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Title:  Project Manager, FHSS

Description: 

Job: Project Manager, FHSS 

Work Location: Qatar 

Organization: Facilities Management 

Work Days: Sunday-Thursday 

Sponsorship Eligibility: Yes

Classification: Full Time

Posting End Date: 04/03/2025

Position Summary

The position is responsible for providing project management expertise in areas of facility management from inception to delivery by defining the project scope, timelines, identifying associated risks, providing updates and acting as a key liaison between stakeholders.

Job Responsibilities

  • Manages a diverse range of projects—from small and mid-sized to large-scale—ensuring each meets its unique complexity and scope requirements.
  • Regularly updates facilities leadership on project progress and incorporates changes based on guidance. 
  • Regularly develop and provide comprehensive progress reports including project’s key performance metrics.
  • Manage the complete project lifecycle from conception and design through execution, handover, and post-project evaluation.
  • Collaborate independently and as part of a cross-functional team with internal stakeholders while leading the selection process for consultants, contractors, and vendors.
  • Develop detailed design briefs for WCM-Q stakeholders by integrating input from various WCMQ and QF project departments and providing technical expertise to define project outcomes.
  • Work closely with the QF Capital Project Division to ensure efficient and effective project execution as per the approved project baseline.
  • Conduct project kick-off meetings with project team to review schedules, method statements, risk assessments, and ensure all required permits are in place.
  • Arrange follow-up meetings with the project team to monitor progress against plans and milestones.
  • Supervise on-site conditions, facilitate and resolve site related issues on priority basis to ensure uninterrupted work.  Coordinate logistical arrangements to support smooth project execution.
  • Negotiate project terms and change requests while mitigating risks to WCM-Q operations, costs, safety, security, and regulatory compliance.
  • Assess project variances, gather performance metrics, and implement adjustments to maintain alignment with scope, schedule, cost, and quality objectives.
  • Contribute to the development of policies, procedures, and frameworks for FHSS projects, including areas related to soft/hard services, environmental considerations, safety, and security.
  • Lead project closure by coordinating the handover from the project team to operations, facilitating user occupancy, and ensuring the completion of project snags.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Education & Experience

  • Bachelor’s Degree in engineering, facilities management, general environment health and safety with 7 – 8 years of relevant experience.
  • Project  Management certification (PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner) is required.
  • Previous experience in research, scientific or healthcare setup is preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • Demonstrated ability to apply project management methodologies and administration tools.
  • Good working knowledge with drafting tools such Audesk, Autocad.
  • Demonstrates proficiency in applying problem-solving methodologies to diagnose issues, develop solutions, and design testing procedures for resource validation.
  • Able to read and interpret project documents such as project drawings, submittals , proposals and contracts.
  • Excellent critical thinking skills and judgement to make sound business decisions.
  • Excellent organization skills, with the ability to prioritize in a challenging environment.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with an ability to influence stakeholders.
  • Ability to participate as a team member and work independently, under limited supervision.
  • Proficient with MS Office suite of products, including project management tools.

 

 

 

 

 

Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar was established in 2001 as a partnership between Cornell University and Qatar Foundation (QF). The first medical school in Qatar and a pioneer of coeducation at the university level, WCM-Q offers an integrated Six-Year Medical Program that incorporates pre-medical and medical studies and leads to the Cornell University M.D. degree.  

Teaching is by Cornell and Weill Cornell faculty, including physicians at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) who hold Weill Cornell appointments. Enrollment has grown rapidly from 25 first-year pre-medical students in the fall of 2002 to over 300 students from more than 30 countries today. 

WCM-Q is part of Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City, which was founded over 100 years ago, and shares the same mission:  

 

  • to provide the finest education possible for medical students 

  • to conduct research at the cutting edge of knowledge 

  • to improve healthcare both now and for future generations 

  • to provide the highest quality of care to the community

 

WCM-Q’s home city is Doha, a thriving cosmopolitan metropolis with a culturally diverse population, a rapidly growing economy, and modern infrastructure. WCM-Q is a member of Qatar Foundation, a not-for-profit organization with multiple centers focused on education, research and innovation, and community development. WCM-Q is located within Education City, the flagship development of QF, which occupies more than 12 square kilometers and is home to some of the world’s leading educational institutions, including Hamad Bin Khalifa University, and overseas campuses of elite universities, such as VCUarts Qatar, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Northwestern Qatar, Georgetown University in Qatar, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, and HEC Paris in Qatar.  

 

Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disabled employer. 

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