Associate Director - Project Delivery (Infrastructure) - Dubai Holding Real Estate
Role Overview
• Lead the delivery of infrastructure projects, ensuring alignment with approved scope, budget, schedule, quality, safety, and sustainability requirements.
• Manage multidisciplinary consultants, contractors, utility providers, and internal stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
• Drive authority approvals, NOCs, permits, inspections, utility connections, and regulatory compliance with RTA, DEWA, Dubai Municipality, Civil Defence, Trakhees, and other relevant authorities.
• Oversee project controls, including programme management, cost forecasting, risk management, reporting, and governance.
• Manage procurement, contract administration, variations, claims, and consultant/contractor performance.
• Lead technical reviews, value engineering, constructability assessments, and interface management activities.
• Monitor construction progress, testing, commissioning, and handover to ensure successful project delivery.
• Resolve critical project, utility, stakeholder, and site-related issues while mitigating programme and commercial risks.
• Provide regular updates to senior leadership on project performance, risks, and key decisions.
• Promote collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement across project teams.
About you
:
• You must have extensive experience delivering major infrastructure works within large-scale developments, coupled with strong technical expertise, commercial awareness, and the ability to manage complex stakeholder and authority interfaces across the UAE.
• Minimum 12 years of experience in infrastructure project delivery, including at least 5 years in a senior project management or leadership role.
• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering or a related engineering discipline is a minimum.
• Proven track record delivering large-scale infrastructure projects encompassing roads, utilities, drainage, district cooling, telecommunications, and associated civil works.
• Strong experience managing projects through the full lifecycle, from design and approvals to procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover.
• UAE experience is preferred, with a strong understanding of Dubai authority approval processes and stakeholder requirements.
About the Benefits:
At Dubai Holding, we're committed to nurturing the success and well-being of our colleagues.
Join our dynamic and diverse team, and enjoy a comprehensive benefits package that includes competitive compensation, career development
opportunities,
and a collaborative work environment.
We strongly believe in creating an empowered workforce that will help us build a connected city for tomorrow.
We are committed to attracting the brightest minds and nurturing the most pioneering candidates who desire to make a great impact on the future of Dubai.
Key Skills for This Role
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About Dubai Holding Real Estate
Dubai Holding Real Estate develops strategic destinations and communities, investing in sustainable infrastructure, accessibility, amenities, and landscaping.
Its real estate offering includes land sales, large-scale project management, and facilities management.
Project responsibilities
- Lead infrastructure projects to meet approved scope, budget, schedule, quality, safety, and sustainability requirements.
- Manage consultants, contractors, utility providers, internal stakeholders, authority approvals, permits, inspections, and utility connections.
- Oversee programme, cost, risk, reporting, governance, procurement, contracts, variations, claims, and supplier performance.
- Lead technical reviews, value engineering, constructability assessments, and interface management.
- Monitor construction, testing, commissioning, and handover; resolve project and site issues and mitigate risks.
- Report performance, risks, and decisions to senior leadership and promote collaboration and continuous improvement.
Experience and education
- At least 12 years of infrastructure project delivery experience, including at least 5 years in a senior project management or leadership role.
- A bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or a related engineering discipline is required.
- Extensive experience delivering major infrastructure works in large-scale developments, with technical expertise, commercial awareness, and UAE stakeholder and authority interface capability.
- Proven delivery of large-scale projects involving roads, utilities, drainage, district cooling, telecommunications, and associated civil works.
- Experience across the full project lifecycle, from design and approvals through procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover.
- UAE experience and knowledge of Dubai authority approval processes and stakeholder requirements are preferred.
Benefits
- The employer describes a comprehensive benefits package, competitive compensation, career development opportunities, and a collaborative work environment.
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