Project Manager

Industry: Oil & Gas City/Country: UAE, United Arab Emirates (UAE) Location: Dubai We are looking for **Project Manager **for one of our clients with the following details: **Location : Dubai, UAE** **Duration : 12 months (with possibility of Direct employment after 12 months)** **Work Status : Resident, Single** Work Experience & Requirements Preferred Skills - University Degree in Engineering (Electronic, Telecommunication or Computer). - At least 5 years' experience as PM or GPM and at least 5 years in Communication and Control Systems projects, preferably gained in a foreign country. - Good technical background of the following systems in the Metro or Railway environment: Communications and Control, Security, Passenger information comfort. - Fluency in English is mandatory, Arabic is a plus. - Willing to be relocated in the Middle East for a medium/long term period (> 3 years) and to business missions worldwide. - Team worker with strong leadership skills, able to manage teams and resources that do not necessarily report to him/her in the hierarchy. - Problem solver with a proactive attitude, business oriented with strong motivation to work towards targets. - Proven experience in managing customers, stakeholders and complex projects in difficult contexts, with challenging targets, within a multicultural and international environment, facing multi-disciplinary technical areas Roles and Responsibilities: - Coordinate and manage, when necessary, the Company units involved in the Project (Countries, other entities) in full respect of the organization and its policy, assuring primarily the Company overall interest. - Coordinate and manage, when necessary, also the Consortium partners involved in the project in full respect of the Consortium agreement. - Manage a complex project (in a multicultural and multidisciplinary environment), using adequately and opportunely the Project Management processes, methodologies, best practices, techniques and tools (Primavera). - Manage and overall coordinate the project team, in line with the Company Organization. - Properly direct and manage the business associated to the project. - Ensure the satisfactory completion of the Contract with particular reference to quality, HSE, timescale, cost, resources and Employer satisfaction. - Manage the project to achieve targets, Customer satisfaction (quality and time) and Employer satisfaction and profitability. - Properly manage the Project, ensuring the predefined results on time and within budget and with the expected level of Quality. - Be the interface towards the Customer. - Ensure full compliance with Safety Requirements and full implementation of the Safety Plan throughout the project in close cooperation with the Safety Manager. - Define and develop the Customer relationship strategy: understand the client's environment, determine the client's interfaces and identify client's responsibilities. - Identify all and each project stakeholders, understand their environment and their influences and/or expectations on the projects, and then define a plan to manage them through a win-win approach. - Be accountable for the project profitability, sales and costs. - Plan and coordinate, interfacing with the team members and the company functions, activities and resources of the project for the fulfillment of the project objectives (contract milestones). - Manage the contractual terms of the project. - Supervise and control the production and/or the product integration of project-related systems, which include the entire supply chain of the specific activities of the project and its products, interfacing with suppliers and engineering. - Check the progress of the project activities, with reference to the planned timetable. - Monthly monitor the profit of the project and identify and implement (and/or assure the implementation) the necessary action plan to maximize the profit. - Supervise, monitor and coordinate the validation and verification of the systems, both in the factory and on-site, in order to get the Customer's validation and commissioning of the plant. - Supervise, coordinate and support the System Engineer and Customer Service during the commissioning phase, maintenance and warranty, supported by the Project Design Authority. - Support the preparation and validate the project Statement of Work (baseline): confirm the scope, contractual issues and validate risk assumptions. - Define the project structure including the project management organization and project team organization, assigning project roles and responsibilities to individuals. - Set internal targets in line with Contract requirements and Company expectations. - Identify and implement the Project Management Plan (PMP). - Approve the general organization procedures (including the Project Quality Plan) and all contractual procedures to be reviewed and approved by the Employer. - Approve processes and general procedures (including progress measurement and perfo