Stakeholder Manager

About This Role

• Permanent Contract
• Mid-Senior Level
• Dubai
• Engineering Management

About Us

Egis is a global organisation with over 20,000 employees worldwide. With our Head Office based in Paris, we offer global career opportunities, as well as offer rewarding careers for our people locally. Drawing on our deep pool of expertise, we create innovative solutions with our clients worldwide.

Egis is an organisation with a capacity to make meaningful industry and community change in the space of place making, sustainability and creating connected cities. Different to other engineering firms, Egis offers true end to end capability across the entire design to operation lifecycle, offering advisory, architecture, engineering, design, asset management and operations services.

About the Role

Egis is seeking an RTA-approved Stakeholder Manager to lead and manage stakeholder engagement for major infrastructure and transportation projects in Dubai. The role is critical to ensuring alignment with RTA requirements, proactive coordination with authorities, utilities, and third parties, and the smooth delivery of projects with minimal disruption and risk.

The successful candidate will act as the single point of contact between the project team, RTA, government entities, utility providers, consultants, and contractors.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the primary stakeholder interface for RTA and all relevant Dubai authorities.
• Develop, implement, and maintain a comprehensive Stakeholder Engagement Management Plan aligned with RTA guidelines.
• Coordinate approvals, NOCs, permits, and stakeholder agreements required for project delivery.
• Lead regular stakeholder meetings, workshops, and coordination sessions.
• Identify stakeholder risks, constraints, and dependencies; develop mitigation strategies.
• Ensure timely communication of project updates, changes, and impacts to stakeholders.
• Maintain a detailed stakeholder register, communication logs, and approval trackers.
• Support the project team in resolving stakeholder-related issues, conflicts, and escalations.
• Ensure compliance with RTA processes, standards, and reporting requirements.
• Collaborate closely with design, construction, traffic, utilities, and project controls teams.

Desired Skills & Competencies

• Excellent stakeholder engagement, negotiation, and communication skills.
• Strong understanding of Dubai regulatory and authority approval environments.
• Ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder interfaces under tight timelines.
• Strong reporting, documentation, and coordination skills.
• Proactive, solutions-oriented, and resilient under pressure.
• Experience working in PMC / consultant environments is highly preferred.

What do we need from you

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Project Management, Communication or a related field.
• Minimum 8–10 years of experience in stakeholder management within UAE infrastructure or transportation projects.
• Proven experience working directly with RTA, Dubai Municipality, utilities, and other local authorities.
• Strong knowledge of RTA processes, governance, and approval workflows.
• Demonstrated experience on large-scale road, rail, or urban infrastructure projects.

What's in it for you?

• Opportunity to work on landmark infrastructure projects in Dubai.
• Collaborative, multicultural, and professional working environment.
• Strong career development and growth opportunities within a global consultancy.