43 Project Director jobs in Qatar

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Responsibilities:

1. Communicate with the Client’s representatives continuously regarding Project Progress and areas of concerns.
2. Propose in-house Project Management procedures to comply with Contract requirements and Client’s procedures.
3. Establish and maintain specific project procedures for Design/Construction Supervision Management (as applicable).
4. Prepare special report to Client Management to investigate any problem related to the Scope of Services and recommend solutions to Client Management.
5. Identify priorities and tasks and develop the organization structure to assure execution of tasks, by providing clear direction on methods, time frame and schedule to achieve the stated goals.
6. Provide clear definition of roles and responsibilities of PM staff.
7. Attend Executive meetings and progress meetings.
8. Monitor performance to assure successful delivery of the Key Performance Indicators and client contractual requirements.
9. Advise the Client’s representative on any potential variation to the Design/Supervision Consultant and Contractor’s scope of work that may generate cost or time impact and present the Project Management’s assessment.
10. Lead the Project Management staff in assessing variations and claims and report the technical position of the proposed variation to the Client.
11. Advise the Client of any foreseen slippage of progress and propose corrective actions.
12. Review weekly and monthly reports as presented by Design/Supervision Consultant(s) and Contractor and present to the Client comments of non-compliance, and/or areas of concern and corrective actions.
13. Coordinate with Design Manager during the detailed Design stage of the Project to ensure Design Compliance with Client requirements to avoid any cost impact and ensure Design deliverables are submitted by the Design Consultant in a timely manner.

Minimum Requirements:

1. Must have a minimum of 15 years of experience.
2. Should be a B. Sc. Degree holder or higher.
3. Must have experience in retail and Shopping Mall projects.
4. Experience managing major developments with values over 100 Million USD.
5. Experience in design management and construction management.

About The Company:

Hill International was founded in 1976 and became one of the largest construction claims consulting firms in the world. It wasn't long before we realized that Hill could be more than a reactive resolver of disputes and could become a proactive solver of problems before they arise. With the best professionals in the construction industry, Hill began providing project management services. Today Hill is proud to be one of the top construction management companies in the world having successfully managed some of the largest, most complex construction projects in locations throughout the world.

Our formula is simple: we hire the best people, understand our clients’ needs and objectives, then take ownership of each and every project where we are involved. No matter how large or small our role is in a project, our mission is to exceed our clients’ expectations in every way possible. Our history is defined by thousands of successful projects. Our future is defined by the success of your next project.

Project Director
Location: Qatar

Role:
Project Director for mega project that will include a themed Park that will include a zoo, and family entertainment centre and other facilities to make up a major new leisure destination. Senior role working for a leading company who work on some of Qatar’s leading building projects including hotels, high rise, retail malls, and parks.

Essential Requirements:

1. Degree Qualified in relevant discipline
2. Strong project experience in leisure sector – including parks, themed parks and zoos.
3. Have managed projects as lead Project director from inception to completion
4. Previous experience with a consultancy or project management company.
5. Ability to manage stakeholders at a senior level.
6. A stable track record is important alongside the possession of excellent design management and communication skills.

Candidate:
As Project Director you will be responsible for managing and leading high profile consultancy teams whilst liaising with the commercial departments and various contractors and design consultancies. The successful candidate will come from a Contractor or Project Management background and be used to taking a lead role on major projects. They will be client focused with an excellent track record.

Wood is accepting expressions of interest for a Project Director (Offshore) to join our team in Qatar. This role creates delivery excellence across assigned project/program/portfolio of projects, providing certainty and confidence to the customer/project sponsor, with robust control of project scope, schedule, cost, and risk.

Responsibilities include specifying and directing the implementation and completion of one or more major projects or programs, managing safety, scope, cost, schedule, and risk, and ensuring appropriate reporting and governance are in place. The Project Director is responsible for delivering projects/programs/portfolios to the agreed scope, specifications, schedule, and budget, managing change, and maintaining customer relationships. The role often involves high complexity and risk, with multiple workstreams and significant financial implications. Oversight of multiple project managers is also required.

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects, and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people.

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with relevant laws.

Wood is accepting expressions of interest for a Project Director (Offshore) to join our team in Qatar. This role create delivery excellence across assigned project / program / portfolio of projects, provide certainty and confidence to the customer / project sponsor, and robust control of project scope, schedule, cost and risk.

Specifies and directs the implementation and completion of one or more major projects or programs, including responsibility for managing safety, scope, cost, schedule and risk, and ensuring appropriate reporting and governance is in place. Responsible for delivery of project(s) / program(s) / portfolio to agreed scope, specifications, schedule and budget, for managing change and customer relationships. Delivers project(s) / program(s) / portfolio which often involves a high level of complexity and risk with multiple workstreams and high financial risk. Oversight of multiple project managers.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• P & L responsibility with associated commercial and financial accountability including revenue delivery, margin and overhead management, budget and forecast determination and attainment, risk and opportunity reviews, cost controls, accounts payable / billing and cash collection
• Contributes to and reviews the project proposal and plan to establish timeframe, procedures for accomplishing the project, resource requirements, and allotment of available resources to various phases of the project. Ensures adherence to corporate policy and best practice, and sets project evaluation parameters.
• Negotiates changes to project scope with the customer. Follows Change Management process to identify and approve modifications to scope, cost, schedule and quality
• Pursues and develop opportunities for innovation, such as digitalisation and technology use, work share and high value engineering centres, to bring value to Wood and customer
• Approves project procedures and project execution plan including the scope of work, deliverables list, master schedule, budget, org charts, risk register etc
• Ensures competence of project team members to carry out assigned work
• Oversees proposals and call-offs (may be single projects) within delegation of authority, ensuring compliance with contracting policy and standards of ethical conduct.
• Monitors adherence to schedule, cost and quality and proactively intervenes to avoid slippage
• Ensures that the required project management software systems are established for the project and the supporting training is completed
• Ensure the project assurance protocol and schedule are established
• Involved in establishing terms and conditions, and wider scope and larger size of projects may require more visibility in the community as well as activity in attracting project staff
• Responsible for the project HSSE leadership, ensures a program of initiatives and auditing schedule are established, and that HSSE and quality management issues are proactively addressed
• Drives good practices, including corporate initiatives, across projects and programs
• Resolves complex issues which are escalated by project team
• Participate in assurance activities and peer reviews
• The complexity, potential impact and political sensitivity of projects / programmes of this size (particularly in an international context), frequently require the project director to be involved in closing the deal, attracting specialized staff from outside the organization, and managing relationships with local officials and community groups as well as the customer and contractors, all based on their credibility and proven track record

QUALIFICATIONS

• University degree (bachelors or masters) in Engineering
• Project Management Professional (PMP), Associate in Project Management (APM) or equivalent certification is preferred
• Typically requires more than 20 years of broad and extensive pertinent experience, including minimum 10 years project management experience, mastering their area and knowledgeable about impacts on other areas; of which substantial experience successfully managing major / complex international or remote location projects.
• Requires strong technical skill as relevant to the project scope(s)
• Good level of experience in the related field, industry, and locations of the work
• Has thorough knowledge of project success and benefits management
• Expert in stakeholder management with extensive experience in managing challenging stakeholders and able to coach and advise others in this area
• Thorough understanding of requirements management from creation to monitoring to verification of complex project requirements and their linkage to business benefits.
• Knowledge of work flow management, established policies for engineering ownership, globalization of projects and request for tender process
• Experienced in assembling and managing multi-phase project budgets, including risk contingencies
• Expert Practitioner in Risk Management processes, well versed in how risks are transposed into cost, time and contingency estimates and forecasts
• Advanced knowledge of various forms of vendor contracts across many types of goods and services; able to create new appropriate contracting frameworks and negotiate to successful conclusion.
• Able to manage complex major project start-up, produce and communicate the project execution plan
• Expert understanding of both explicit and implicit dependencies and able to explain these and build into recommendations
• Experience of implementing successful project performance improvement activities and techniques for recovering poor performance
• Knowledge of supplier categorisation and experienced in devising appropriate commercial acquisition strategies
• Understands the needs of information management requirements in the project phases (operation), internal (contractual, statutory) and asset (customer) documentation.
• Able to negotiate appropriate close-out terms with all key stakeholders.
• Ability to effectively manage resources (personnel, equipment, materials etc)
• Sound practice and experience of commercial and technical risk management.
• Able to drive cash flow management as well as projection / forecast of cost at completion

ABOUT US

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people.

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list) : race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.

Wood is accepting expressions of interest for a Project Director (Offshore) to join our team in Qatar. This role creates delivery excellence across assigned project / program / portfolio of projects, providing certainty and confidence to the customer / project sponsor, and maintaining robust control of project scope, schedule, cost, and risk.

The Project Director will specify and direct the implementation and completion of one or more major projects or programs, including managing safety, scope, cost, schedule, and risk, and ensuring appropriate reporting and governance. Responsibilities include delivering projects / programs / portfolios to agreed scope, specifications, schedule, and budget, managing change, and maintaining customer relationships. The role often involves high complexity and risk, with multiple workstreams and significant financial considerations. Oversight of multiple project managers is required.

• University degree (bachelor's or master's) in Engineering
• Project Management Professional (PMP), Associate in Project Management (APM), or equivalent certification preferred
• Over 20 years of broad and extensive relevant experience, including at least 10 years in project management, with successful management of major/complex international or remote location projects
• Strong technical skills relevant to the project scope
• Good experience in the related industry and locations
• Thorough knowledge of project success and benefits management
• Expertise in stakeholder management, including managing challenging stakeholders and coaching others
• Deep understanding of requirements management from creation to verification and linkage to business benefits
• Knowledge of workflow management, engineering ownership policies, globalization of projects, and tender processes
• Experience in managing multi-phase project budgets, including risk contingencies
• Expertise in risk management processes, including transposing risks into cost, time, and contingency estimates
• Advanced knowledge of vendor contracts and negotiation skills
• Ability to manage complex project start-up and communicate the project execution plan
• Understanding of dependencies and their integration into recommendations
• Experience in project performance improvement and recovery techniques
• Knowledge of supplier categorization and commercial acquisition strategies
• Understanding of information management requirements across project phases
• Ability to negotiate close-out terms with stakeholders
• Effective resource management skills
• Experience in risk management and financial forecasting

SSA have been asked to source a project director to work on our contractor client's flagship project in Qatar.

Our client is working on a major new build hospital project in Qatar. The hospital will have in excess of 1000 beds and will cover clinics, administration facilities, and a multi-storey car park.

With a value of $1bn, this is one of the most ambitious hospital projects in the region and will bring first-class healthcare facilities to Qatar.

As this project covers a degree of design development, we are looking for professionals with experience in major hospital construction and previous overseas experience (ideally in the MENA region). Arabic language skills would be beneficial but are not a necessity.

On offer is a strong salary package of between Qrs45,500 and Qrs65,500 per month, which is a tax-free package of over £110,000+.

1. Project Directorship Experience
2. Hospital Experience
3. MENA Experience
4. Design Experience

About The Company:

SSA Ltd. (Sommerman Skinner Associates) find out the detail to allow you to make qualified judgments about your career and its progression. We represent over 2000 companies across a diverse spectrum of industry, and we will be able to inform you of contracts pending, awarded, company growth, opportunity, relative reward, and internal prospects. Our founder is degree qualified with extensive exposure to the industry and has a career also behind him in Recruitment Management. Our team is made up of qualified construction professionals specializing in both permanent and freelance opportunities.