Construction Manager (Civil, Infrastructure, Mixed Use)

About the role

KBR is seconding a Construction Manager to a semi-government organisation in Abu Dhabi, working alongside the Client's Development Team and reporting directly to it. The role covers a diverse portfolio of projects and assets across design, fit-out, refurbishment and construction, and is embedded within the Client's organisation as an integral member of the seconded team.

Key responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day construction management oversight for assigned projects, work packages and site activities, coordinating with the Client, PMCs, designers, contractors and authorities.
• Monitor contractor mobilisation, sequencing, logistics, temporary works, access arrangements and resources against approved plans.
• Review construction programmes, look-ahead schedules and recovery plans, and verify progress against approved baselines.
• Coordinate with planning and project controls teams on emerging delays, critical-path impacts and mitigation actions.
• Ensure compliance with drawings, specifications, method statements, inspection and test plans, permits and codes, and promote a strong HSE culture.
• Oversee quality, including inspections, non-conformance reports, punch lists, testing records and close-out of corrective actions.
• Facilitate constructability reviews, resolve design queries, RFI, submittals and site instructions, and manage interfaces between contractors, utilities and adjacent projects.
• Work with commercial teams on changes, claims, site records and measured progress, and maintain accurate construction records and reporting.
• Support testing, commissioning, handover, close-out and knowledge transfer, and track construction-related risks and opportunities.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Architecture or a related discipline.
• Minimum 12 years of relevant professional experience, including substantial site-based construction management on major civil, infrastructure or mixed-use projects.
• At least 3 years in a Construction Manager position overseeing contractors and multidisciplinary interfaces.
• Demonstrable experience of construction methodology, logistics, temporary works, sequencing, testing, commissioning, handover and close-out.
• Professional membership such as PMI-PMP, MCIOB, PE or MICE desirable.
• Excellent English; Arabic is advantageous.

Required skills

• Planning, scheduling, project controls, cost and change management, risk management, QA and reporting.
• Ability to interpret drawings, specifications, programmes, submittals, method statements and contracts.
• Experience managing contractors, resolving site issues and coordinating stakeholders.
• Microsoft Office Suite and enterprise project reporting platforms.