prolonged periods.
- Dealt with Multi Agency, diverse Sub Contractors and/or complex Government End User/Customer at Site and throughout a Project.
- Experience in running Security Screening and/or Baggage Handling Systems projects from contract award to delivery.
- Fluent in speaking, reading and writing in Arabic is an advantage.

About the Company

In order to uncomplicate and make life easier for you, BOTH was established in 2010 to be the best non-govermental back office services provider for companies and individuals working and living in the UAE.

The journey has been epic ever since. From our beginning being a PRO company to introducing the full range of back office services, we have tried to stay true to our delivery of exceptional experiences of setting up, operating a business and residing in the UAE. We owe our thanks to our clients joining us on this awesome journey and hope that you will continue to be part of our story.