Senior Project Engineer - PMO
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Kent is seeking a Senior Project Engineer PMO to be based in the UAE.
The role reports to the PMO Operations Director and supports global PMO governance and assurance across projects.
The position requires 10+ years of experience and experience with MS Power Apps, Power BI, and AI.
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About the job
Kent is seeking a Senior Project Engineer PMO to be based in the UAE.
The role reports to the PMO Operations Director and supports global PMO governance and assurance across projects.
The position requires 10+ years of experience and experience with MS Power Apps, Power BI, and AI.
PMO responsibilities
- Support global PMO governance and assurance processes and help projects follow Kent’s project delivery approach.
- Develop and roll out standard project management procedures, processes, systems, and tools.
- Support or lead PMO digital transformation and corporate PMO projects and coordinate stakeholder adoption.
- Support project criticality classification and trigger the correct level of PMO oversight and assurance.
- Coordinate project delivery assurance reviews and help projects address improvement areas.
- Support the Kent Start-Up process by maintaining the tool and verifying readiness across governance, scope, systems, plans, contracts, and risk.
- Coordinate the Project Excellence at Kent programme with PMO and regional leaders.
- Assist with a competency management system for operations staff.
- Contribute lessons learned and best practices to the PMO community of practice.
- Support technical write-ups, execution plans, fact sheets, and other project deliverables for operations and tendering teams.
Qualifications and experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Project Management.
- PMP or PMI certification is desirable.
- At least 10 years of industrial experience, preferably including at least 5 years in project engineering.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
- Experience with MS Power Apps, Power BI, and AI.
- Excellent written and spoken English.
- Middle East experience is desirable.
- Ability to manage work independently and deliver against agreed project milestones.
- Ability to build strong working relationships with stakeholders across regions and functions.
- Collaborative team-player approach.
Role details
- Location: Dubai.
- Relocation is not required.
- Travel may be required.
- Contract type: Permanent.
Company context
Kent operates across the energy sector and promotes inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and employee networks.
Employees are expected to observe company, client, and host-country health, safety, sustainability, environment, and quality rules.
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