General Manager
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Education and experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Business Administration, or a closely related discipline.
- A master’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering Management, Construction Management, or a related field is highly advantageous.
- Requires 15–20 years of progressive experience in construction, general contracting, project management, or related business operations, including at least 5–7 years in senior or general management.
Relevant experience
- Demonstrated experience managing multiple construction projects and multidisciplinary operational teams.
- Experience overseeing project profitability, budgets, commercial contracts, and cash flow.
- Experience leading business development, tendering, client relationships, and contract negotiations.
- Experience managing subcontractors, suppliers, consultants, and project delivery risks.
- Experience overseeing property portfolios, leasing, rental collections, tenant relations, and property maintenance.
- Experience managing business performance and reporting to executive or group-level management.
- UAE experience in general contracting, construction regulations, commercial contracts, and property management is strongly preferred.
Business strategy and operations
- Develop and execute business plans, operational strategies, and performance objectives for General Contracting and the assigned Property Management portfolio.
- Set revenue, profitability, cost-control, project delivery, and property performance targets; lead budgeting, forecasting, resource planning, and financial reviews.
- Identify improvements to operating margins, business efficiency, project profitability, and rental income.
- Present business performance, strategic initiatives, operational challenges, and recommendations to Executive Management.
Construction project delivery
- Oversee construction and general contracting projects from mobilization through execution, completion, and handover.
- Ensure delivery in line with schedules, budgets, contracts, technical specifications, and quality requirements.
- Monitor project progress, manpower, equipment, materials, subcontractors, and productivity; coordinate with internal functions to resolve constraints and execution risks.
- Review delays, variations, cost overruns, and contractual issues and ensure corrective action.
Commercial and business development
- Pursue business opportunities, construction tenders, strategic partnerships, and potential contracts.
- Oversee tender evaluation, pricing, commercial proposals, contract negotiations, and feasibility assessments.
- Maintain relationships with clients, consultants, developers, subcontractors, and other commercial stakeholders.
- Monitor contract profitability, variation orders, claims, receivables, and commercial exposure.
Property portfolio management
- Oversee operational and financial performance of assigned residential, commercial, and other real estate properties.
- Set objectives for occupancy, rental income, tenant retention, maintenance standards, and asset utilization.
- Review leasing strategies, rental rates, renewals, vacancies, and tenant acquisition initiatives.
- Ensure tenancy agreements, renewals, rental adjustments, handovers, and related transactions follow approved policies and applicable regulations.
- Evaluate performance and recommend refurbishment, repositioning, or other asset-enhancement initiatives.
Financial management
- Manage financial performance of contracting operations and property management against budgets and profitability targets.
- Monitor project cash flow, certified work, progress billing, receivables, retention amounts, supplier obligations, and subcontractor payment requirements.
- Oversee rental collection performance, outstanding tenant balances, payment schedules, and recovery actions.
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