Associate Director - Project Development - Dubai Holding Hospitality
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About the Role
Dubai Holding Hospitality seeks an Associate Director of Project Development to oversee luxury hotel and resort construction projects. The role requires 10+ years in construction, 5+ years in project delivery for luxury hospitality, and a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field.
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Responsibilities
- Ensure the supervision consultants are discharging their onsite duties in accordance with their contracted services
- Together with the supervision consultants, review and comment on contractor programmes, logistics plans, method statements and ensure they are aligned with the business requirements
- Attend scheduled and ad hoc meetings and ensure the supervision consultant chairs the meetings and issues minutes of meetings in a timely manner
- Follow up on open or unresolved items raised by the contractor (RFI’s) with the responsible party to ensure the project is not unnecessarily delayed
- Monitor the project expenditure to ensure it is aligned with the agreed and approved project budget
- Provide early warnings of possible variations / additional expenditure requirements
- Suggest to management mitigation strategies for potential project program delays or cost over runs
- Review interim payment applications and make recommendations for approval and / or deductions
- Review the consultants and contractors’ quality procedures to ensure works are executed correctly
- Ensure all project participants adopt best practice HSE protocols
- Coordinate onsite witness testing and inspections as required
- Ensure the supervision consultants inspect all aspects of the contracted Works and issue a comprehensive punch / snag list
Requirements
- Minimum 10 years’ experience in the construction industry from either a developer or consultancy background
- At least 5 years focused on project delivery, preferably within a top tier developer international project management firm with specific experience on luxury hospitality
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or related discipline
- Proven experience delivering hospitality led refurbishments or luxury hotel projects
- Experience working within live operational assets is essential
- Commercially aware of construction costs and the impact of decision making on budgets
- Able to manage and control costs and offer direction on cost effective solutions including leading value engineering processes
- Establish and maintain relationships with project stakeholders
- Able to implement Project management processes
- Experience of sustainable construction, renewable technology and construction best practice
- Able to prepare and advise on programme impact relative to overall project delivery objectives
- Able to manage and advise on quality control procedures on site
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About the Job
- Ensure supervision consultants discharge onsite duties per contracted services.
- Review contractor programmes, logistics plans, method statements.
- Attend meetings and ensure minutes are issued timely.
- Follow up on RFIs to avoid delays.
- Monitor project expenditure against budget.
- Provide early warnings of variations.
- Suggest mitigation strategies for delays or cost overruns.
- Review interim payment applications.
- Review quality procedures.
- Ensure HSE protocols.
- Coordinate testing and inspections.
- Manage hand over inspections and documentation.
About You
- Minimum 10 years’ experience in construction industry.
- At least 5 years focused on project delivery, preferably luxury hospitality.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or related.
- Proven experience delivering hospitality led refurbishments or luxury hotel projects.
- Experience working within live operational assets.
- Commercially aware of construction costs.
- Stakeholder management skills.
- Project management skills.
- Sustainability experience.
- Programme management skills.
- Quality control skills.
- Project reporting skills.
About the Benefits
- Competitive compensation.
- Career development opportunities.
- Collaborative work environment.
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