Senior Project Engineer

Role overview

Project planning and coordination

• Review contracts, specifications, approved drawings, and technical submissions to confirm scope and execution requirements.
• Conduct site surveys and readiness inspections covering shafts, access, power, storage, lifting arrangements, and interfaces.
• Schedule engineering approvals, material deliveries, logistics, installation, testing, and handover.
• Coordinate material requirements and deliveries with factories, supply chain, logistics providers, and site teams.
• Plan and manage subcontractors, installation teams, tools, materials, and specialist resources.

Site delivery and commercial control

• Lead safe execution through risk assessments, toolbox talks, site inspections, and corrective actions.
• Monitor progress, address risks and delays, and implement recovery plans to meet commitments.
• Coordinate stakeholders to resolve technical, access, sequencing, and site-readiness issues.
• Maintain contractual records covering instructions, approvals, delays, access constraints, and changes; support variation orders and claims.
• Monitor costs, labor efficiency, billing, collections, forecasts, and project financial performance; initiate purchase requests.

Quality, handover, and reporting

• Conduct stage-wise quality inspections and close nonconformities and outstanding work before testing and handover.
• Plan testing, commissioning, regulatory inspections, and final handover to meet deadlines.
• Prepare progress reports, customer updates, risk reviews, and management forecasts; build customer relationships through clear communication and reliable delivery.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, electromechanical, mechatronics, or another relevant engineering discipline.
• At least 10 years of elevator and escalator project execution experience, including new equipment installation.
• Experience independently managing a high-volume project portfolio across different execution stages.
• Strong knowledge of elevator installation, drawings, site requirements, mechanical and electrical interfaces, testing, quality, and field safety.
• Commercial and contractual experience in cost control, forecasting, variations, claims, subcontractor management, billing, and collections.

Skills and additional qualifications

• Strong planning, problem-solving, customer-management, and stakeholder-coordination skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and project scheduling tools; Microsoft Project or Primavera experience is preferred.
• Strong written and spoken English, including professional reporting and contractual correspondence.
• Willingness to travel regularly between project sites across Dubai and other UAE locations when required.
• A valid UAE driving license is preferred.