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Project Director

Job in Fujairah, UAE/Dubai
Listing for: SML Engineering & Contracting
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-10-13
Job specializations:
  • Construction
    Construction Manager/ Foreman
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 900000 - 1300000 AED Yearly AED 900000.00 1300000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
JOB PURPOSE

The Project Director exists to serve as the single accountable leader for the safe, profitable, and timely delivery of the Fujairah Hotel project — integrating design, procurement, and construction under one master programme, and protecting the project's P&L, schedule, and quality through to final handover and DLP transition by March 2029.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Own the project P&L, cash flow, EAC, contract, and change/claims management, protecting the project's margin.
  • Integrate design, approvals, procurement, and construction under one master programme and release plan.
  • Lead the client/operator, consultants, authorities, and subcontractors; close out decisions and interfaces.
  • Drive package ownership, production, risk controls, reporting, and recovery across the project organisation.
  • Assure HSE, quality, mock-ups, testing and commissioning, statutory/operator acceptance, and handover by March 2029.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
  • Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or equivalent.
  • Minimum 20 years' construction experience, including 8 years in senior PM/PD leadership.
  • Must have personally delivered at least two hotel/resort projects, including one UAE/GCC design-and-build project through testing, commissioning, and handover.
  • UAE/GCC contractor-side D&B leadership on a complex building of comparable scale (approximately AED 400m / 45,000 m²).
  • Proven control of P&L, EAC, cash flow, procurement, variations/claims, and FIDIC/lump-sum contracts.
  • Hands-on command of programme, site production, subcontractors, recovery, and multidisciplinary interfaces.
  • Willing and able to reside and work full-time in Fujairah for the duration of the project.
SKILLS & COMPETENCIES
  • Ability to manage a project organisation of approximately 10-12 direct functional/package leads.
  • Experience with an international luxury-hotel operator and soft-opening requirements is an advantage.
  • Fujairah authority experience, or coastal resort/existing-foundation interface experience, is an advantage.
  • PMP/chartered status and strong BIM, digital controls, and executive-reporting capability is an advantage.
  • Fluent English required;
    Arabic and/or Turkish is an advantage.
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