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Senior Administrator | Abu Dhabi, UAE Are you a highly organized professional with strong reporting, analytical, and coordination skills? Do you enjoy working with data, dashboards, and operational reporting while supporting large-scale construction projects?
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Senior Administrator | Abu Dhabi, UAE
Are you a highly organized professional with strong reporting, analytical, and coordination skills?
Do you enjoy working with data, dashboards, and operational reporting while supporting large-scale construction projects?
We are looking for a Senior Administrator to support our Commissioning Department by managing permit-to-work administration, LOTO and energisation trackers, compliance reporting, document control, and operational coordination activities across large-scale data centre projects.
Who We are?
ALEC Holdings PJSC, part of the Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD), is a leading GCC construction group with over two decades of success delivering some of the region’s most complex and high-profile projects.
As a proudly publicly listed company, ALEC continues to raise the bar for quality, innovation, and excellence in construction, driving iconic developments that shape skylines across the Middle East.
In the UAE, ALEC has delivered many of the nation’s most iconic developments, operating as a fully integrated contractor through specialist business units that provide end-to-end construction solutions.
ALEMCO provides integrated MEP and facilities services that power some of the region’s most ambitious developments.
From electrical systems to long-term maintenance, we focus on technical reliability and sustainable performance - supported by an inclusive and skilled team with a passion for engineering excellence.
Why Join Us?
This is an exciting opportunity to join a newly established and growing department where you will play a key role in developing reporting structures, enhancing visibility across projects, and supporting management decision making.
At ALEC, we’re about more than just building iconic structures - we’re about building exceptional careers.
As a trusted partner to some of the region’s most ambitious projects, we value innovation, operational excellence, and our people.
About Your Team
Reporting directly to the Head of Post-Contract Technical Procurement and Head of Engineering, you will work closely with Engineering team.
You will support departmental operations through accurate reporting, data management, coordination activities, and governance initiatives that contribute to the success of major MEP projects.
Your Role
As a Senior Administrator, you will support the operational, reporting, and administrative functions of the Commissioning Department.
You will be responsible for managing permit tracking systems, energisation dashboards, compliance records, and reporting tools while ensuring the commissioning team has accurate and timely visibility of permit-to-work, LOTO, and energisation activities across live projects.
Responsibilities
- Maintain and update permit registers, energisation dashboards, trackers, logs, and reporting systems.
- Review permit applications and supporting documentation for completeness and compliance with established procedures.
- Monitor permit validity periods and ensure timely renewals, closures, and escalations where required.
- Prepare weekly and monthly reports, presentations, and departmental updates for management review.
- Ensure accuracy, consistency, and integrity of permit, energisation, and operational data.
- Coordinate reporting requirements across Commissioning, Construction, HSE, QA/QC, and Project Management teams.
- Support governance and compliance initiatives by maintaining structured documentation and audit records.
- Track permit status, energisation activities, and departmental KPIs, providing visibility across multiple projects.
- Coordinate meetings, action trackers, and follow-up activities relating to commissioning and permit processes.
- Support process improvement initiatives through reporting enhancements and system optimisation.
- Ensure all records are maintained in a structured, controlled, and accessible format in accordance with project and company requirements.
- Escalate discrepancies, expired permits, missing documentation, or procedural deviations to the appropriate stakeholders.
Essential
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including formulas, data analysis, reporting structures, and tracker management.
- Strong reporting, dashboard management, and document control capability.
- Excellent organisational and time-management skills.
- High attention to detail and ability to review documentation for compliance and accuracy.
- Effective communication and stakeholder coordination skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced project environment.
Desirable
- Experience with permit-to-work systems, LOTO processes, energisation activities, or commissioning environments.
- Experience with Aconex, Power BI, SharePoint, or similar reporting and document management systems.
- Exposure to construction, MEP, industrial, mission-critical, or data centre projects.
- Experience supporting multiple stakeholders across project teams.
- Middle East construction industry experience.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in Business Administration, Project Management, Engineering, Information Management, or a related field.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in site administration, project administration, permit coordination, document control, reporting, or operational support roles.
- Experience within construction, engineering, commissioning, industrial, or project environments is preferred.
- Demonstrated experience maintaining trackers, dashboards, compliance records, and management reporting systems.
What We Offer
- The chance to contribute to some of the UAE’s most iconic projects
- A collaborative, supportive environment that values efficiency and excellence
- Opportunities for professional growth and career progression
- Ready to elevate your career?
- Join ALEC and play a key role in delivering iconic projects while growing in a dynamic and supportive team environment.
- We’re excited to hear from you!
- Apply today and be part of something excellent!
- *Please note: we encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as this advert may close once we’ve found the right candidate.
- Although we can’t respond to every application, we thank you for taking the time to apply and for consider*
- ing a future with us.
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