Al-Futtaim Looking for Construction Manager I AFET I KSA at Saudi Arabia Full Time

Job Requisition ID: 154639
Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and healthcare employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world’s most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Group’s entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organization to continue to grow and expand responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.
By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration and integrity Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day
Overview of the role:
The core responsibility of the construction manager is to assume overall responsibility for a profitable, well-constructed, safe project, completed in a timely manner
What you will do:
Responsible for:

• Assume overall responsibility for a profitable, well-constructed, safe project, completed in a timely manner.
• Review project proposal and pertinent documents with project & management team.
• Determine the most cost effective construction methods and use of personnel, material, equipment and subcontractors
• Review and approve subcontractor selections and invoicing
• Coordinate construction activities with the client, subcontractors and Company personnel
• Manage project staff, including assigned support staff, supervisors, engineers, foreman, and technicians
• Promote, enforce and establish safety as a priority as part of the Company’s QHSC policy
• Ensure that management is accurately and fully informed of project costs as compared to budgets through weekly labor and monthly budget reports
• Coordinate and provide direction for the budget estimating, purchasing, engineering, accounting, cost and construction functions as they relate to the completion of the project.
• Initiate, establish and maintain working relationships with client, engineers, suppliers, and subcontractors to facilitate construction activities
• Organize, conduct and represent the company at project coordination meetings at regular agreed upon intervals.
• Review and approve subcontractor, vendor payments.
• Negotiate, prepare, issue and execute change orders (proposals) to clients, design team, subcontractors and others, and prepare revisions to original budget as a result of changes and revisions to work.
• Ensure timely and accurate billings and accounts receivables.
• Ensure timely project completion through project scheduling, expediting of material deliveries and the management of material and document submittals/approvals.
• Lead and participate in regularly schedule project staff meetings
• Manage Closeout process
• Enforce and adhere to all Policies and Processes as it relates to this position
• Actively participates on internal team(s) that focus on continuous improvement of the business

Required skills to be successful:
Technical Skills:

• Possess working knowledge of all projects plans, specifications, Owner Contract, subcontracts, purchase orders, daily correspondence, drawings, submittals and all other project related documents and maintain a complete and accurate set of as-built drawings -Estimating experience a plus
• Strong computer skills.

Behavioral Skills:

• Able to work under pressure and coordinate numerous activities and groups of people who need to cooperate to achieve maximum efficiency
• Self-motivated with skills to motivate others
• Strong verbal and written communication skill

What equips you for the role:
Minimum Qualifications and Knowledge:
Bachelor of Engineering from any recognized universities
Minimum Experience:
7-10 plus years of experience managing large instrument and MEP construction projects
About Al-Futtaim Engineering & Technologies
Al-Futtaim Engineering & Technologies offers customers complete engineering and systems integration solutions.

The Engineering arm operates in the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Egypt providing a wide variety of products and services from air conditioning, scaffolding and access solutions, elevators and escalators, control and life safety, facilities management, building products, MEP, Energy Management, Technology Infrastructure and Digital Transformation.

The Technologies division provides complete business solutions to large, medium and small customers that include, contact centre solutions, business applications, business intelligence, data management, advanced analytics amongst others. The IT infrastructure portfolio comprises IP telephony, ELV systems, networking solutions, professional audio-visual solutions and managed services.

These solutions are further complemented by services that include project management, installation, testing, commissioning and after-sales maintenance contracts.