13 Engineering Director jobs in the United Arab Emirates

JOB PURPOSE

Manage the delivery of local and international projects in time, budget and quality

Manage and ensure efficient project delivery and execution as per Development Management guidelines and Aldar standards, including the coordination of external stakeholders and providers attending in the project

• Work closely with internal stakeholders to develop project timelines
• Collect input from Scheduling and quality and recommend realistic project plan and timeline
• Recommend design standards that ensure cost effectiveness and innovation in conjunction with Development Management
• Obtain approval from the related development and design head
• Coordinate with Development Management on defining the detailed project schedule and cost
• Work closely with Procurement to develop initial project cost estimates
• Challenge assumptions, raise flags and provide expertise to ensure realistic estimates
• Partner with development and design department to assess impact of any changes in design or plans on construction
• Support in developing mitigation and corrective actions once construction is underway
• Inform procurement on any changes in contractor’s scope of work, support procurement in negotiation of updated contract with contractors
• Monitor progress of project works, and develop a risk mitigation plan in case any issues arise
• Provide input on contractor and sub-contractor selection and scope-of work drafting based on inputs from Tendering
• Assess vendor performance, and draft a performance scorecard for all 3rd party service providers
• Manage consultant resources to ensure appropriate and optimal deployment
• Ensure contractors deliver services within scope of work (cost, quality, time)
• Provide contractors with detailed project schedules so that they are aware of critical milestones
• Maintain and update all project related documents, especially ones that are filled on-site
• Support in final handover to Asset Management department with all documents
• Responsible for safety and environmental compliance at project sites
• Provide input to Infrastructure and Government Relations department to obtain licenses and permits for construction, and anticipate any delays that might be caused
• Assist Audit and Accounting departments in audits and project accounting activities
• Provide input for setting up cross-functions SLAs, ensure compliance of the function with SLAs
• Contribute to the generation of lessons learned on all projects to prevent reoccurrence of the same risks on future projects
• Manage project portfolio within approved budget, schedule and quality in accordance with development guidelines and consistent with ALDAR/Government goals.
• Coordinate closely with internal and external stakeholders on all issues related to additional requests and modifications from the start of construction to the hand-over of developments to end users
• Manage all project activities related to infrastructure and ensure compliance with ALDAR requirements and authorities’ standards
• Monitor all project schedules and cash flows for adherence to original schedule and budget and ensure progress is accurately reported to management
• Identify deviations from plan and initiate mitigation actions to compensate for deviations in close alignment with Development Management
• Establish and improve network with Government entities for smooth processing of licenses and permits
• Manage project progress revenue (VOWD) in accordance with targets to achieve overall KPIs

Min of 14+ years of experience in project management oversight in a real estate company with annual revenue of at least AED 2 billion.

Min of 6+ years in a related managerial position

• Proven experience of managing construction for developments with CAPEX 4-6 billion AED.
• Strong knowledge and exposure to the GCC real estate market
• Proven expertise in contractor management having managed construction contracts worth at least AED 200 million

• HSE champion with a proven track record <2% safety incidents
• Excellent project management skills having managed construction projects of at least AED 100 million in value
• Ability to manage large teams of at least 50 people
• Ability to manage more than one project at a time; plan and execute tasks as per project schedule and budget
• Strong conflict resolution and management skills for resolving conflicts on the field

Managing Director - Engineering and Construction Firm

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Position Summary:

Our esteemed client is a leading Engineering and Construction firm based in Abu Dhabi, specializing in providing tailored Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) solutions for the Oil & Gas and Energy Sectors.  We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Managing Director to oversee its operations in Abu Dhabi. With a strong focus on projects, engineering, procurement, and subcontracts, the organization is committed to maintaining excellence in delivering high-value services to its clients.

Key Responsibilities:

Manage and oversee all company departments (Projects, Engineering & Proposals, Procurement and Subcontracts, HR, and Admin).

Demonstrate ability to balance strategic responsibilities with hands-on involvement in day-to-day operations as needed, ensuring alignment with company goals.

Manage projects that typically range from $10 to $5 million USD each in the Oil & Gas sector, ensuring optimal resource allocation and timely project completion to fulfill client demands and organizational objectives.

Monitor cash flows and ensure timely revenue collection to maintain financial stability and support ongoing operation.

Evaluate and enhance operational and financial performance by overseeing budget preparation and maintain financial budgets.

Establish and maintain relationships with Middle East/UAE Oil & Gas regulatory bodies.

Lead a large team, consisting of both nationals and expatriates.

Oversee recruitment, training, and employee assessment processes.

Initiate actions to support and develop a positive social climate within the organization.

Develop and propose short and medium-term strategies to the Board of Directors.

Set goals and progress plans, ensuring efficient implementation of strategies.

Provide strategic advice to the board for accurate market insights and future planning.

Prepare activity reports for upper management.

Oversee financial reporting to ensure accuracy and compliance.

Key Qualifications and Skills:

Additional Details:

Job Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE

Start Date: Immediate

Contract Duration: Long Term

SUNSHINE ENTERPRISE CONSULTING is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race or ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran disability or genetic information or any other reason prohibited by law in employment.

Job Title: Project Management Administrator

Location: Dubai, AE, 28442

Business Unit: Thermal Process Management

Posting Date: Sep 26, 2025

Job Description:

We are seeking a Project Technician to support our Project Engineering and Site Leadership. This role involves administrative and technical support across various project phases, including documentation, submittals, and job order package creation.

• Manage document control functions including submittals, receipts, and final record book creation.
• Maintain logs for all incoming and outgoing transmittals.
• Organize and track client documents such as specifications and drawings.
• Prepare documentation for third-party inspections.
• Provide support to Project Engineers and Project Managers throughout project lifecycles.
• Enter sales orders for engineered projects.
• Maintain design, production, and shipment schedules in ERP systems.
• Create job order packages including bill of materials and man-hour verification.
• Scan and archive returned job order packages from production.
• Assist in final project close-out activities.

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 2–5 years of customer service or technical support experience.
• Proficiency in Adobe Acrobat.
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Excel and MS Office Suite.
• Experience with ERP systems is a plus.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.

• Full-time position with occasional extended hours based on operational needs.
• On-site role in a manufacturing environment with exposure to machinery and production processes.

• Must be able to communicate in English.
• Needs to be able to communicate and function within Saudi Arabia.
• Ability to communicate with diverse mix of nationalities coming to Saudi preferred.

• Basic computer skills required such as Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Ability to be trained and operate within CSI Ametek ERP system.

• Highly motivated individual willing to take on additional responsibilities and duties under a challenging and compressed schedules.

AMETEK, Inc. is a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions serving a diverse set of attractive niche markets with annual sales over $7.0 billion.

AMETEK is committed to making a safer, sustainable, and more productive world a reality. We use differentiated technology solutions to solve our customers’ most complex challenges. We employ 21,000 colleagues, in 35 countries, that are grounded by our core values: Ethics and Integrity, Respect for the Individual, Inclusion, Teamwork, and Social Responsibility. AMETEK (NYSE:AME) is a component of the S&P 500. Visit for more information.

We are seeking an experienced PMO Lead to oversee the Project Management Office (PMO) for our operations in UG UAE. The role is responsible for ensuring cost-effective project delivery that meets client requirements, on time and within budget, while leading and developing the project management team.

• Project Delivery & Governance – Oversee the initiation and execution of all projects, ensuring adherence to scope, schedule, budget, and quality requirements.
• Project Delivery & Governance – Act as Senior Project Manager on select projects while guiding and supporting other Project Managers.
• Project Delivery & Governance – Review and approve project schedules, budgets, execution plans, and progress reports.
• Project Delivery & Governance – Monitor project issues and risks, ensuring timely resolution and effective mitigation measures.
• Project Delivery & Governance – Ensure effective project monitoring, control, and compliance with company processes and standards.
• Project Delivery & Governance – Promote a culture of change management and continuous improvement across all project activities.
• Project Delivery & Governance – Ensure timely and accurate preparation of project and financial reports.
• Leadership & Team Development – Lead, mentor, and develop the Project Management Team to achieve high performance and operational excellence.
• Leadership & Team Development – Set clear performance objectives, conduct quarterly reviews, and resolve non-performance issues promptly.
• Leadership & Team Development – Assess training and career development needs, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Leadership & Team Development – Monitor workloads across the team to ensure schedules and deliverables are not impacted.
• Stakeholder Communication – Ensure Project Managers maintain effective communication with internal teams and external clients.
• Stakeholder Communication – Prepare and deliver clear progress and activity reports for senior management and clients.
• Stakeholder Communication – Consult and collaborate with stakeholders to align project specifications and expectations.
• Compliance, Ethics & Safety – Uphold company policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements in line with the Unique Hydra Quality & Safety Manual.
• Compliance, Ethics & Safety – Lead by example in maintaining high ethical standards, corporate governance, and professional conduct.
• Compliance, Ethics & Safety – Ensure compliance with QSHE, ISO standards, and foster a ZERO HARM safety culture.
• Compliance, Ethics & Safety – Exercise authority to stop work if unsafe conditions are observed and report to HSE or management.

Academic Qualification: Relevant tertiary qualification in Engineering and Project Management.

Experience:

• Minimum 10 years of proven experience in Project Management, including at least 5 years in a Lead or Senior PM capacity.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex, multi-disciplinary projects within budget and schedule constraints.
• Strong track record of leading project teams and ensuring successful delivery of client specifications.

Core Skills & Competencies

• People Management – Ability to lead, mentor, and develop project management teams.
• Project Engineering & Project Management Expertise – Skilled in planning, execution, and monitoring of projects across multiple disciplines.
• Leadership & Delegation – Capable of driving performance, assigning responsibilities effectively, and building a high-performing culture.
• Communication & Interpersonal Skills – Outstanding ability to engage with internal and external stakeholders, present proposals, and influence decisions.
• Problem-Solving & Analytical Thinking – Strong ability to resolve complex project issues and make data-driven decisions.
• Collaboration & Team Development – Promotes teamwork, empathy, and a collaborative work environment.
• Organizational Skills – Adept at managing multiple priorities, maintaining focus under pressure, and ensuring timely project delivery.
• Integrity & Professionalism – Demonstrates high ethical standards and commitment to quality and safety.

Join Unique Group and Shape the Future of Engineering & Technology. Unique Group, a global leader in subsea technology and engineering, is driven by innovation and a commitment to excellence. Guided by our core values—Curious, Conscious, Committed—we encourage our team to break new ground in the subsea industry. Whether you’re leading projects or driving innovation, your contributions will have a global impact. Join us and make your mark at Unique Group. Apply today!

Our client is a leading real estate construction, development and project management entity, serving clients across three continents for over two decades with operations in Egypt and Saudi Arabia, now establishing their new office in the UAE.

• Reputation & image management for senior leadership and the wider group.
• Social media strategy & build-up to strengthen visibility across platforms.
• Elite networking & memberships - securing representation across clubs, forums, and cultural platforms (e.g. Tiger 21, Gatsby, socio-art circles, business clubs).
• Events & gatherings - designing and delivering high-profile events and exclusive forums.
• Marketing leadership - integrating PR with strategic marketing to reinforce both personal and corporate brand positioning.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with media outlets, journalists, and influencers.
• Act as the main point of contact for all external communications and media inquiries.
• Monitor media coverage and report on the effectiveness of PR campaigns.
• Manage crisis cstrategies to safeguard the company's reputation.
• Stay updated on market trends and industry developments to inform PR strategies.

A successful Public Relations Manager should have:

• A degree in public relations, communications, or a related field.
• Experience in managing public relations campaigns
• Strong media relations and networking skills.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication abilities.
• Proficiency in using PR tools and monitoring software.
• An understanding of brand positioning and reputation management.
• The ability to work collaboratively within a marketing and agency environment.

Project Management for Supply Chain Professionals

ID 471

Project Management Training Courses

Course: Project Management for Supply Chain Professionals

Supply Management is the process of managing relationships, information, and materials flows across organisational boundaries to deliver enhanced customer service and economic value. Supply managers aim towards synchronizing and amalgamating these flows through the implementation of a specific ordering of work activities across time and place, with a beginning, an end, clearly identified inputs and outputs, as well as a structure for action.

Project Management is also a structured process of managing work flow in a specific order across time and place. The close similarities between these two processes provide a firm foundation to expand the supply manager’s world view to adopt project management principles and techniques. This course focuses on integrating project management principles into the supply management process. In this course, you will learn how project management concepts could be applied to enhance supply management. You will also gain an understanding of the tools and techniques used to initiate, execute, manage and control a project. Possible initiatives for the improvement of supply management through the application of project management concepts will be emphasised.

• Following completion of this course, delegates will learn how to:
  • Organize, plan, launch, track, and close a project
  • Create a clear project objective and work breakdown structure
  • Master project planning, execution and control skills
  • Identify the skills necessary to lead or serve on a project team
  • Utilize project management related techniques
  • Create an accurate project timeline
  • Incorporate uncertainties in project time and cost plans
  • Use various project scheduling techniques
  • Plan a project balancing the constraints of scope, time, cost and quality
  • Complete project cost estimation and financial evaluations
  • Build and maintain effective and efficient project procedures and processes
  • Identify improvement opportunities to better manage supply chains
  • Demonstrate proficiency in developing project plans and making sound decisions

This course is designed for professionals who are interested in supply management, including leaders, managers, supervisors, and persons responsible for evaluating and improving their company's supply management programs and activities. The course is also tailored for the needs of those seeking ways to improve, enhance and maximize the value they add to their organisations through better management of their supply systems.

The course is a mixture of speaker input, several mini-case studies and facilitated discussions. Participants will gain detailed knowledge of project management concepts and techniques by active participation in the group discussions.

• Delegates attending this course will gain:
  • An understanding of the striking similarities between supply management and project management; and learn new skills in order to apply project management principles as effective tools which if successfully implemented will enhance the delegate’s professional capacity to manage supply chains.
  • An improved personal knowledge of developing and managing project plans, and identifying, controlling and responding to project risks.
  • An enhanced personal decision making capability.

Individuals and organisations will be better educated in relation to perceiving and managing their supply systems as unique projects. Individuals will learn how to identify potential opportunities for supply chain improvements, and will have the ability to demonstrate clear, quantifiable short and long-term results thus ensuring better supply chain performance. Organisations, in turn, will have better control on their supply chains through the utilisation of project management best practices.

• Delegates attending this course will enhance their competencies in the following areas:
  • Project Management
  • Project Planning and Monitoring
  • Project Scheduling and Budgeting
  • Risk Management Planning
  • Team Building
  • Relationship Management
  • Principled Negotiations
  • Trend Analysis and Forecasting
  • Project Reporting

• Day One: Setting up the Scene
  • Project management terminology and life-cycle project phases
  • Overview of the Project Management Process
  • Key areas of Project Management Body of Knowledge
  • Supply management and project management: similarities and differences
  • Types of integration
  • Impact of early decisions on project success
  • Classical project phases
  • Project scope – parameters & constraints
  • The concept of Value-for-Money project delivery
  • The project supply chain

Day Two: The Project Environment – Objective Parameters

• Opportunities and Problems
• Identifying, analyzing and managing project stakeholders
• Beyond SMART Objectives
• Introduction to project planning
• Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Task characteristics and duration assessment
• Planning and scheduling methods, including critical path scheduling
• The importance of schedule updating
• Incorporating planning in planning and scheduling
• Principles of project estimating
• Implementing cost control
• Contingency and escalation

Day Three: The Project Environment – Subjective Parameters

• Project quality and reliability issues
• Project information management
• Project communication management
• Performance measures and indicators
• Project process maturity
• Root cause analysis

Day Four: Effective Project Relationships Management

• Building and sustaining professional relationships
• Trust and trust building
• Principled negotiations
• Dealing with professional disagreements

Day Five: Project Execution and Closure

• Change control processes
• Identifying measurements of project success
• Project monitoring
• Integrating project scope, time and cost
• Leading and lagging indicators
• Project reporting: to whom and to what level?

Corporate Trainer (Finance, Project Management, Sales & Marketing, & Other Disciplines)

“A mediocre trainer tells; a good trainer explains; a superior trainer demonstrates; a great trainer inspires!”

Top Quality Trainer Required

You must be a highly talented, training professional, with experience of delivering Sales & Marketing, Finance, and Project Management courses. If you are able to deliver additional courses in two, or more, of the following areas: Management & Leadership, HR Management & Training, Customer Service, Personal Development, Business Writing Skills, Microsoft Office, this would be an additional advantage

Please Note: Spearhead Training does not hire, or use, freelance Trainers.

Desired Skills & Experience

The key qualities we seek are: subject-matter expert, excellent research and technical skills, integrity, excellent communication skills, a totally ‘customer focused’ outlook, first-rate subject knowledge, excellent planning and organizing skills, and the aptitude to communicate in a dynamic and positive manner in the training room, maintains

Experience in delivering ‘Online Courses’ through Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Etc., is an advantage.

Minimum education level: Relevant Degree (Fully Attested)

You must be currently located in the UAE (Preferably Dubai), and hold a valid UAE driving licence, with your own car.

VERY IMPORTANT: Please note that applications must be submitted with:

• A professional covering letter, addressed to ‘Spearhead HR Department’ explaining clearly why you are the best candidate for the position
• The Spearhead Candidate Questionnaire (below), must also be fully completed

Applications submitted without a proper covering letter, or without answering all the questions on the Spearhead Candidate Questionnaire, will automatically be disregarded.

We trust you will understand, due to time constraints, only candidates who match certain criteria will be contacted.

If invited to an interview for a position requiring a Tertiary Qualification (Degree), you must bring a copy of the relevant Qualification fully attested by the appropriate authorities, to the interview.