General Manager – Manufacturing and Infrastructure Contractor

About the role

Guildhall is running a confidential search for a General Manager to lead an established manufacturer and infrastructure contractor in the UAE. The person will own commercial and operational performance across factory and field operations, sit on the board alongside a strong CFO and hold full P&L authority over a dual factory-and-contracting business with direct access to government and municipal clients.

Key responsibilities

• Own commercial and operational performance across manufacturing and infrastructure contracting
• Lead factory operations, field operations and engineering teams as one General Manager
• Manage relationships directly with municipalities and government clients
• Sit on the board, working alongside the Executive Director and a strong CFO
• Hold significant authority over banking, purchasing and operational decisions
• Drive pricing, commercial development and profitability across the group

Required profile

• Engineering background with hands-on leadership in manufacturing or factory operations
• Experience leading infrastructure or contracting operations alongside a factory environment
• Fluent Arabic speaker, comfortable leading a majority Arabic-speaking engineering workforce
• Track record managing engineering and operational teams at senior level
• Strong commercial and operational management experience, ideally with P&L ownership
• UAE market knowledge, ideally Abu Dhabi, with government or municipality experience

What we offer

• AED 80,000 to 100,000 per month plus benefits
• A discretionary annual performance bonus