Mott MacDonald
Buildings Director
- Permanent
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Experience 15 - 20 yrs
Job expiry date: 18/05/2026
Job overview
Date posted
03/04/2026
Location
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Salary
AED 50,000 - 60,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package + relocation
Experience
15 - 20 yrs
Seniority
Director
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
18/05/2026
Job description
The Buildings Director at Mott MacDonald is a senior leadership role focused on driving market growth, client engagement, and project excellence in the Middle East buildings sector. This position combines strategic oversight of the market, business development initiatives, and leadership of high-performing multidisciplinary teams. The role ensures delivery of high-quality, commercially successful projects while mentoring teams and maintaining strong client relationships, particularly across residential, commercial, mixed-use, hospitality, aviation, and transport building projects.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Build and leverage senior client, partner, and competitor networks to drive sustainable market growth.
- Support the Unit Buildings Market Leader in shaping and executing the market strategy, including investment prioritization.
- Identify new clients, services, and offerings to expand the company’s presence in the Buildings sector.
- Lead and support major pursuit activities, contributing strategic insight and engaging senior client stakeholders.
- Oversee business development, pipeline management, proposal development, and win/capture rates.
- Ensure high-quality project delivery with commercial, financial, and client satisfaction oversight.
- Promote profitability, efficiency, and adoption of digital enablement and Global Delivery Services.
- Ensure compliance with HSE, BMS, STEP, and quality management processes.
- Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing Buildings team, including resource planning, recruitment, and succession strategies.
- Support discipline leaders in implementing best practices, training, and innovation initiatives.
- Hold regular governance meetings with Unit Market Leader, Account Leaders, and Talent Acquisition teams.
- Provide quarterly updates on progress against the Unit Market Strategy for the territory.
Experience & skills
- Extensive leadership and management experience in a consulting engineering practice.
- Proven track record delivering Buildings projects across planning, design, and construction phases.
- Significant experience as Project Director or Senior PM, overseeing commercial, financial, and technical performance.
- Strong knowledge of professional and international engineering standards.
- Experience in business development, client relationship building, and successful bid management in the Middle East.
- Strong negotiation, influencing, and executive-level stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to grow, mentor, and develop teams, including senior and intermediate staff.
- Effective communication and collaboration skills across all organizational levels.
- Ability to perform under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
- Middle East experience required; role based in UAE.
- Preferably Chartered Engineer.