Assistant Project Manager - Infrastructure
Posted date [2026-10-01]
(ID: 52840)
Job Description and Requirements
Assistant Project Manager - InfrastructureJob Snapshot
Role: Assistant Project Manager
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Industry: Civil Engineering
Function: Project-Program Management
Experience: Minimum 5 years of relevant experience
Job Type: Full Time
Position Overview
Parsons is seeking an Assistant Project Manager to support infrastructure project delivery in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Working closely with the Project Director, engineering teams, support functions, subcontractors, and external stakeholders, the role will provide day-to-day project management coordination. The position will track progress, actions, documentation, and deliverables to help maintain alignment with project schedules, budgets, and contractual requirements.
Job Details
Country: UAE
City: Abu Dhabi
Industry: Civil Engineering
Function: Project-Program Management
Salary: Not disclosed
Gender: No Preference
Candidate Nationality: Not specified
Job Type: Full Time
Work Arrangement: On-site
What You\'ll Be Doing
- Support the Project Director with day-to-day project management and coordination activities.
- Coordinate internally with engineering disciplines and project support teams.
- Assist with coordination involving
external stakeholders as required.
- Arrange and attend project meetings.
- Prepare accurate meeting minutes and maintain records of agreed actions.
- Track project actions through completion and follow up with responsible parties.
- Monitor progress against planned activities and upcoming deliverables.
- Prepare subcontractor requisitions and associated documentation.
- Coordinate with subcontractors throughout execution of assigned tasks.
- Support timely resolution of coordination issues affecting project activities.
- Maintain effective communication between project participants.
Project Monitoring and Reporting
The Assistant Project Manager will help maintain clear visibility of project progress by gathering information from relevant teams and keeping management reporting current.
Responsibilities include preparing progress updates, reports, and presentations while monitoring actions and deliverables against agreed requirements. The role will support the Project Director in identifying matters requiring follow-up and ensuring that relevant information is available for project decisions.
Project Documentation and Controls
- Maintain project trackers and coordination records.
- Keep project documentation organized and current.
- Support schedule and progress tracking activities.
- Maintain basic risk and issue logs where required.
- Assist with tracking project changes.
- Support documentation required for management reporting.
- Maintain records of meetings, actions, and project communications.
- Help ensure project information is available to the appropriate teams when required.
Subcontractor Coordination
Prepare subcontractor requisitions and coordinate with subcontractors during task execution. The role will support communication between subcontractors and internal project teams, monitor assigned actions, and help maintain alignment between subcontracted activities and wider project requirements.
PMO and Program Support
The position may operate within a PMO or wider program environment involving multiple parallel workstreams. Effective organization and prioritization will therefore be important when coordinating activities, tracking deliverables, and responding to changing project requirements.
The Assistant Project Manager will work across multidisciplinary teams and stakeholder groups while maintaining attention to schedules, contractual requirements, project records, and management priorities.
What Required Skills You\'ll Bring
- Bachelor\'s degree in Engineering or a related discipline.
- Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience.
- Infrastructure project exposure is preferred.
- Strong project coordination skills.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong documentation and record-management capability.
- Working knowledge of CAD.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
- Working knowledge of common project management tools.
- Ability to coordinate effectively across multidisciplinary teams.
What Desired Skills You\'ll Bring
- Experience supporting a PMO or program environment.
- Experience coordinating multiple workstreams in parallel.
- Familiarity with basic project controls concepts.
- Understanding of schedule tracking.
- Familiarity with risk and issue logs.
- Understanding of change tracking processes.
- Strong stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to organize competing priorities and work effectively under tight deadlines.
About Parsons
Parsons delivers infrastructure programs through multidisciplinary engineering, project management, and technical teams. The company emphasizes collaboration, agility, innovation, professional growth, employee wellbeing, and effective project delivery.
- Arrange and attend project meetings.
- Prepare accurate meeting minutes and maintain records of agreed actions.
- Track project actions through completion and follow up with responsible parties.
- Monitor progress against planned activities and upcoming deliverables.
- Prepare subcontractor requisitions and associated documentation.
- Coordinate with subcontractors throughout execution of assigned tasks.
- Support timely resolution of coordination issues affecting project activities.
- Maintain effective communication between project participants.
Project Monitoring and Reporting
The Assistant Project Manager will help maintain clear visibility of project progress by gathering information from relevant teams and keeping management reporting current.
Responsibilities include preparing progress updates, reports, and presentations while monitoring actions and deliverables against agreed requirements. The role will support the Project Director in identifying matters requiring follow-up and ensuring that relevant information is available for project decisions.
Project Documentation and Controls
- Maintain project trackers and coordination records.
- Keep project documentation organized and current.
- Support schedule and progress tracking activities.
- Maintain basic risk and issue logs where required.
- Assist with tracking project changes.
- Support documentation required for management reporting.
- Maintain records of meetings, actions, and project communications.
- Help ensure project information is available to the appropriate teams when required.
Subcontractor Coordination
Prepare subcontractor requisitions and coordinate with subcontractors during task execution. The role will support communication between subcontractors and internal project teams, monitor assigned actions, and help maintain alignment between subcontracted activities and wider project requirements.
PMO and Program Support
The position may operate within a PMO or wider program environment involving multiple parallel workstreams. Effective organization and prioritization will therefore be important when coordinating activities, tracking deliverables, and responding to changing project requirements.
The Assistant Project Manager will work across multidisciplinary teams and stakeholder groups while maintaining attention to schedules, contractual requirements, project records, and management priorities.
What Required Skills You\'ll Bring
- Bachelor\'s degree in Engineering or a related discipline.
- Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience.
- Infrastructure project exposure is preferred.
- Strong project coordination skills.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong documentation and record-management capability.
- Working knowledge of CAD.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
- Working knowledge of common project management tools.
- Ability to coordinate effectively across multidisciplinary teams.
What Desired Skills You\'ll Bring
- Experience supporting a PMO or program environment.
- Experience coordinating multiple workstreams in parallel.
- Familiarity with basic project controls concepts.
- Understanding of schedule tracking.
- Familiarity with risk and issue logs.
- Understanding of change tracking processes.
- Strong stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to organize competing priorities and work effectively under tight deadlines.
About Parsons
Parsons delivers infrastructure programs through multidisciplinary engineering, project management, and technical teams. The company emphasizes collaboration, agility, innovation, professional growth, employee wellbeing, and effective project delivery.
