Senior Project Manager - Villas

at  KEO International Consultants

Overview:
KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration – through conceptualization – to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 60 years we’ve led with vision, contributing to many of the world’s most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.
As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is recognized by ENR as one of the Top 225 International Design Firms and one of the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms. We are also ranked by World Architecture as the 51st largest global architecture firm and the #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2024 WA100 Survey.
We invite you to join us. Why?
When you join KEO, you’ll discover more than just a job – you’ll find a supportive environment that fosters your professional development through internal global mobility and career development and does so within a culture that supports company-wide health and well-being through on-demand counselling services and regular workplace clinics. You will be invited to celebrate community events such as sports days, fun-runs, in-house sports teams and beach clean ups. In addition to your competitive package and benefits you will have access to a suite of policies that include hybrid working arrangements, individual athletic sponsorship, study assistance sponsorship, employee referral rewards.
Responsibilities:
Our newest opportunity is for a talented Senior Project Manager to join our large-scale villas project, based in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

We envisage success in this role to include:

• Represent the Firm in communications with the Client, Sub-Contractors and JV partners, as delegated by the Project Director/Director of Infrastructure Services.
• Prepares, plans and controls financial budgets and team resources in order to deliver required commercial outcomes.
• Prepares and manages complex project programs and project contracts.
• Ensures project standards and QMS procedures are implemented across each of the technical areas involved in the project, including project administration.
• Ensures terms of the contract are followed and manages scope changes and their effect on delivery of project objectives.
• Prepares monthly Project Report and input to consolidated Division Report.
• Leads a team of professional employees, driving increased organizational performance and achievement of team goals.
• Analyses existing work processes, procedures and systems, identifying opportunities for increased efficiencies cost-effectiveness and service improvements.
• Participates in business development activities, including tender/proposal preparation and presentations.
• Anticipates and objectively and systematically analyses and resolves complex problems.
• Proactively identifies, assesses and mitigates project risks.
• Leads and develops strong communication and working relationships with staff, management, subcontractors and clients which support collaborative work practices.
• Ensures the effective functioning of diverse project teams by using appropriate interpersonal styles to promote team cohesion and collaboration
• Manages own continuous development and facilitate the development of team members through monitoring of staff performance, and day-to-day coaching and feedback.
• Builds upon Project Management capability of others and actively transfer technical expertise within the team.
• Ensures integration of health, safety and sustainability principles in all inputs and outputs of team
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:
To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that you will have 20 years of relevant project management experience partnered with a Bachelor degree. Master preferred. Project Management Professional certification or equivalent. Chartered engineer certification from an internationally recognized engineering professional body is required. ICE membership at Associate Member level, or the equivalent thereof, is desirable.
KEO’s performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety and our people. We embrace diversity and recognise its’ contribution to client success wherever we work.
We are excited to hear how you can partner with our award-winning team and treat all expressions of interest confidentially

• Represent the Firm in communications with the Client, Sub-Contractors and JV partners, as delegated by the Project Director/Director of Infrastructure Services.
• Prepares, plans and controls financial budgets and team resources in order to deliver required commercial outcomes.
• Prepares and manages complex project programs and project contracts.
• Ensures project standards and QMS procedures are implemented across each of the technical areas involved in the project, including project administration.
• Ensures terms of the contract are followed and manages scope changes and their effect on delivery of project objectives.
• Prepares monthly Project Report and input to consolidated Division Report.
• Leads a team of professional employees, driving increased organizational performance and achievement of team goals.
• Analyses existing work processes, procedures and systems, identifying opportunities for increased efficiencies cost-effectiveness and service improvements.
• Participates in business development activities, including tender/proposal preparation and presentations.
• Anticipates and objectively and systematically analyses and resolves complex problems.
• Proactively identifies, assesses and mitigates project risks.
• Leads and develops strong communication and working relationships with staff, management, subcontractors and clients which support collaborative work practices.
• Ensures the effective functioning of diverse project teams by using appropriate interpersonal styles to promote team cohesion and collaboration
• Manages own continuous development and facilitate the development of team members through monitoring of staff performance, and day-to-day coaching and feedback.
• Builds upon Project Management capability of others and actively transfer technical expertise within the team.
• Ensures integration of health, safety and sustainability principles in all inputs and outputs of team
• Performs other duties as assigned