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Job Description:
Assistant Project Manager
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Parsons is now hiring an Assistant Project Manager to join our team! In this role you will provide day-to-day project management support, coordinating stakeholders and tracking progress to ensure deliverables are completed on schedule and aligned with budget and contractual requirements.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Support the Project Director with internal coordination across engineering and support teams and coordination with external stakeholders as required.
- Arrange, attend, and minute project meetings; track actions to closure and monitor progress.
- Prepare subcontractor requisitions and coordinate with subcontractors during task execution.
- Prepare progress updates, reports, and presentations to support management reporting.
- Maintain trackers, documentation, and records to support smooth project delivery.
- Perform other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.
What Required Skills You’ll Bring:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (or related discipline).
- Minimum 5 years relevant experience, preferably with infrastructure projects exposure.
- Strong coordination, communication, and documentation skills.
- Working knowledge of CAD and proficiency in MS Office and common project management tools.
What Desired Skills You’ll Bring:
- Experience supporting a PMO or program environment and managing multiple workstreams in parallel.
- Familiarity with basic project controls concepts (schedule tracking, risk/issue logs, change tracking).
- Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to work under tight deadlines.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related discipline
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience
- Strong coordination, communication, and documentation skills
- Working knowledge of CAD
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and common project management tools
- Infrastructure project experience
- Experience supporting a PMO or program environment
- Experience managing multiple workstreams in parallel
- Familiarity with project controls concepts, including schedule tracking, risk and issue logs, and change tracking
- Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to work under tight deadlines
Parsons Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are framed as a major value driver, with an ESOP alongside a 401(k) match and additional stock-purchase options contributing meaningfully to total rewards. This structure is positioned as especially attractive for employees who value long-term wealth-building over immediate cash.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as broad and choice-rich, with multiple plan types (PPO, HDHP, and some HMO networks) plus dental, vision, EAP, and wellness resources. The availability of different plan designs and national-carrier coverage supports varied employee needs.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are portrayed as competitive, including PTO, holidays, flexible schedules such as a 9/80 option for eligible roles, and floating holidays in the U.S. Paid parental leave of 160 hours is also highlighted as a meaningful component of the overall package.
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What We Do
Parsons is a digitally enabled solutions provider with a focus on making the world safer, smarter, healthier, more sustainable, and more connected. Founded in 1944, Parsons primarily serves the defense, security, and infrastructure markets. Uniquely qualified to deliver cyber/converged security, technology-based intellectual property, and other innovative services, the corporation delivers state-of-the-art solutions to federal, regional, and local government agencies as well as to private industrial customers worldwide. Parsons has a reputation for inclusion and diversity and has been named to the Ethisphere Institute’s list of World’s Most Ethical Companies for 10 consecutive years. Parsons facilitates a culture of innovation by encouraging collaboration among its employees and providing opportunities for career growth. With offices around the globe, people of varied talents and backgrounds, and a wide range of exciting projects, the possibilities at Parsons are endless. For more about Parsons, visit www.parsons.com. Mission: Delivering innovative infrastructure, defense, and security solutions to enable a more sustainable, safer, smarter, and more connected world.
