We are seeking a highly organized and proactive Project Manager to lead the planning, execution, and delivery of multiple complex environmental projects. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project and environmental management, with a proven ability to balance competing priorities, mitigate risks, and ensure successful outcomes in dynamic, multi-stakeholder environments. This role requires strong leadership, analytical thinking, and the ability to apply both strategic direction and technical understanding to achieve sustainable results.

Key Responsibilities

Project Planning & Execution

• Develop, implement, and manage project strategies, objectives, timelines, and execution plans across multiple environmental projects.
• Lead the end-to-end lifecycle of projects from initiation to closeout, ensuring timely delivery within scope, budget, and quality standards.
• Translate complex environmental objectives into actionable project plans that reflect organizational goals and client expectations.
• Understanding of local environmental regulatory frameworks around mangrove ecosystem, coastal and arid habitats.
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Multi-Project Management

• Manage multiple concurrent projects with varying levels of complexity and competing deadlines.
• Coordinate internal teams, external partners, and stakeholders to ensure alignment and efficient resource utilization.
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Analytical & Problem-Solving Expertise

• Evaluate complex situations and datasets to identify root causes, risks, and opportunities.
• Select appropriate methods and techniques to resolve technical and operational challenges, leveraging both internal and external resources.
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Risk Management & Reporting

• Proactively identify, assess, and manage project risks to minimize impact on delivery.
• Maintain accurate tracking of project performance, schedules, milestones, and budgets.
• Prepare and deliver regular progress reports, technical documentation, and stakeholder updates.
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Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE)

• Implement the organization’s HSE standards across all project phases.
• Ensure all regulatory, safety, and sustainability requirements are consistently met or exceeded during project execution.
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Environmental Reporting & Compliance

• Draft, review, and edit high-quality technical environmental reports and assessments.
• Ensure compliance with all environmental regulations, permits, and legal requirements.
• Support internal auditing and regulatory reporting efforts.
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Quality Assurance & Conflict Resolution

• Monitor work quality across teams and identify areas for improvement.
• Identify and address potential conflicts or project challenges early, taking corrective action to keep projects on track.
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Customer Onboarding & Community Engagement

• Oversee customer onboarding processes to ensure successful integration with the organization’s platform.
• Promote platform adoption and monitor usage to maintain high customer satisfaction (CSAT) metrics.
• Facilitate cross-departmental communication to address and resolve customer-reported issues efficiently.
• Lead and coordinate community engagement activities related to project delivery, ensuring alignment with stakeholder expectations and environmental objectives.
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Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Ecology, Sustainability, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience managing environmental or sustainability-focused projects.
• Prior experience working with mangrove, coastal, or arid ecosystems is strongly preferred.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously under tight deadlines.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management abilities.
• High proficiency in project management tools
• Experience in preparing environmental reports and conducting regulatory compliance checks.
• Solid understanding of regional environmental laws and permitting processes (especially within GCC region).
• PMP or similar project management certification is a plus.
• Fluency in English required; Arabic is a plus.

Key Responsibilities

• Review, consolidate and enhance the existing corporate sustainability framework and strategy.
• Develop sustainability governance structures, responsibilities, RACI matrices and reporting processes.
• Lead the development of the organisation's annual Sustainability Report aligned with GRI Standards.
• Establish reporting methodologies, templates, evidence requirements and internal review processes.
• Review and enhance energy, GHG emissions and flaring reporting, including corporate-level consolidation and data-quality controls.
• Develop and formalise ESG and sustainability KPIs, ownership structures and performance dashboards.
• Conduct and support materiality assessments and stakeholder engagement.
• Improve sustainability data governance, audit readiness and reporting consistency.
• Provide structured coaching and mentoring to junior sustainability personnel.
• Develop procedures, SOPs, reporting tools and documentation to enable long-term internal ownership of sustainability activities.

Experience & Requirements

• Significant experience within Sustainability, ESG, Energy or Environmental Performance Management.
• Proven experience developing or supporting GRI-aligned Sustainability Reports.
• Strong understanding of ESG frameworks, sustainability governance and corporate sustainability strategy.
• Technical understanding of GHG emissions, flaring and energy performance reporting.
• Experience developing sustainability/ESG KPI frameworks, dashboards and performance reporting.
• Experience undertaking or supporting materiality assessments.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and cross-functional coordination capability.
• Ability to coach, mentor and transfer technical knowledge.
• Excellent written reporting, analytical and presentation skills.
• Previous Oil & Gas or Energy sector experience strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of internationally recognised standards including ISO 14001, ISO 50001 and ISO 14064
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