Role summary
To plan, coordinate, and execute steel fabrication and manufacturing projects by ensuring timely delivery, technical compliance, cost control, and effective coordination between engineering, production, quality, and site teams in line with project requirements and company standards.
Responsibilities
- Plan and manage assigned steel projects from kick-off to completion, ensuring adherence to scope, schedule, quality, and cost targets
- Coordinate with Engineering, Production, Procurement, Quality, and Site teams to ensure smooth project execution
- Review project drawings, specifications, and BOQs to ensure technical accuracy and constructability
- Monitor project progress against approved schedules and report deviations with corrective actions
- Ensure compliance with quality, safety, and company procedures throughout project execution
- Support procurement and material planning to ensure timely availability of steel and project materials
- Manage project documentation including schedules, progress reports, technical submittals, and handover records
- Coordinate with clients, consultants, and internal stakeholders to resolve technical and execution issues
- Support cost control by monitoring variations, change requests, and resource utilization
- Participate in project handover, close-out activities, and lessons-learned reviews
- Develop project execution plans including scope, milestones, deliverables, and resources aligned with production planning and project controls
- Identify and manage project risks and constraints; control changes with impact documentation, change logs, and escalation when needed
- Manage interfaces with Warehouse and Systems to ensure workflow readiness, correct routings, and process and cost control
- Ensure readiness of quality deliverables including inspection and test plans, FAT requirements, and MDR documentation prior to dispatch
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Industrial, or Electrical Engineering or equivalent
- Knowledge of steel fabrication, structural works, and manufacturing processes including packaging, enclosures, and industrial skids
- Project execution experience in factory environment including drawings release, material readiness, inspection, and shipment
- Basic knowledge of contract administration, change management, and project financial awareness
- Skills in project planning and coordination including scheduling tools and progress measurement
- Ability to read and interpret fabrication and construction engineering drawings including BOMs and specifications
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office especially Excel and awareness of ERP systems with disciplined documentation control
- Ability to prepare professional reports, dashboards, and presentation materials
- Good command of English; Arabic is an advantage
Education
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Industrial, or Electrical Engineering or equivalent
Experience
Minimum 5–7 years of experience in project engineering, preferably within steel fabrication or industrial manufacturing
Skills
- Project planning and coordination
- Scheduling tools including MS Project and Primavera
- Reading and interpreting fabrication and construction engineering drawings
- Understanding BOMs and specifications
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Excel
- ERP systems awareness and M3 workflow
- Disciplined documentation control
- Preparing professional reports, dashboards, and presentations
- Knowledge of steel fabrication processes
- Risk and constraint management
- Change management
- Project financial awareness
- Basic contract administration