Senior Construction Manager
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About the Role
Parsons Corporation seeks a Senior Construction Manager to lead on-site construction delivery of a large, complex development in Dubai. The role covers all stages from mobilisation to handover, focusing on safe, high-quality, timely execution.
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Responsibilities
- Lead day to day site management for all construction activities, ensuring safe, timely, and quality execution within budget
- Plan, coordinate, and supervise structural, architectural, MEP, and external works
- Develop and maintain detailed construction programmes and look ahead schedules
- Coordinate with design management, consultants, and contractors to resolve construction related design issues
- Monitor and enforce compliance with health, safety, and environmental requirements
- Implement and oversee quality control procedures, including inspections and audits
- Review and validate contractors' construction methodologies and risk assessments
- Monitor contractor performance and support assessment of interim payments and variations
- Coordinate with MEP and specialist trades for timely installation and commissioning
- Lead inspections for substantial completion, snagging, and handover
Requirements
- Proven experience as a Senior Construction Manager on large, complex developments
- Strong technical understanding of structural, architectural, MEP, and external works
- Experience in site leadership and coordination with contractors, consultants, and clients
- Knowledge of health, safety, and environmental regulations
- Ability to manage budgets, programmes, and quality control
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Job Overview
- Parsons is looking for a Senior Construction Manager to lead on site construction delivery of a large, complex development comprising major buildings, external works, and associated infrastructure.
- The role covers all construction stages from mobilisation through structural works, MEP installation, finishes, external works, testing, snagging, and handover.
- Focuses on safe, high quality, timely and cost effective execution, close coordination with design and planning teams, and seamless integration of new works with existing facilities.
What You'll Be Doing
- Lead day to day site management for all construction activities, ensuring works are executed safely, to programme, to the required quality and within agreed budgets.
- Plan, coordinate and supervise structural, architectural, MEP and external works, including sequencing, access, temporary works and interfaces between multiple work fronts.
- Work closely with planning teams to develop and maintain detailed construction programmes and look ahead schedules, identifying risks and implementing mitigation/recovery measures.
- Coordinate with design management, consultants and contractors to resolve construction related design issues, RFIs and clashes, and to implement agreed technical solutions on site.
- Ensure effective site logistics and phasing, including hoarding, site access/egress, material handling, laydown areas, waste management and coordination with existing operations.
- Monitor and enforce compliance with health, safety and environmental requirements, promoting a strong safety culture and ensuring corrective actions are necessary.
- Implement and oversee quality control procedures, including inspections, tests, mock ups and audits, to ensure compliance with specifications and performance requirements.
- Review and validate contractors construction methodologies, method statements, risk assessments and resource plans.
- Monitor contractor performance, progress and productivity, review progress reports and support the assessment of interim payments, variations and claims from a construction perspective.
- Coordinate with MEP and specialist trades to ensure timely installation, testing and commissioning alignment with the overall construction programme.
- Lead or support inspections for substantial completion, snagging and de snagging, ensuring a smooth transition into testing, commissioning and handover.
- Prepare and contribute to regular site progress reports and coordination meetings with project leadership, consultants, contractors and client representatives.
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