Project/ Construction Director - Road Infrastructure

Role overview

Construction programme delivery

• Lead and coordinate construction packages and interfaces across the Initiative; monitor contractors against the approved programme.
• Ensure works comply with approved designs, specifications, permits, NoCs, and authority requirements.
• Direct management of risks, issues, opportunities, changes, variations, claims, and commercial impacts.

Assurance, coordination, and reporting

• Oversee health, safety, environmental, quality, inspection, audit, and non-conformance processes.
• Coordinate utilities, traffic management, stakeholders, authorities, and maintained assets to minimize disruption.
• Report on progress, delays, performance, payments, variations, risks, incidents, inspections, and disputes.

Testing and handover

• Lead testing, commissioning, asset readiness, handover, and post-handover closeout activities.

Required qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or a related field from a recognized university and 17+ years of related project experience.
• Experience with Abu Dhabi standards, DMT/ADM/ITC requirements, NoC processes, authority approvals, and utility coordination.
• Proven leadership of major road, infrastructure, utilities, or civil engineering construction programmes and strong programme, cost, risk, change, and contract administration knowledge.
• Experience coordinating contractors, supervision consultants, government authorities, utility providers, and multiple stakeholders; sound understanding of health and safety, including OSHAD-related regulations.
• Able to lead collaborative teams and make timely decisions on complex programme, technical, commercial, and delivery matters.

Desired experience

• Desired experience includes complex road, highway, interchange, bridge, utility, public realm, or traffic management projects.
• Desired knowledge includes Earned Value Management, cost forecasting, payment certification, variations, claims, provisional sums, and final accounts.
• Testing and commissioning, BIM, asset information, operational readiness, structured handover, value engineering, constructability, and continuous improvement experience are desired.