Project Coordinator (Civil Engineer)

About the role

Construction Management Associates advises owners, contractors, lenders and governments on construction and PPP projects across the Middle East, covering construction management, asset condition assessments, lenders' technical advisory, PPP, contracts and claims. It is hiring a Project Coordinator to work across the inquiry, proposal and delivery phases of every assignment. The role is office-based in Amman, with a civil engineering background preferred.

Key responsibilities

• Inquiries: review each new inquiry and its documents, summarise the client's request and help decide how to respond; register inquiries and track deadlines, questions and correspondence.
• Pre-contract proposals: coordinate the team's inputs, carry out the research, analysis and engineering behind the technical approach, scope and work plan, and review terms of reference, conditions of contract and specifications, flagging risks, gaps and ambiguities.
• Assemble complete technical and financial proposals, check them against requirements and ensure timely submission.
• Delivery: plan the work with the project lead, track the schedule, deliverables and actions, attend client and team meetings, issue minutes and records of decisions, and keep documents and registers in order.
• Analysis and engineering: review contracts, specifications, drawings and reports, and support asset condition assessments, lenders' technical advisory, PPP, contracts and claims work.
• Reports: prepare reports and deliverables in the firm's format and reconcile figures appearing in more than one document.

Required profile

• Up to 7 years of experience in construction, engineering or consultancy.
• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering preferred.
• Ability to read contracts, specifications and technical documents carefully and turn them into clear analysis.
• Ability to coordinate several tasks and deadlines at once and keep everyone informed.
• Clear writing and speaking in English and Arabic.
• Organised, careful with detail and calm under deadlines.

The interview process has four stages: an online interview with an AI interviewer, a practical exercise with AI, an online interview with a team member, and a final office interview.