Job Description

Project Director

Wood

Job ID: 637146

21 Aug 2026

Job ID: 637146

21 Aug 2026

Job Location

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Experience

6 to 18 years

Qualification Level

MBA / Management Post Graduates

Job Function

Site Engineering / Projects
Top Management

Skillset

project , team management

Preferred Jobseekers

Locally available candidates only apply for this job

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Company Name: Wood

Job Title: Project Director

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates


Requirements:
• Significant experience leading major engineering, infrastructure, energy or industrial projects.
• Strong project-management and project-delivery background.
• Proven leadership of multidisciplinary project teams.
• Strong commercial, contractual and financial-management capability.
• Experience managing clients, contractors, consultants and other senior stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of project controls, cost, schedule, risk, quality and HSE.
• Ability to operate effectively at senior/executive level.

Role Overview:
The Project Director will provide senior leadership and overall direction for project delivery, taking responsibility for project performance from a commercial, technical, operational and stakeholder perspective. The role requires someone capable of leading multidisciplinary teams, managing complex project interfaces and ensuring delivery against agreed cost, schedule, quality and safety objectives.

The opportunity is particularly relevant for senior project professionals with experience across major infrastructure, engineering, energy or construction programmes.


Benefits:
• Senior leadership position within a global engineering and project-services organisation.
• Exposure to major UAE projects.
• Responsibility for multidisciplinary project teams.
• Opportunity to work with senior clients and project stakeholders.
• International career exposure.

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