Senior Project Manager - Enabling Works
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About the Role
Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Senior Project Manager to join our team! The successful candidate will be responsible for managing a major rail project in UAE on be.
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Responsibilities
- Plan, coordinate, and manage all phases of project delivery from concept through to completion
- Monitor the PMEC and Contractor's performance in delivery programs according to the established packaging strategy
- Ensure adherence to relevant industry regulations, environmental standards, and safety protocols
- Implement quality standards for the project and conduct periodic inspections
- Manage interfaces between work packages and systems to ensure effective integration
- Lead stakeholder engagement and provide clear, regular progress reporting
- Manage contract delivery within the wider programme environment, including change control and reporting
- Promote collaboration, continuous improvement, and best practice across the project team
- Lead technical excellence on the project, including furtherance of quality improvement processes
- Monitor and report to Client management on progress of all project activity
- Oversee establishment of Project Management Plan, Health and Safety Plan, QA/QC Plan, etc.
- Work with key project staff to devise action plans to rectify potential cost overruns or delays
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and/or Chartered Engineer Status
- Not less than 15 years experience in management of design and/or construction of rail projects, preferably HSR
- Demonstrated experience in project management, particularly in enabling works for railway and transit major projects
- Experience managing multi disciplinary rail civils packages and interfaces
- Proven construction management experience
- Strong commercial and financial awareness within a project or package environment
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams and manage complex stakeholder environments
- Excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills
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Job Overview
- Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Senior Project Manager to join our team! The successful candidate will be responsible for managing a major rail project in UAE on behalf of the Client.
What You'll Be Doing
- In capacity as the SPM, plan, coordinate, and manage all phases of project delivery from concept through to completion.
- Monitors the PMEC and Contractor's performance in delivery programs according to the established packaging strategy, including adherence to schedule, cost and standards codes, design coordination activities, and the production of construction tender documentation which would include securing appropr
- Ensures adherence to relevant industry regulations, environmental standards, and safety protocols. Supervises necessary permits and approvals required from relevant authorities.
- Implements quality standards for the project. Conducts periodic inspections to ensure work meets established standards and specifications.
- Manage interfaces between work packages and systems to ensure effective integration.
- Lead stakeholder engagement and provide clear, regular progress reporting.
- Manage contract delivery within the wider programme environment, including change control and reporting.
- Promote collaboration, continuous improvement, and best practice across the project team.
- Leads technical excellence on the project, including furtherance of the quality improvement processes of the Client and Parsons.
- Monitors and reports to Client management on the progress of all project activity within the program, including significant milestones, and any conditions which would affect project cost or schedule.
- Oversees establishment of Project Management Plan, Health and Safety Plan, Quality Assurance/Quality Control Plan, Systems Integration Plan, Testing & Commissioning Plan, and other documents as required.
- Works with the key project staff, consultants, contractors, and subcontractors to devise and execute action plans to rectify potential cost overruns or delays, or to accommodate significant changes to the scope of work.
What Required Skills You'll Bring
- Bachelor's degree and/or have Chartered Engineer Status, with not less than 15 years experience in the management of design and/or construction of rail projects, preferably HSR. Master's degree preferred.
- Demonstrated experience in project management, particularly in enabling works for railway and transit major projects.
- Experience managing multi disciplinary rail civils packages and interfaces.
- Proven construction management experience.
- Strong commercial and financial awareness within a project or package environment.
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams and manage complex stakeholder environments.
- Excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills. Capacity to translate complex technical subjects into clear terms for non technical leadership and ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary project teams and build strong professional relationships.
- Effective and written skills for client presentations, technical reporting, and internal / external correspondence; ability to effectively present information to key stakeholders as oral required by the client.
- Proven ability to function in a multi organizational environment by developing relationships that comply with the client's proactive, collaborative culture.
- Ability to thrive in an intense yet rewarding work culture.
- Self motivated and capable of managing tasks independently while taking direction as needed.
- Creative thinker with a strong sense of ingenuity.
What Desired Skills You'll Bring
- Relevant project or construction management certification (e.g. PMP, CCM or equivalent)
- Proven experience on High Speed Rail projects is highly desirable.
- GCC/UAE Experience
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