Construction Director – Railway Infrastructure Project

Guildhall is currently recruiting a Construction Director for a railway infrastructure project in Abu Dhabi. The successful candidate will take overall responsibility for construction delivery and site operations, leading large-scale construction teams and coordinating civil and railway-related activities to ensure safe, efficient, high-quality, and timely project execution.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead overall construction delivery across railway, civil, and infrastructure works, ensuring compliance with schedules, specifications, quality, and HSE standards.
• Manage construction teams, subcontractors, consultants, and key stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
• Monitor project progress, identify delays, technical issues, and site constraints, and implement timely corrective actions.
• Coordinate with Engineering, Planning, Commercial, HSE, and Quality teams, while reviewing construction methodologies, programmes, resources, and site requirements.
• Drive site productivity, construction quality, safety performance, regulatory compliance, and timely project completion while maintaining effective communication with senior management and project stakeholders.
• 15+ years of relevant construction experience, with significant experience in major railway or infrastructure projects.
• Strong background in railway construction, civil engineering, and civil works management.
• Proven experience managing large-scale construction teams and complex project environments.
• Previous experience as a Construction Director, Project Director, Construction Manager, or equivalent senior-level position.
• Strong knowledge of construction methodologies, project planning, site management, and contractor management.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and manage complex construction interfaces.
• Excellent leadership, communication, coordination, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working on major railway or infrastructure projects in the GCC/UAE is highly preferred.
• Candidates with experience on major rail systems, metro, heavy rail, or large-scale transportation infrastructure projects will be highly advantageous.
• Strong command of English is required.
• Candidates available to join at short notice will be strongly preferred.