Job description
Role Overview
Project Manager (Site Supervision) with aviation experience at Egis Group. This role leads the PMC site supervision team on a major aviation project, acting as the primary PMC representative to oversee the Contractor's site activities and ensure project delivery aligns with Client objectives, approved design, program, quality, HSE, contractual requirements, and applicable aviation standards.
Company Overview
Egis is an international player active in architecture, consulting, construction engineering, and mobility services, operating in 100 countries with 19,500 employees. In the Middle East, Egis operates across 8 countries with 3,500 employees and has delivered over 700 complex development projects. Ranked among the top ten firms in the Middle East by Engineering News Record (ENR), Egis provides comprehensive engineering, consulting, and project management services to regional governments, investors, and developers, with a commitment to sustainable development.
Role Purpose
To lead the PMC site supervision team across all project disciplines, provide overall site leadership for supervision and construction management functions, and act as the primary PMC interface with the Client, Contractor, Designer, authorities, and other project stakeholders to ensure compliant and effective project execution.
Key Responsibilities
Site Leadership & Team Management
- Lead and manage the PMC site supervision team across all project disciplines and work fronts.
- Provide overall site leadership and direction for the supervision and construction management functions.
- Provide regular site progress and management reporting to the PMC Project Director and Client.
- Lead regular site progress and coordination meetings and ensure timely closure of agreed actions.
- Ensure effective coordination between the site supervision team and the PMC's design, commercial, planning, quality, HSE, and other technical functions.
Stakeholder Management & Coordination
- Act as the primary PMC interface with the Client, Contractor, Designer, authorities, and other project stakeholders.
- Oversee the Contractor's execution of works and ensure compliance with approved designs, specifications, method statements, program, and contractual requirements.
- Ensure effective multidisciplinary coordination and management of design and construction interfaces.
- Proven experience managing and coordinating Contractors, Designers, Consultants, authorities, and Client stakeholders.
Construction Oversight & Compliance
- Monitor construction progress, productivity, resources, and sequencing against the approved baseline program and key milestones.
- Review and coordinate shop drawings, material submittals, method statements, RFIs, technical queries, and inspection requests.
- Lead the resolution and close-out of technical issues, NCRs, RFIs, site observations, and outstanding actions.
- Oversee implementation of the project's quality management and HSE requirements in coordination with the relevant PMC teams.
- Monitor the Contractor's compliance with aviation-specific requirements, authority regulations, airside operational constraints, and project standards.
Aviation & Airside Operations
- Coordinate supervision activities for airside and landside works, including aviation facilities, aircraft pavements, taxiways, aprons, infrastructure, and associated operational facilities, as applicable.
- Ensure construction activities are planned and executed with appropriate consideration of airport operations, safety, security, and operational interfaces.
- Good understanding of aviation standards, airport authority requirements, airside safety, security, and operational interfaces.
Testing, Commissioning & Handover
- Review the Contractor's testing, commissioning, integrated testing, operational readiness, and handover activities.
- Oversee completion of snagging, punch lists, as-built documentation, O&M manuals, and handover deliverables.
Risk & Performance Management
- Identify construction risks, potential delays, and interface issues and coordinate appropriate mitigation and recovery measures.
- Monitor the Contractor's performance and escalate significant program, quality, HSE, technical, and contractual issues as required.
- Support the Client in achieving the project's schedule, quality, safety, operational, and delivery objectives.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related engineering discipline.
- 15+ years of relevant experience, including significant experience in project management and site supervision.
- At least 5 years of aviation experience.
- Proven experience working within a PMC, Consultant, or Client representative organization on major aviation projects.
- Demonstrated experience in aviation, airport, or major infrastructure projects, preferably involving complex airside and landside works.
- Strong experience leading multidisciplinary site supervision teams on large-scale projects.
- Strong knowledge of construction management, project controls, quality, HSE, testing and commissioning, and handover.
- Experience in monitoring programs, progress, risks, interfaces, and Contractor performance.
- Professional certification such as PMP, PRINCE 2, or equivalent is preferred.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong knowledge of construction contracts, specifications, design coordination, and project delivery processes.
- Strong leadership, communication, negotiation, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
- Exceptional leadership and team management abilities.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; Arabic language skills are a plus.