Engineering Project Manager

MAJOR ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Overseeing the design processes

• Communicating, Collaborating & Manage design and engineering consultant offices
• Communicating company’s energy standards and the level of green certifications required.
• Contributing to innovative and aesthetic architectural concepts.
• Ensuring building plans, prototypes, and structures are operating safely, efficiently, and reliably.
• Ensuring building systems are functional, reliable, and safe.
• Ensuring compliance with local safety regulations, building codes and standards.
• Monitoring and reporting on the consultant performance.
• Monitoring and reporting on the progress and quality of design to management.
• Approving consultant fees/invoices.

Reviewing and approving drawings, specifications, materials, tender packages and contracts

• Ensuring the design meets the requirements, budget, and timeline of the project.
• Ensuring the compliance with architectural standards, regulations, local building codes and laws
• Ensuring the consolidation of different engineering designs necessary for the completion of the project.
• Ensuring the integration of sustainable and energy efficiency solutions into the architectural designs

Leading the tendering and awarding process

• Participating in the contractor/bidder evaluation and selection for the tender.
• Answering technical questions/queries of the contractors.
• Arranging for and managing Pre-Tender/Site Meetings.
• Evaluating contractor offers (Technically and Financially).
• Ensuring a realistic and achievable time/execution plan.
• Negotiating the offer specifications, financials and T&C with bidders.
• Issuing the award letter to selected contractor.
• Drafting/preparing the contracts to be reviewed by legal then signed by both parties.
• Providing the required documentations to the authorities to apply for and obtain the construction permits.
• Reporting on the progress to management.

Working with the consultant and contractor during construction phase to ensure delivery as contracted.

• Visiting and monitoring the construction site.
• Conducting periodic inspections to check that the work is on track to meet project specifications and time line/plan.
• Ensuring the quality of construction works and that building’s systems are installed correctly, operating according to their design specifications and meeting the requirements in terms of performance and efficiency.
• Helping in resolving any issues that might arise.
• Managing issues correction, if any.
• Ensuring compliance with the construction permit.
• Managing any change requests with the concerned persons in business, consultant and contractor.
• Informing the head of the “Projects” department about any anticipated time or budget deviations.
• Review and approve contractor’s interim invoices.
• Monitoring and reporting on contractor performance.
• Monitoring and reporting on the progress and quality of the work to management.

Managing the commissioning and closure phases

• Participating in the testing, inspections, documentation and delivery phases (partially and in full
• Confirming the quality of construction works and that building’s systems are installed correctly, operating according to their design specifications and meeting the requirements in terms of performance and efficiency.
• Managing issues correction, if any.
• Preparing a list for all commissioning documents to be received.
• Ensuring receiving all project final documentation are available and collected (e.g. as built plans, equipment warranty, operation and maintenance manuals, product data, etc.)
• Approve acceptance of the work.
• Reporting on the progress to management.
• Approve the final invoice.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in architecture or Civil
• 10- 15 years of experience (5 years as project manager)
• Preferred to have experience in both consultant offices & contractors companies
• automotive/ Industrial projects is preferred.

Job specific Skills:

• Excellent communication,
• Critical Thinking
• Active Listening
• Time management,
• Coordination
• Problem Solving,
• Project management,
• Good English, Written and spoken.
• Utilizing computer-aided design software,