Project Director

The Role

• Project Delivery & Leadership: Direct and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams (structural, civil, MEP, and architectural) to deliver high-quality infrastructure and building projects on time and within budget. • Client & Stakeholder Management: Act as ???? primary client l...

The Role
• Project Delivery & Leadership: Direct and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams (structural, civil, MEP, and architectural) to deliver high-quality infrastructure and building projects on time and within budget. • Client & Stakeholder Management: Act as ???? primary client liaison, building strong relationships, managing client expectations, and leading progress review meetings. • Financial & Commercial Control: Monitor project financial performance, including fee management, invoicing, resource allocation, and profitability forecasting. • Scope & Risk Management: Define project scopes, establish clear work breakdown structures, identify project risks, and implement effective mitigation strategies. • Quality & Compliance: Ensure all deliverables comply with relevant international codes, local statutory regulations, and our internal Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) processes. • Business Development Support: Assist our senior leadership team in preparing technical proposals, scope definitions, and fee estimates for prospective infrastructure and building pursuits.

Requirements
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field (Master’s degree is a strong plus). • Experience: Minimum of 10 years of total experience, with at least 3 to 5 years specifically managing infrastructure and/or building projects within an engineering consultancy environment and as a Project Director/Manager • Licensure: Professional Engineer (PE), Chartered Engineer (CEng), Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, or equivalent recognized accreditation is highly preferred. • Contractual & Regulatory Expertise: Extensive hands-on experience administering FIDIC contract forms (Red, Yellow, or Silver Books) and navigating local municipal and statutory authorities for approvals, permits, and NOCs. • Technical Knowledge: A solid foundational understanding of structural design, civil infrastructure systems, site utilities, and multidisciplinary design coordination. • Software Literacy: Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Primavera P6) and familiarity with engineering coordination platforms (e.g., Revit, Navisworks, AutoCAD). • Soft Skills: Exceptional leadership, conflict resolution, negotiation, and written/verbal communication skills tailored for client-facing consultancy work. • Must be able to speak Arabic

About the company
ConsultantHSS or "CHSS"​ is a professional establishment that offers a full spectrum of engineering solutions. This company is a one-stop, multi disciplinary organization that provides a wide array of professional services such as engineering designs, architecture, planning, supervision, cost control (value engineering) and project management. CHSS is a partnership with HSS Engineering Sdn Bhd, Malaysia, which is currently one of the leading ISO certified, engineering consultancy firms. Currently CHSS is an active player in the MENA Region with offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Iraq, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Libya. As a group, CHSS has almost 30 years experience in providing professional consulting engineering services for a large number of prestigious projects in the UAE, MENA Region, Asia-Pacific region and the Indian sub-continent. The Group has a total staff strength in excess of 2000 people from various disciplines of the engineering industry. The Group has a long tradition of being involved in every aspect of multi-billion dollars worth of projects and has the capability and expertise in assembling a full project team and managing complex infrastructure projects - from initial planning phases through operations and commissioning.