Senior Technical Project Manager

Role objective

Thermal project development

• Defines project technical requirements and manages technology selection, specifications, configuration, performance, availability, outages, and innovative solutions.
• Ensures safety, operability, and maintainability are considered in new plant designs.
• Manages and reviews bidding and development studies, including pre-feasibility, feasibility, and environmental and social impact studies.
• Leads technical development of contractual agreements, including EPC, PPA, electricity connection, LTPRA, LTSA, and O&M contracts.
• Contributes to EPC contractor qualification, equipment supplier selection, contractor design reviews, and technical assessment of bid-document deviations.
• Coordinates technical-commercial optimizations with procurement and execution and operations planning with PMO.
• Prepares construction and O&M bid documents, including contract terms, organization charts, guarantees, testing procedures, and operating philosophy.
• Develops project CAPEX and OPEX estimates from technical assumptions.
• Coordinates lender due diligence, internal reviews and approvals, and contractor negotiations through financial close.
• Supports construction and operations, prepares technical handover, and integrates project lessons learned.

Technology and consultants

• Leads decarbonization initiatives and supports colleagues on decarbonization topics.
• Serves as a point of contact for ENGIE Group Research and Innovation programmes, maintains a technology watch, and coordinates knowledge sharing.
• Tracks engineering consultant markets and leads consultant qualification, tendering, selection, and management across AMEA projects.

Experience and qualifications

• Engineering degree and at least 15 years of experience.
• Experience in project technical development, bid preparation, and thermal power generation projects; CCGT experience is preferred.
• Ability to interpret and optimize power plant design and performance; Thermoflow experience is a plus.
• Understanding of thermal generation decarbonization technologies, including renewable gases and CCUS.
• Experience working with engineering consultants, preparing and negotiating project contracts, and interfacing with business development, legal, finance, construction, and operations teams.
• Research and innovation programme coordination, desalination experience, and ENGIE experience are advantages.

Character and languages

• Expected qualities include proactivity, autonomy, ownership, organization, rigor, analytical ability, communication, presentation, and effective collaboration across stakeholder groups.
• Fluent English is required; Arabic or French is advantageous.

Location

• The role is based at the Dubai headquarters.

Schedule

• The position is full-time.