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DP World

Lead Project Manager - DDW

DP World
United Arab Emirates · Full-time · Mid-Senior

Job Description

Key Accountabilities

  • Define the project requirements and performance criteria and establish targets to project team and ensure that project meets those targets.
  • Determine Yard obligations against Contract, contract documentation, applicable codes and standards and assure that same is communicated to stakeholders and implemented in project execution.
  • execution, including continuous monitoring and reporting in organized manner to senior management.
  • Ensure that change / variation orders for the project are identified, documented, submitted and tracked in organized manner.
  • To liaise with the procurement supply chain that all the materials / equipment required for the project execution
  • Maintain effective communication between the client and the project team.
  • Identify and resolve the conflicts and resolve the bottle necks in the project.
  • Systematically track project productivity and schedule, report same and prepare contingency plans when required.
  • Supervise, coach/ mentor and motivate the project team members in order to enhance their capabilities and
  • performance.
  • Identify lessons learned and propose improvement/mitigation actions for improvement.
  • Improvement and development of department process and procedures.
  • Perform other job related duties as assigned by the section head.

Qualification/Experiences & Skills

  • Mechanical, Civil or Naval Architecture background and having shipyard/ fabrication yard experience.
  • Good knowledge of up to date shipbuilding and offshore construction process.
  • Computer Proficient MS Office, AutoCAD, MS Project.
  • Ability to effectively apply project management techniques.
  • Proficient in application of analytical tools and techniques.
  • Critical thinking, trouble shooting, adaptive and self-motivating.
  • Graduate in Naval Architect, Mechanical
  • 10 years relevant experience in shipyard or offshore fabrication yard

About Us

Over the past 38 years Drydocks World-Dubai, a DP World Company, has become a leading provider of marine and offshore services to the shipping, oil, gas and energy sectors. Conceived as an ambitious project under the guidance of H.H. Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum the late Ruler of Dubai, the yard is strategically located in a rapidly developing region of the world.

Drydocks World completes over 300 projects a year on average, with a record of handling 42 refurbishment projects simultaneously. The yard is spread over 200 hectares, 3 graving docks and 1 floating dock, with the largest dock capable of handling the world’s largest ship, and over 3,700m of berth space. It also boasts an in-house-built floating crane, which can lift 2,000 metric tonnes, including the weight of lifting gear for all types of heavy lift operations.

Innovative projects have been constructed in Drydocks World, breaking records for some of the largest new build offshore fabrication projects worldwide.

The yard has received numerous awards and accolades including the Dubai Quality Appreciation Award, The Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Business Award, Shipyard of the Year, and various HSE Awards including previously achieving the British Safety Council’s prestigious “Sword of Honor” on 11 occasions. Drydocks World aims to consistently deliver excellence and to achieve further success for the UAE’s maritime industry, positioning Drydocks World as an international yard of choice.
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Posted
Mar 14, 2025
Type
Full-time
Level
Mid-Senior
Location
Dubai
Company
DP World

Industries

Transportation Logistics Supply Chain Storage

Categories

Project Management Information Technology

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