Senior Project Manager - Bridges

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Project Overview:

Major mixed-use development projects in the United Arab Emirates involving the delivery of residential communities, retail and commercial districts, marinas, beaches, hospitality facilities, public realm and significant supporting infrastructure. The scope varies from project to project but generally includes, but is not limited to, strategic transportation links, roads, bridges, causeways, utility corridors, marine infrastructure, coastal protection, vertical assets and the related enabling works required to support the overall development. Project Management Office (PMO) professionals must have worked on similar projects, providing program-wide leadership, governance and delivery oversight across multiple packages of the same development. Project Management Consultant (PMC) professionals must have worked on projects where they managed planning, design, procurement, construction, interfaces, risks, approvals, cost, schedule and stakeholder coordination across either a single major package or multiple packages.

Job Summary:

Bechtel is seeking an experienced and results-driven Senior Project Manager – Bridges to provide leadership and delivery oversight for bridges, causeways and associated structural and enabling works within the Nisi Islands program. As part of the Project Management Consultant (PMC) team, the role will lead planning, design management, procurement coordination, construction oversight, testing, commissioning and handover of assigned bridge and causeway packages, ensuring alignment with client objectives, contractual requirements, regulatory approvals, safety expectations, sustainability commitments and the project’s architectural vision.

The Senior Project Manager will act as the primary delivery lead for assigned bridge and causeway packages, managing and coordinating the Lead Design Consultants, specialist bridge designers, Construction Supervision Consultants, Executive Cost Consultant, contractors, specialist subcontractors, suppliers, operators, developers and adjacent project packages. The role is accountable for integrating scope, architecture, structural and civil design, procurement, cost, schedule, quality, safety, risk, interfaces and stakeholder requirements, and for driving timely resolution of issues affecting delivery.

The anticipated scope includes iconic and functional bridges, inter-island connections, mainland causeways, approach structures and associated enabling works. The bridges will provide strategic connectivity between the mainland and islands while integrating operational requirements and the local architectural theme. Final scope will be confirmed as the design and contracting strategy develops. The Construction Manager – Bridges will report directly to this role and support field execution through the Construction Supervision Consultant.

Major Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership & Team Coordination: Lead the delivery of bridge and causeway packages as the primary client/PMC contact. Direct multidisciplinary teams, design/supervision consultants, and contractors, establishing clear governance and performance expectations.
• Provide leadership in resolving technical, architectural, commercial, contractual and interface issues, engaging engineering, contracts, procurement, project controls, quality, environmental and ES&H resources as required.
• Design & Execution Oversight: Oversee the complete project lifecycle. Manage design assurance, balancing iconic architectural intent with structural performance, durability, and constructability. Challenge erection methodologies, temporary works, and logistics.
• Interface Management & Permitting: Manage complex physical interfaces (marine, roads, utilities, mainland-to-island connections). Coordinate with authorities, road operators, and navigation stakeholders to secure permits, clearances, and operational access.
• Contract Administration & Project Controls: Support PMC’s FIDIC Engineer duties by ensuring compliant submissions and records. Monitor cost, schedule, and quality baselines; oversee the supervision consultant; and direct recovery actions as needed.
• Risk Mitigation & Safety Leadership: Mitigate project-specific risks (geotechnical/marine conditions, navigation constraints, weather). Enforce strict safety protocols for high-risk operations like work over water, piling, heavy lifting, segment launching, and post-tensioning.
• Quality Compliance & Handover: Manage structural completion, testing, and operational readiness. Ensure the progressive development, verification, and final acceptance of as-builts, asset data, warranties, and O&M documentation.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Requires a bachelor’s or master’s degree in civil engineering, structural engineering, construction management or a related discipline (or international equivalent) and 15+ years of relevant experience, or 19+ years of relevant work experience in lieu of a degree, subject to company requirements.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Proven leadership experience on large, complex bridge, causeway or transport infrastructure programs involving multiple contracts, consultants, contractors, stakeholders and delivery interfaces, with demonstrated experience delivering major bridges and causeways, including iconic or architecturally significant structures.
• Experience within a PMC or client delivery organization managing design consultants, specialist bridge designers, Construction Supervision Consultants and contractors, with a thorough understanding of the complete project lifecycle from design development and procurement through construction, commissioning, handover and closeout.
• Ability to integrate structural, civil, geotechnical, marine, architectural, highways, utilities, construction, project controls, commercial, procurement, quality, environmental and safety requirements into practical delivery decisions.
• Working knowledge of bridge construction methods, marine and land-based foundations, temporary works, heavy lifting and erection systems, post-tensioning, bearings, movement joints, durability, inspection, maintenance access and construction logistics.
• Strong commercial and contractual awareness, including change management, forecasting, cost control, contractor performance, contract administration and FIDIC-based delivery arrangements.
• Excellent leadership, stakeholder management, negotiation, communication, presentation and technical writing skills, with the ability to analyze complex information, make sound decisions under pressure and resolve non-standard issues using extensive professional judgment.
• Experience within the UAE, Saudi Arabia or the wider GCC is preferred.
• Fluent written and spoken English; Arabic language capability is advantageous but not essential.
• Knowledge of digital project delivery, common data environments, BIM/GIS and model coordination, progress measurement, structural asset information and executive reporting on complex programs.

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