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Associate Director - Project Delivery - Dubai Holding Hospitality Assets
Dubai Holding
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Source date: 10/11/2026
About this role
About Dubai Holding Hospitality:Dubai Holding Hospitality encompasses a diverse range of assets, including luxury hotels, resorts, and a full-service F&B portfolio. The company operates and manages several hotels, resorts, and residences across the Middle East, Europe, and Asia, maintaining a reputation for unmatched luxury and service quality.About the Role:Ensure the supervision consultants are discharging their onsite duties in accordance with their contracted services.Together with the supervision consultants, review and comment on contractor programmes, logistics plans, method statements, resource plans and ensure they are aligned with the business requirements.Maintain governance over cost, schedule quality, risk and stakeholder management. Attend scheduled and ad-hoc meetings and ensure the supervision consultant chairs the meetings and issues minutes of meetings in a timely manner. In the absence of a supervision consultant, Senior Manager is to perform the same tasks.Follow up on open or unresolved items raised by the contractor (RFI’s) with the responsible party to ensure the project is not unnecessarily delayed.Monitor the project expenditure to ensure it is aligned with the agreed and approved project budget.Provide early warnings of possible variations / additional expenditure requirements. Suggest to management mitigation strategies for potential project programme delays or cost over-runs.Review interim payment applications and make recommendations for approval and / or deductions. Review the consultants and contractors’ quality procedures to ensure works are executed correctly, in accordance with good engineering practice and avoiding abortive works.Ensure compliance with project specifications, brand standards and regulatory requirements.Conduct quality reviews, mock-ups, inspections and audits.Oversee testing, commissioning and rectification works. Ensure all project participants adopt best practice HSE protocols. Coordinate onsite witness testing and inspections as required.Ensure the supervision consultants inspect all aspects of the contracted Works and issue a comprehensive punch / snag list.Prepare and coordinate preliminary hand-over inspections and witness testing. Coordinate final hand-over inspections.Coordinate with the Operator / end user training procedures.Review and approve final hand-over inspections.Ensure the supervision consultant reviews for completeness the As-Built information together with the Operation and Maintenance manuals issued by the contractor. Coordinate with the relevant stakeholders in obtaining the necessary NOC’s from utility providers and government authorities.Coordinate pre-opening activities with the Operator. Inspect the Works during the Defects Notification Period and make recommendations for any contract adjustments.Provide executive reporting and recommendations. Provide a recommendation for the Final Payment Certificate.About You:Minimum 15 years’ experience in the construction industry from either a developer or consultancy background.At least 5 years focused on project delivery, preferably within a top tier developer international project management firm with specific experience on luxury hospitality. Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or related discipline8–15+ years’ project management experience, ideally client side or consultancy basedProven experience delivering hospitality led refurbishments or luxury hotel projectsExperience working within live operational assets is essentialBudgeting: Commercially aware of construction costs and the impact of the decision-making process on budgets. Able to manage and control costs and offer direction on cost effective solutions inc. leading value engineering processes.Establish and maintain relationships with project stakeholders from operational teams, consultants, contractors, authorities and those with project influence. Proactively engaging to foster effective communication. Able to implement Project management processes.Experience of sustainable construction, renewable technology and construction best practice.Able to prepare and advise on programme impact relative to the overall project delivery objectives and to mitigate the impact of project delays on the overall schedule.Able to manage and advise on quality control procedures on site to achieve an exemplary product.Able to prepare and present reports for the wider organisation to update progress on projects status An appreciation of risks and understanding of how to document them, including mitigation plans to ensure projects are delivered within their respective constraints.Excellent written and spoken English communication skillsExcellent negotiation skills, Advanced organisation and time management skills, meticulous attention to detail, interpersonal skills.Must be proficient in MS Office suite of tools. About the Benefits:At Dubai Holding, we're committed to nurturing the success and well-being of our colleagues. Join our dynamic and diverse team, and enjoy a comprehensive benefits package that includes competitive compensation, career development opportunities, and a collaborative work environment. We strongly believe in creating an empowered workforce that will help us build a connected city for tomorrow. We are committed to attracting the brightest minds and nurturing the most pioneering candidates who desire to make a great impact on the future of Dubai.