Project Manager, MEP Projects

Role Overview

Project Manager, MEP Projects at Emirates Electrical & Instrumentation Company LLC, part of the Ghobash Group, based in Abu Dhabi.

Company Overview

Emirates Electrical & Instrumentation Company LLC has delivered vital contributions to the Oil & Gas sector of the UAE for almost 20 years, executing both onshore and offshore projects. Key clients include Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Tier 1 and Tier 2 EPC contractors. The company provides full EPC&M services for electrical and instrumentation works, delivering expertise in measurement and automation for exploration, production, separation, refining processes, and distribution through localized services.

Role Purpose

The Project Manager is responsible for leading the full lifecycle of EPC projects—from initiation and planning through execution, commissioning, and closeout—ensuring safe, timely, and cost-effective delivery in alignment with client and business objectives. This role serves as the central point of accountability for project performance, managing scope, schedule, cost, risk, resources, and quality while maintaining strong focus on client satisfaction and delivery excellence.

Key Responsibilities

Project Initiation and Planning

• Formulate the project team and participate in project kick-off meetings.
• Understand scope of work, estimation basis, execution strategy, and subcontracting strategy.
• Establish work procedures, sequences, and develop schedules in collaboration with the planning team.
• Develop budgets, staffing requirements, vendor lists, and progress milestones.
• Establish project procedures and lead production of project execution plan including scope of work, deliverables list, master schedule, budget, organizational charts, and risk register.

Stakeholder Management and Communication

• Coordinate with client Project Manager and project management team.
• Set up project information system and communications.
• Regularly report project progress to senior management and the client.
• Interact with clients to proactively resolve issues and obtain final client approvals at project completion.
• Maintain a continuing business relationship with all clients as part of ongoing business development efforts.

Team Leadership and Resources

• Manage a project team to ensure project safety, scope, schedule, and budgets are being tracked and implemented.
• Ensure project team members are competent to carry out their assigned work and duties.
• Coach, mentor, and empower others to make decisions within established parameters.
• Lead cross-functional project teams and coordinate closely with clients, contractors, and internal stakeholders.

Technical and Execution Management

• Manage technical issues with team and client.
• Manage the full P&L responsibility with associated commercial and financial accountability including revenue delivery, margin and overhead management, budget and forecast determination and attainment, risk and opportunity reviews, cost controls, accounts payable/billing, and cash collection.
• Responsible for delivery of agreed schedule and financial performance, proactively intervening to avoid slippage.

Financial and Cost Management

• Review and analyze cost and cost-control progress, financial and other site-generated data to evaluate job status and progress.
• Manage budget and forecast determination, attainment, risk and opportunity reviews, and cost controls.
• Manage accounts payable, billing, and cash collection.
• Understand and manage cash flow and projection/forecast of cost at completion.

Risk and Change Management

• Lead ongoing focus on risk identification and mitigation during project execution.
• Negotiate changes to project scope or specification with the client.
• Follow Change Management process to identify and approve modifications to scope, cost, schedule, and quality.
• Manage change control process on project with subcontractors and interfaces.

Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSSE) and Quality

• Ensure compliance with HSSE standards and quality systems.
• Take responsibility for project HSSE leadership.
• Ensure a program of initiatives and auditing schedule are established.
• Proactively address HSSE and quality management issues.

Information Management

• Facilitate the setup of information management systems and applications to suit various life phases of projects.
• Manage information management project team.
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of all types of project information (deliverables) and its uses.
• Manage information management project teams.

Project Closeout

• Maintain good knowledge of all handover and close-out activities required for client and suppliers.

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• Minimum 15 years in the Oil & Gas industry.
• Minimum 5 or more years of experience in UAE or Middle East.
• Minimum 3 years as Project Manager on medium to large scale projects in similar business or industry.
• Affinity and familiarity with Engineering, Procurement, and Contracting aspects in the business, both onshore and offshore.
• Experience on electrical projects as a Project Manager.
• Experience working on brownfield projects is preferred.
• Brownfield experience in replacement of switchgears in oil and gas industry is preferred.

Skills & Competencies

• Proven project management experience and good understanding of business issues.
• Good level of experience in the related field, industry, and locations of the work in UAE.
• HSE leadership compliance and ability to work in multidisciplinary teams.
• Knowledge of commercial and contract conditions applicable to the procurement of various types of goods and services.
• Good knowledge and experience in project monitoring and forecasting.
• Excellent personality with strong communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office products, specifically Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Champion and role model for ethical behavior and compliance with applicable laws and policies.