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Project Manager - Port & Terminal Infrastructure

Gulftainer
Sharjah, UAE
Full-time
Mid-Senior
Onsite
Discovered 1 weeks ago
Port and terminal infrastructureCapital project managementCivil and infrastructure worksMultidisciplinary design managementCAPEX estimation and cost controlConstruction methodology and constructability

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Role purpose

Client-side project manager owning capital projects from assessment and design through procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover.

Works across technical, operational, commercial, and stakeholder interfaces, driving project delivery and escalating key risks and decisions.

Project development and design

  • Assess port, terminal, logistics, warehouse, depot, and infrastructure opportunities, site conditions, constraints, and authority requirements.
  • Develop concepts, scopes, implementation strategies, preliminary quantities, ROM CAPEX estimates, schedules, and feasibility inputs.
  • Manage multidisciplinary consultants and design submissions through concept, tender, and IFC stages; address constructability, operational needs, and design risks.

Procurement and project execution

  • Prepare tender packages and support technical evaluations, bid normalization, scope clarification, variation assessment, and CAPEX control.
  • Own assigned projects from award to completion; coordinate stakeholders and monitor schedule, budget, scope, quality, HSE, and technical requirements.
  • Conduct site inspections, lead progress meetings, identify emerging risks, and drive mitigation and issue resolution.

Stakeholders, controls, and closeout

  • Coordinate with port authorities, municipalities, utility providers, civil defence, customs, landlords, and project stakeholders.
  • Maintain schedules, budgets, risk registers, change logs, reports, dashboards, and project records.
  • Coordinate commissioning, approvals, operational readiness, handover, closeout documents, defect tracking, and lessons learned.

Experience and education

  • Approximately 8–12 years of relevant professional experience with meaningful project-delivery responsibility.
  • Demonstrated management of infrastructure or capital projects through multiple lifecycle stages.
  • Relevant experience in at least one of ports, terminals, logistics facilities, warehouses, industrial developments, marine or heavy civil infrastructure, or transport infrastructure.
  • Bachelor's degree in civil engineering, construction management, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or another relevant engineering discipline.
  • Brownfield or operational-environment experience is highly desirable.

Knowledge and advantages

  • Must apply engineering judgment across infrastructure, utilities, buildings, port operations, construction, estimating, scheduling, tendering, contracts, CAPEX, and risk.
  • A relevant master's degree and industry-specific certifications are advantageous.
  • PMP, PRINCE2, PMI-SP, or equivalent project-management qualification is advantageous but not mandatory; FIDIC knowledge is advantageous.
  • Primavera P6, MS Project, Excel, AutoCAD, Power BI, BIM/Revit, or equivalent tools are advantageous.

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