Project Director - Exhibition Halls

Mace

Dubai, UAE

Ref: QP928-66

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Established since 1990, Mace is an international consultancy and construction company, employing over 5,000 people, operating across 70 countries. Its core business is programme and project management, cost consultancy, construction delivery and facilities management. Mace is truly multi-disciplinary with services spanning the entire property and infrastructure lifecycle.

We focus on major, complex or challenging schemes, where we offer genuine value to our clients and exciting opportunities to our staff across the UK, Europe, North America, the Middle East and North Africa, Asia Pacific and Australia.

With industry leading standards, Mace are an innovative organisation renowned for its Clear Values, Client Focus, Pursuit of a Better Way, Integrity and Opportunity, delivering a consistent quality of service worldwide.

We believe it is our relentless passion for finding a better way that helps us to deliver the best projects safely and efficiently, while defining industry best practice.

This is an opportunity to work for Mace International in a lead role on a major project in one of our largest programmes in the UAE.

Mace International continue to be involved some of the most significant projects in the UAE. This is a fantastic opportunity to further your Project Leadership and Account Leadership career.

Reporting to the overall Programme Director, responsible for the leadership, strategy and delivery of a major convention centre / exhibition hall project.
• Provide vision, leadership and direction for the entire project.
• Responsible for overall project management and performance, including planning, design, construction, programme controls and monitoring ensuring programme is delivered to time, budget and specification.
• Responsible for building and sustaining a lean, integrated, collaborative and high performance team who anticipates and responds to the needs of the organisation and key stakeholders.
• Working in a multiple-client facing role with several important stakeholders, responsible for developing the clients’ strategy, through to managing the appointment of the direct team and extended professional team of Local and International Consultants and Contractors.
• Responsible for developing the clients brief, delivery strategy and leading the design management, procurement and execution of the scheme.
• Responsible for developing a high performing team that strives for quality, safety, cost and schedule improvements at every opportunity with all delivery partners, challenging and seeking to improve the project deliverables.
• Responsible for seeing that the highest standards of Health and Safety are considered as a priority through all stages of the project.

The successful applicant will need to have experience in coordinating and managing multiple stakeholders and demonstrate the ability to build robust, long term relationships and integrated teams.

Requirements

• Degree Qualifications is essential for client approval.
• Professional Memberships are an advantage but not essential.
• Exhibition Hall / Conference Centre / Airport / Terminal / Major Project experience is essential for client approval.
• Extensive UAE experience is essential for client approval.
• Major Project ($250m++) experience is essential.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills will be required.
• Excellent Leadership qualities are essential.

About the Company

Mace is an international consultancy and construction company that has delivered world class projects since 1990. Today we employ over 6,000 people across five global hubs in Europe, Middle East North Africa and India, North America, Asia Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Four simple values guide our behaviour in our pursuit of a better way; Safety first - going home safe and well, Client focus - deliver on our promise, Create opportunity - for our people to excel, Integrity - always doing the right thing. We aim to attract the best and brightest people, whatever their background, to bring new perspectives to some of the most complex and inspiring projects around the world.

We support our people who are aiming to achieve an academic or professional qualification that will help them develop personally and deliver to the highest standard for our clients. At Mace you can deepen your knowledge, expand your skills and define your own path.

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Project Director salaries in UAE

Average monthly compensation
AED 82,000

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