Al-Futtaim Job in UAE: Technical Architecture Manager

Al-Futtaim is offering a job opportunity in Dubai, UAE as a Technical Architecture Manager. The role will focus on a variety of technical design tasks for the Development & Design department, including detailed architecture and engineering reviews, with advisory on design quality, functionality, engineering and systems, statutory considerations, constructability and completeness of deliverables, along with consultant and stakeholder management. The role will typically focus on one main project during the detailed design stages along with periodic support on other projects.

Lead Technical Design Process:

• Lead architecture management during detailed design stages and especially during construction, serving as a design custodian and technical advisor.
• Complete comprehensive technical project reviews on design criteria and performance, engineering and systems coordination, constructability and delivery considerations, and statutory authority issues.

Complete Technical Assessments

• Support projects in the early design stages with specialty technical assessments related to infrastructure, engineering, and constructability.

Manage Design Process

• Ensure project timeframes, design aspirations and documentation requirements are achieved with the appointed consultant(s) through regular meetings, workshops and other communication.
• Ensure all necessary statutory approvals are secured via the consultant and in direct coordination with the Al-Futtaim statutory authority liaison(s).

Ensure Execution of Project Schedule and Progress Reporting

• Guide internal and/or external stakeholders according to a detailed project schedule, ensuring accountability for the major work streams, notable milestones, and statutory authority approval process.
• Create project roadmaps highlighting the key milestones and tasks to guide the week to week progress of the project over a portion of the project lifecycle (ex. 90-day periods).

Support Contract and Commercial Management of Projects

• Support the day-to-day contract and commercial management of projects, coordinating between the consultant(s) and Commercial department to ensure completeness of submissions, evaluation, approvals and recommendations on invoices, variations and related contractual issues.

Support the Procurement Strategy and Manage the Process

• Support the procurement strategy for pre- and post-contract stages of the project, with general advisory on consultants, contractors and procurement models.
• Support the preparations of relevant RFP documents, including detailed scopes of work, services, deliverables and time schedules.

• Master’s or bachelor’s degree in architecture or similar
• Fluent in English, Arabic a plus
• 05-07 years’ experience in technical design roles, preferably having worked with leading local consultants
• Proficiency in technical requirements of buildings, including advanced understanding of structural and MEP systems, civil works, construction and statutory authorities.
• Proficiency in MS Office (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Advanced capabilities in AutoCAD and BIM (ex. Revit)
• Capabilities in Adobe Suite (i.e. Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign) is a plus
• Capabilities in Primavera or Microsoft Project
• Behavioral Competencies:
• Delighting Our Customers
• Working across Boundaries
• Influencing Others
• Taking Initiative
• Drive for Results
• Engaging Leadership
• Developing Talent

About Al-Futtaim:

Al-Futtaim’s family business traces its origins back to the 1930s on the banks of the Dubai Creek, a trailblazer for innovative trading concepts designed to enrich lifestyles. Today, Al-Futtaim is present in 29 countries, represents over 200 companies spanning the automotive, finance, retail, and real estate industries, and it is now 42,000 people strong. Currently spanning the automotive, finance, retail, and real estate industries, Al-Futtaim’s diverse and far-reaching portfolio of brands and companies are ever-present in people’s lives, from the shores of Singapore to the sands of the UAE.

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