Project Manager - Water Infrastructure
Posted date [2026-07-04]
(ID: 47459)
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Job Description and Requirements
Project Manager - Water InfrastructureJob Snapshot
Role: Project Manager - Water Infrastructure
Location: Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Civil Engineering
Function: Project Management
Experience: Minimum 14 years in infrastructure design and project management
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
Project Manager - Water Infrastructure in Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates is a Civil Engineering opportunity for a senior project management professional who can lead design delivery for water, wastewater, and infrastructure projects while managing scope, budgets, schedules, multidisciplinary teams, client expectations, and contractual obligations. This role is ideal for an experienced infrastructure design leader with strong Abu Dhabi project exposure, client-facing capability, commercial awareness, and the ability to deliver complex engineering projects safely, efficiently, and to high quality standards.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Abu Dhabi Emirate
Industry: Civil Engineering
Function: Project Management
Salary: 30000-45000
Estimated salary range based on similar
jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Project Manager - Water Infrastructure will manage the successful delivery of small to medium-sized infrastructure design projects, with focus on water and wastewater systems. Reporting to the Project Director or Program Manager, the role coordinates internal resources, design disciplines, subcontractors, vendors, procurement inputs, and client requirements to keep projects aligned with contractual obligations, budget limits, schedules, quality expectations, and Parsons procedures. Strong planning, stakeholder management, contract administration, and leadership are essential to maintain delivery momentum and protect project outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead the planning, execution, monitoring, and delivery of water, wastewater, and related infrastructure design projects.
* Develop project scope, budgets, schedules, resource plans, delivery strategies, and implementation plans.
* Manage client relationships and act as the primary point of contact for project requirements, deliverables, approvals, and expectations.
* Coordinate multidisciplinary design teams, subcontractors, vendors, procurement teams, and internal project resources.
* Monitor project performance against approved budgets, schedules, resource plans, quality standards, and contractual commitments.
* Identify risks, delivery challenges, interface issues, and project constraints, then implement corrective actions.
* Lead project staffing, team development, mentoring, performance review, and coordination of direct reports.
* Ensure compliance with quality, safety, security, commercial, and contractual requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
* Manage project documentation, reporting, correspondence, records, change control, and contract variation processes.
* Review and negotiate scope changes with clients, subcontractors, and relevant stakeholders where required.
* Chair project meetings, lead coordination discussions, and provide clear progress updates to stakeholders.
* Maintain accurate records of project activities, decisions, performance status, risks, actions, and deliverables.
* Review bid documents and support procurement, tendering, subcontractor engagement, and commercial evaluations when required.
* Coordinate with authority-facing teams to support submissions, approvals, clarifications, and design compliance requirements.
* Ensure design deliverables are completed in line with client expectations, technical requirements, and agreed project milestones.
* Support cost control by reviewing resource usage, procurement needs, commercial impacts, and change-related implications.
* Apply project management principles to maintain delivery discipline across competing priorities and fast-moving project demands.
* Promote collaborative working between engineering, architecture, construction management, commercial, procurement, and client teams.
* Support senior leadership with project reporting, delivery strategy, performance updates, and decision-making information.
* Perform other project management duties required to ensure successful project completion.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related technical discipline.
* Minimum 14 years of relevant experience in infrastructure design and project management.
* Minimum 3 years of leadership experience managing multidisciplinary teams.
* Abu Dhabi project experience is required.
* Proven experience delivering complex infrastructure design projects within budget and schedule constraints.
* Strong knowledge of water infrastructure, wastewater infrastructure, design coordination, project delivery, and engineering project controls.
* Solid understanding of project management principles, contract administration, commercial management, and change control.
* Excellent stakeholder management, negotiation, client-facing communication, and relationship-building skills.
* Ability to lead teams, manage competing priorities, and perform effectively in a fast-paced project environment.
* Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, planning, and reporting capabilities.
* Professional project management certification such as PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent is preferred.
* Experience delivering major infrastructure projects in the UAE or GCC region will be an advantage.
* Familiarity with local authority requirements and approval processes is preferred.
* Chartered Engineer status or equivalent professional accreditation will be an advantage.
* Experience managing multidisciplinary consultants and international project teams is beneficial.
Skills Set
* Project management
* Water infrastructure
* Wastewater infrastructure
* Infrastructure design
* Design project delivery
* Multidisciplinary coordination
* Client management
* Stakeholder management
* Contract administration
* Commercial management
* Change control
* Contract variations
* Scope management
* Budget management
* Schedule management
* Resource planning
* Risk management
* Procurement support
* Tendering support
* Bid document review
* Subcontractor coordination
* Vendor coordination
* Team leadership
* Performance management
* Mentoring
* Project documentation
* Progress reporting
* Meeting chairing
* Local authority coordination
* Abu Dhabi infrastructure projects
* PMP
* PRINCE2
* Quality compliance
* Safety compliance
Why Join Us
This opportunity gives a Project Manager the chance to lead water and wastewater infrastructure design projects in Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates within the Civil Engineering sector. The role offers senior exposure to client management, multidisciplinary design coordination, contract administration, commercial control, procurement support, local authority interfaces, and project delivery leadership. It is a strong fit for an experienced project professional who wants to manage complex infrastructure assignments, influence design outcomes, and grow within Parsons Corporation’s international project delivery environment.
About the Company
Parsons Corporation is a global engineering, infrastructure, and project delivery company supporting complex civil, transportation, utilities, water, wastewater, urban development, and construction programs. In the United Arab Emirates, Parsons works with clients, authorities, consultants, subcontractors, vendors, and multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe, technically reliable, and well-managed infrastructure projects that support long-term development and community resilience.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Project Manager - Water Infrastructure will manage the successful delivery of small to medium-sized infrastructure design projects, with focus on water and wastewater systems. Reporting to the Project Director or Program Manager, the role coordinates internal resources, design disciplines, subcontractors, vendors, procurement inputs, and client requirements to keep projects aligned with contractual obligations, budget limits, schedules, quality expectations, and Parsons procedures. Strong planning, stakeholder management, contract administration, and leadership are essential to maintain delivery momentum and protect project outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead the planning, execution, monitoring, and delivery of water, wastewater, and related infrastructure design projects.
* Develop project scope, budgets, schedules, resource plans, delivery strategies, and implementation plans.
* Manage client relationships and act as the primary point of contact for project requirements, deliverables, approvals, and expectations.
* Coordinate multidisciplinary design teams, subcontractors, vendors, procurement teams, and internal project resources.
* Monitor project performance against approved budgets, schedules, resource plans, quality standards, and contractual commitments.
* Identify risks, delivery challenges, interface issues, and project constraints, then implement corrective actions.
* Lead project staffing, team development, mentoring, performance review, and coordination of direct reports.
* Ensure compliance with quality, safety, security, commercial, and contractual requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
* Manage project documentation, reporting, correspondence, records, change control, and contract variation processes.
* Review and negotiate scope changes with clients, subcontractors, and relevant stakeholders where required.
* Chair project meetings, lead coordination discussions, and provide clear progress updates to stakeholders.
* Maintain accurate records of project activities, decisions, performance status, risks, actions, and deliverables.
* Review bid documents and support procurement, tendering, subcontractor engagement, and commercial evaluations when required.
* Coordinate with authority-facing teams to support submissions, approvals, clarifications, and design compliance requirements.
* Ensure design deliverables are completed in line with client expectations, technical requirements, and agreed project milestones.
* Support cost control by reviewing resource usage, procurement needs, commercial impacts, and change-related implications.
* Apply project management principles to maintain delivery discipline across competing priorities and fast-moving project demands.
* Promote collaborative working between engineering, architecture, construction management, commercial, procurement, and client teams.
* Support senior leadership with project reporting, delivery strategy, performance updates, and decision-making information.
* Perform other project management duties required to ensure successful project completion.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related technical discipline.
* Minimum 14 years of relevant experience in infrastructure design and project management.
* Minimum 3 years of leadership experience managing multidisciplinary teams.
* Abu Dhabi project experience is required.
* Proven experience delivering complex infrastructure design projects within budget and schedule constraints.
* Strong knowledge of water infrastructure, wastewater infrastructure, design coordination, project delivery, and engineering project controls.
* Solid understanding of project management principles, contract administration, commercial management, and change control.
* Excellent stakeholder management, negotiation, client-facing communication, and relationship-building skills.
* Ability to lead teams, manage competing priorities, and perform effectively in a fast-paced project environment.
* Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, planning, and reporting capabilities.
* Professional project management certification such as PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent is preferred.
* Experience delivering major infrastructure projects in the UAE or GCC region will be an advantage.
* Familiarity with local authority requirements and approval processes is preferred.
* Chartered Engineer status or equivalent professional accreditation will be an advantage.
* Experience managing multidisciplinary consultants and international project teams is beneficial.
Skills Set
* Project management
* Water infrastructure
* Wastewater infrastructure
* Infrastructure design
* Design project delivery
* Multidisciplinary coordination
* Client management
* Stakeholder management
* Contract administration
* Commercial management
* Change control
* Contract variations
* Scope management
* Budget management
* Schedule management
* Resource planning
* Risk management
* Procurement support
* Tendering support
* Bid document review
* Subcontractor coordination
* Vendor coordination
* Team leadership
* Performance management
* Mentoring
* Project documentation
* Progress reporting
* Meeting chairing
* Local authority coordination
* Abu Dhabi infrastructure projects
* PMP
* PRINCE2
* Quality compliance
* Safety compliance
Why Join Us
This opportunity gives a Project Manager the chance to lead water and wastewater infrastructure design projects in Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates within the Civil Engineering sector. The role offers senior exposure to client management, multidisciplinary design coordination, contract administration, commercial control, procurement support, local authority interfaces, and project delivery leadership. It is a strong fit for an experienced project professional who wants to manage complex infrastructure assignments, influence design outcomes, and grow within Parsons Corporation’s international project delivery environment.
About the Company
Parsons Corporation is a global engineering, infrastructure, and project delivery company supporting complex civil, transportation, utilities, water, wastewater, urban development, and construction programs. In the United Arab Emirates, Parsons works with clients, authorities, consultants, subcontractors, vendors, and multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe, technically reliable, and well-managed infrastructure projects that support long-term development and community resilience.
