Assistant Manager - Project Delivery (Dubai Holding Real Estate)

About Dubai Holding Real Estate:

Dubai Holding’s real estate business has developed strategic destinations and communities that offer unique and attractive lifestyle opportunities to meet the evolving needs of Dubai’s residents and visitors alike. As a master developer, we invest in sustainable infrastructure, accessibility, community amenities and family-focused facilities including community centers, mosques, schools, supermarkets and landscaping.

About the Job:

• Support the Senior Manager / Associate Director in coordinating assigned projects in accordance with

approved scope, programme, budget, quality, HSE, contractual, and Project Delivery requirements.

• Monitor project progress, key milestones, procurement schedules, design deliverables, material approvals,

site resources, and VOWD targets, and highlight delays or constraints.

• Coordinate with internal functions, consultants, contractors, suppliers, and authorities to follow up actions,

resolve routine interfaces, and support timely project delivery.

• Track project submissions, RFIs, technical queries, method statements, material approvals, progress reports,

and supporting records, and escalate matters requiring senior direction.

• Maintain and update project registers, dashboards, action logs, risk and issue logs, NCR trackers, authority

schedules, and other required project records.

• Support progress meetings, technical workshops, site inspections, and coordination reviews; prepare

accurate minutes and follow through on agreed actions.

• Monitor consultant and contractor compliance with approved drawings, specifications, QA/QC plans, HSE

requirements, statutory obligations, and DHRE procedures.

• Track payment applications, variations, claims, commitments, forecasts, and potential cost exposure in

coordination with Commercial and Finance teams.

• Coordinate NOCs, permits, inspections, testing and commissioning, snagging, handover documentation,

authority approvals, and completion requirements.

• Support DLP and close-out activities by tracking defects, warranties, as-built drawings, O&M manuals, DLC

requirements, final account actions, and outstanding deliverables.

About You:

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Architectural Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.

• Relevant project management certification, such as PMP, is preferred.

• Working knowledge of project delivery, construction management, programme and

cost monitoring, quality, HSE, authority approvals, handover, DLP, and project

close-out in the UAE.

• Minimum 7–10 years of relevant experience in construction or project delivery,

including experience coordinating multidisciplinary real estate projects.

• Practical experience in site coordination, progress monitoring, contractor and

consultant follow-up, project reporting, authority interfaces, testing and

commissioning, handover, and close-out; UAE developer-side experience is

preferred.

• Project coordination and monitoring across construction, testing and

commissioning, handover, DLP, and close-out stages.

• Programme, milestone, VOWD, procurement, resource, risk, cost, variation, claim,

and change tracking.

• Technical and stakeholder coordination across civil, architectural, structural, MEP,

infrastructure, fit-out, landscape, and specialist works.

• Working knowledge of QA/QC, HSE, NCR and audit closure, authority approvals,

snagging, handover, DLP, and close-out.

• Strong reporting, record management, issue follow-up, problem-solving,

communication, and escalation skills.

• Proficiency in Microsoft 365, project dashboards, electronic document control

platforms, and scheduling tools such as Primavera P6.