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Construction Project Manager

Employer:	Turner Construction
Job Location:	Dubai , UAE
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Industry Type:	General Contractors - Managers
Job Description:	Position Description: (There will be various positions available throughout the Middle East.) Reports to the Project Executive. Plan, coordinate, direct and supervise personnel, subcontractors, and vendors engaged on projects ensuring that they complete the work on time, within budget and to the quality specified. Handle multi projects while serving as the Turner Construction representative on the Owner-Architect-Turner team. Is responsible to protect and promote the interest of Turner in all matters. Essential Duties and Responsibilities -Establish & maintain Master Progress Schedule. -Maintain Owner, Architect, Subcontractor & Vendor relations. -Prepare Budget and Financial Reporting. -Maintain General Contract and Subcontract Documents. -Maintain Quality Assurance and Control. -Establish & monitor administrative procedures for the project. -Organize work & train staff organization on projects. -Keep informed on requirements for Insurance, Safety, Labor Relations, Employee Relations, maintain EEO compliances, etc. -Assure applications for payment and collection are properly disbursed. -Keep management informed on progress of project and budget. -Perform other duties and take on other responsibilities as required. Qualifications Four-year college degree with four-years of formal engineering or architectural training and at least 8 years of building construction experience required. Thorough knowledge of construction cost, scheduling, line and grade (survey), estimating and engineering principals and techniques, as well as accounting principles. Familiar with various construction methods and materials, their characteristics, installation procedures and tolerances. Strong computer skills and familiarity with Microsoft office suite of programs. Knowledge of Prolog Manager and Primavera scheduling desirable. Very strong English oral & written communication skills are a must. Physical Demands and Work Environment: Performance of the required duties will require physical ability to climb permanent and temporary stairs, passenger use of construction personnel hoists, ability to climb ladders and negotiate work areas under construction. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Performing this job requires use of hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls, sit, talk and hear, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works on-site at the construction work site where the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts; high precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. The noise in these work environments is usually moderate to very loud. TURNER IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.
Company Description:	Turner is the leading general builder in the U.S., ranking first or second in the major segments of the building construction field. During 2003, Turner completed $6.1 billion of construction. Turner is the only builder offering clients a network of 46 offices across the U.S. Founded in 1902, the firm was acquired in 1999 by HOCHTIEF, one of the worlds leading international construction companies. Turner Construction Company is recognized as the leading general builder in the U.S., ranking first or second in major segments of the building construction field. The company’s 5,500 employees perform work on over 1,500 projects each year. According to the Engineering News-Record’s 2007 Top 400 Contractors Sourcebook, Turner is the leading builder in the healthcare, education, correctional facilities and commercial office market and second in sports. The firm was a “Top 10” player in multi-unit residential, airports, auto plants, entertainment, pharmaceutical, hotels, motels and convention centers, telecommunications, religious and cultural, government and industrial processing facilities. Turner has a network of 46 local offices in the U. S. and a presence in 20 countries. Turner also operates a number of national segment groups, which focus on a particular building type, to complement the firm’s geographical network of offices. These include Green Building, Healthcare, Justice, Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology, Public Assembly, Sports, Transportation and Aviation. Turner also offers several value-added services. These include Turner Logistics, dedicated to supply chain management, Facility Management Solutions (FMS), designed to minimize operating costs by providing broad range of facility support services to Turner clients and Turner Casualty & Surety (TCS), which provides proactive safety and loss control programs and an operationally integrated risk management approach. Turner has completed 90 United States Green Building Council (USGBC) LEED Certified projects and has completed or is currently working on more than 130 additional projects that are registered with the USGBC. Turner has completed or has under contract more than 300 projects with Green building elements.