MEP Project Manager

Role overview

Experience and qualifications

• Requires 15–20+ years of progressive MEP construction experience across the UAE or GCC.
• Requires exposure to high-rise, hospitality, infrastructure, or mixed-use developments.
• Requires a proven track record with top-tier UAE MEP contractors and full pre- and post-contract project lifecycle management.
• Requires strong FIDIC, claims, variations, commercial controls, and knowledge of UAE authority regulations, codes, approvals, and compliance.
• Requires leadership of large multidisciplinary teams, subcontractors, and multiple work fronts.

Key responsibilities

• Lead MEP projects from planning through testing, commissioning, and final handover.
• Drive planning, scheduling, budgeting, cash flow, cost optimization, and resource allocation.
• Oversee design reviews, IFC drawings, technical submissions, method statements, inspections, and authority approvals.
• Coordinate with clients, consultants, authorities, subcontractors, and suppliers; ensure contractual and technical compliance.
• Monitor progress, productivity, and milestones; resolve technical challenges, RFIs, and construction constraints.
• Manage claims, variations, and final accounts to maximize commercial performance.
• Enforce HSE, QA/QC, and regulatory standards; lead site teams and optimize site logistics and manpower.