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Reports To: Applications and Development Manager Department: Group Information Technology Location: Dubai, UAEJob Type: Full-time, permanent Experience Required: 7+ years of hands-on Oracle E-Business Suite technical development and support experience across Finance, Supply Chain, Projects, and HR modules, including at least one full-lifecycle implementation, upgrade, or major rollout. Education and Certifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. Oracle certification in PL/SQL or application development is an advantage.<br>ABOUT THE ROLEA large multi-entity group operating in the UAE construction and engineering sector is seeking an Oracle EBS Technical Consultant to maintain, customize, and extend its Oracle E-Business Suite environment. The role covers Purchasing, Inventory, Finance, HR and Payroll, Project Costing, Project Billing, and the custom extensions built around them, ensuring the application estate operates reliably and continues to evolve with the business. This is a hands-on technical position working alongside functional consultants and business stakeholders. It combines day-to-day production support and performance troubleshooting with the design and delivery of reports, interfaces, conversions, extensions, and personalizations across a multi-org, multi-ledger EBS landscape supporting main contracting and MEP engineering businesses. KEY RESPONSIBILITIESDevelopment, Customization, and Extensions Write, review, and optimize SQL and PL/SQL, including packages, procedures, functions, triggers, and cursors, to support reporting, data extraction, conversions, and system customization requirements. Design, build, and deploy Oracle Forms and Forms personalizations, and develop and customize Oracle Application Framework (OAF) pages to support specific business processes, including validations, defaulting rules, and user interface changes. Build and maintain custom extensions, concurrent programs, request sets, value sets, alerts, and Workflow customizations under the custom application top, following Oracle coding standards so that customizations survive patching and upgrades. Reporting and Business Intelligence Design and develop custom reports using BI and XML Publisher, including data models, RTF and Excel templates, and bursting configuration, to meet business reporting needs. Customize report layouts, templates, and data sources across Finance, Procurement, Projects, and HR to reflect changing requirements. Support ad-hoc data extraction and analysis for management reporting, audit, and regulatory submissions, ensuring reported figures reconcile to the underlying transactions. Interfaces, Integrations, and Master Data Develop and maintain inbound and outbound interfaces using Oracle standard APIs, open interfaces, and interface tables, with robust error handling, logging, and reconciliation controls. Support integrations with third-party systems, including e-invoicing platforms, banking and payment interfaces, payroll systems, and internal portals. Assist in the creation and maintenance of supplier records, supplier bank details, and material master data, ensuring accuracy and completeness to support procurement and financial processes. Production Support and Performance Provide day-to-day technical support to end users, triage and troubleshoot incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrections within agreed service levels. Diagnose and resolve database and application performance issues through execution plan analysis, indexing, query tuning, and concurrent program optimization. Support patching, cloning, and environment refresh activities in coordination with the DBA and infrastructure teams, and retest customizations after each patch cycle. Requirements, Delivery, and Documentation Collaborate with functional consultants and business stakeholders to gather requirements, assess technical feasibility, estimate effort, and implement changes that improve process efficiency. Produce technical design documents, unit test scripts, and migration instructions, and support system integration testing, user acceptance testing, and cutover. Maintain accurate and current documentation of all customizations, interfaces, and extensions so that knowledge is not concentrated in a single individual. Governance, Security, and Continuous Improvement Follow the Group IT change management process for all development, testing, and migration between environments, with documented approval before any production deployment. Apply secure coding practices, respect application security and segregation of duties, and support internal and external audit requests with evidence and system walkthroughs. Identify opportunities to automate manual processes, retire redundant customizations, and reduce the technical debt carried in the EBS estate. SKILLS AND COMPETENCIESStrong SQL and PL/SQL development skills, including performance tuning and the ability to read and debug complex existing code written by others. Practical knowledge of Oracle EBS R12 or R12.2 technical architecture and data model across AP, AR, GL, FA, PO, Inventory, Project Costing, Project Billing, HRMS, and Payroll. Hands-on experience with BI and XML Publisher, Oracle Reports, Oracle Forms and Forms personalization, and OAF page development and extension. Experience with Oracle standard APIs, open interfaces, and Workflow Builder, and familiarity with AME approval hierarchies. Sufficient understanding of the underlying finance and supply chain processes to challenge a specification that will not work in practice. Working knowledge of Unix or Linux shell scripting and concurrent manager administration. Clear communication with both technical and business audiences, strong problem-solving under pressure, and the discipline to document what has been built.<br><br>CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTSBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. Minimum 7 years of professional experience developing, supporting, and maintaining Oracle E-Business Suite, preferably R12 or R12.2. Demonstrable delivery of reports, interfaces, conversions, and extensions across Finance, Supply Chain, Projects, and HR modules. At least one full-lifecycle Oracle EBS implementation, upgrade, or major rollout. UAE or wider GCC experience preferred. Experience in construction, contracting, EPC, or manufacturing, and in a multi-org, multi-entity environment, is a strong advantage. Experience working within a formal IT change control regime and alongside functional consultants and external implementation partners.

We're Hiring: Senior Quantity Surveyor Location: United Arab Emirates (Remote) Employment Type: Full-Time Experience Level: Senior Work Arrangement: Fully Remote About UsWe are a globally focused organization delivering complex construction, infrastructure, real estate, engineering, and development projects across diverse markets. Our multidisciplinary teams combine commercial, engineering, project-management, procurement, design, and construction expertise to deliver projects safely, efficiently, and with strong commercial discipline. The Role We are seeking an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to lead commercial and cost-management activities across construction and development projects. The role will oversee cost planning, measurement, estimating, procurement, tendering, contract administration, valuations, variations, payment certification, cost reporting, final accounts, and commercial risk management throughout the project lifecycle. The ideal candidate will bring strong technical quantity-surveying expertise, commercial judgment, contract knowledge, analytical capability, and the ability to work effectively with clients, consultants, contractors, suppliers, and project teams. Key Responsibilities Lead quantity surveying and commercial management activities across assigned construction and development projects. Develop and maintain project cost plans, budgets, forecasts, and commercial strategies. Review project scope, drawings, specifications, schedules, and contract documents to establish accurate cost requirements. Prepare detailed quantity take-offs, bills of quantities, schedules of rates, and pricing documents. Measure building, civil, infrastructure, MEP, architectural, structural, and specialist works as applicable. Prepare and review cost estimates at feasibility, concept, design-development, tender, and construction stages. Develop elemental and detailed cost plans and monitor cost movement throughout the project lifecycle. Benchmark project costs against historical data, market rates, and comparable projects. Conduct cost analysis and identify opportunities for value engineering and cost optimization. Support project feasibility studies, investment appraisals, and financial business cases. Prepare tender documentation, bills of quantities, pricing schedules, and commercial instructions. Manage tendering and procurement processes in coordination with Procurement, Design, Engineering, and Project Management teams. Identify suitable contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, and specialist vendors for tender participation. Issue and manage requests for quotations, invitations to tender, clarifications, and commercial submissions. Review and analyze contractor and supplier tenders for completeness, compliance, qualifications, exclusions, and commercial risks. Prepare tender comparison reports and commercial recommendations. Lead or support commercial negotiations with contractors, subcontractors, consultants, and suppliers. Review contract terms, pricing mechanisms, payment provisions, retention, bonds, warranties, insurance, and commercial obligations. Administer construction contracts in accordance with approved terms and project procedures. Monitor contractor financial performance, commitments, expenditure, and forecast final cost. Prepare interim valuations and assess contractor applications for payment. Verify measured quantities, completed works, supporting documentation, and contractual entitlement before payment certification. Maintain accurate records of project costs, commitments, payments, variations, claims, and forecasts. Assess variations, change orders, instructions, and additional works for scope, quantity, valuation, and contractual entitlement. Prepare and negotiate variation quotations and commercial assessments. Monitor potential changes and ensure commercial impacts are identified before implementation where possible. Review extension-of-time and disruption claims from a commercial and contractual perspective. Assess loss-and-expense claims, prolongation costs, acceleration costs, and other contractor entitlements. Prepare commercial recommendations relating to claims, disputes, and contractual matters. Maintain variation, claims, payment, procurement, and commercial registers. Monitor project cash flow and prepare periodic cost forecasts. Prepare monthly commercial reports covering committed cost, actual expenditure, forecast final cost, variations, risks, and opportunities. Analyze cost movements and investigate significant variances against approved budgets. Establish and monitor project cost-control procedures and commercial governance. Identify commercial risks and develop mitigation strategies with project leadership. Support project managers and senior leadership with commercial advice and cost information. Provide independent cost advice to clients, developers, project directors, and other stakeholders. Review consultant, contractor, subcontractor, and supplier proposals for commercial completeness and value. Coordinate with architects, engineers, project managers, planners, procurement teams, finance teams, and legal advisers. Participate in design reviews to identify cost impacts and opportunities for value optimization. Monitor design development and assess the commercial impact of design changes. Support value-engineering workshops and evaluate alternative materials, systems, specifications, and construction methodologies. Maintain cost databases, market-rate information, historical project data, and benchmarking information. Monitor construction market conditions, labor costs, material prices, equipment costs, and supply-chain trends. Assess the commercial impact of inflation, foreign-exchange movements, material escalation, and market volatility where relevant. Review subcontractor accounts, payment applications, variations, and final accounts. Support procurement strategies and packaging decisions to improve cost, schedule, and commercial outcomes. Monitor procurement commitments against approved budgets and project cash-flow requirements. Prepare and negotiate subcontract and supplier final accounts. Lead the preparation and agreement of main-contract final accounts. Ensure all commercial records and supporting documentation are complete, accurate, and properly maintained. Support internal, client, lender, regulatory, and external commercial audits. Ensure compliance with applicable contractual, commercial, procurement, financial, and project-governance requirements. Identify potential contractual disputes at an early stage and support resolution through structured commercial analysis. Maintain effective documentation and evidence trails for commercial decisions and contractual matters. Mentor junior quantity surveyors, commercial assistants, and other project-commercial personnel. Establish consistent measurement, estimating, reporting, and commercial-management standards across projects. Promote best practices in cost control, contract administration, procurement, and commercial risk management. Evaluate digital quantity-surveying, cost-management, BIM, estimating, and commercial-management technologies. Use BIM and digital measurement tools where appropriate to improve quantity accuracy and cost visibility. Provide senior management with regular reports on project cost, commercial risks, claims, variations, forecasts, and financial performance. Key Performance Indicators Project cost variance Forecast final cost accuracy Budget adherence Cost-plan accuracy Cost-estimate accuracy Quantity measurement accuracy Tender savings and competitiveness Procurement cost efficiency Tender turnaround time Tender evaluation accuracy Contractor commercial performance Subcontractor commercial performance Variation identification and resolution Variation value versus approved budget Variation approval cycle time Claims resolution performance Payment certification accuracy Payment turnaround time Final-account completion Final-account variance Cost-reporting timeliness Forecast accuracy Cost-risk identification Commercial risk mitigation Value-engineering savings Cost-saving opportunities identified Procurement savings Cash-flow forecast accuracy Contract compliance Commercial documentation accuracy Audit findings and closure Commercial dispute resolution Subcontractor account settlement Project commercial performance Cost per project milestone Commercial team productivity Client and stakeholder satisfaction Cost-management process improvement Digital measurement and reporting adoption Ideal Candidate The successful candidate should have strong experience in quantity surveying, cost management, commercial management, construction economics, contract administration, or project commercial management, preferably across major building, infrastructure, engineering, real estate, or development projects. The candidate should demonstrate:Extensive experience in quantity surveying and construction cost management. Strong knowledge of measurement, estimating, cost planning, tendering, procurement, and commercial administration. Proven experience managing project costs from pre-contract through construction and final account. Strong understanding of construction contracts and commercial principles. Experience with variations, claims, valuations, payment applications, and final accounts. Strong knowledge of construction measurement standards and methods. Experience preparing and reviewing bills of quantities and schedules of rates. Strong tender analysis, bid evaluation, and commercial negotiation capabilities. Experience working with main contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, consultants, and specialist vendors. Strong understanding of building, civil, structural, architectural, and MEP construction costs. Ability to interpret technical drawings, specifications, schedules, and contract documentation. Strong cost-analysis, forecasting, budgeting, and financial-reporting skills. Excellent commercial judgment and risk-assessment capabilities.

We're Hiring: Senior Construction Supervisor Location: United Arab Emirates (Remote) Employment Type: Full-Time Experience Level: Mid-Level to Senior Work Arrangement: Fully Remote About UsWe are a globally focused organization committed to delivering safe, high-quality, efficient, and sustainable construction projects across diverse markets. Our multidisciplinary teams collaborate across Construction, Engineering, Architecture, Project Management, Procurement, Quality, Health & Safety, Commercial, and specialist contractors to ensure projects are delivered in accordance with approved designs, schedules, budgets, and regulatory requirements. The Role We are seeking an experienced Senior Construction Supervisor to oversee day-to-day construction activities, coordinate contractors and site teams, monitor workmanship and progress, and ensure construction work is completed safely, efficiently, and in accordance with approved drawings, specifications, schedules, and quality standards. The ideal candidate will provide strong field leadership, identify construction issues early, coordinate multiple trades, maintain site discipline, and work closely with project management and technical teams to support successful project delivery. Key Responsibilities Supervise daily construction activities across assigned projects, work areas, or construction packages. Coordinate site activities with project managers, engineers, architects, consultants, contractors, and subcontractors. Review approved drawings, specifications, method statements, work programs, and construction requirements before execution. Ensure construction activities are performed in accordance with approved design documents and project requirements. Monitor daily site progress and compare actual performance against approved schedules and milestones. Coordinate sequencing of works between civil, structural, architectural, MEP, finishing, and specialist trades. Allocate work areas and coordinate contractor activities to minimize clashes, delays, and disruptions. Conduct daily site walks and verify progress, workmanship, safety, housekeeping, and site conditions. Identify construction constraints, access issues, material shortages, design conflicts, and other potential delays. Escalate critical construction issues and recommend practical solutions. Monitor contractor performance against agreed scope, schedule, quality, and site requirements. Coordinate subcontractor activities and ensure proper work interfaces between different trades. Verify that required manpower, equipment, materials, and tools are available before planned activities begin. Monitor delivery, storage, handling, and use of construction materials. Verify that materials installed on site comply with approved specifications, samples, and submittals. Review material deliveries and identify damaged, incorrect, or non-conforming materials. Coordinate inspections and approvals before covering, enclosing, or progressing critical construction works. Monitor workmanship and ensure work meets approved drawings, specifications, tolerances, and quality requirements. Identify defects, incomplete works, deviations, and non-conformances and coordinate corrective actions. Work with Quality teams to implement inspection and test plans and construction quality requirements. Support preparation and closure of inspection requests, punch lists, snag lists, and quality observations. Coordinate testing, commissioning, and verification activities relevant to construction packages. Monitor construction methods and ensure approved method statements are followed. Verify that permits, approvals, inspections, and prerequisite activities are completed before work proceeds. Coordinate with Health & Safety teams to ensure safe work practices are implemented on site. Monitor compliance with site safety rules, PPE requirements, access controls, housekeeping, and high-risk work procedures. Immediately report unsafe conditions, incidents, near misses, and significant safety concerns. Support toolbox talks, safety briefings, and site safety awareness activities. Coordinate safe execution of work involving lifting, excavation, working at height, hot work, confined spaces, electrical activities, and other high-risk operations. Monitor site housekeeping, waste removal, material storage, temporary works, and access routes. Coordinate with logistics teams to manage site access, deliveries, unloading, material movement, and equipment operations. Review contractor manpower levels and productivity and identify resource shortages. Monitor equipment utilization and identify opportunities to improve site productivity. Maintain daily site records covering manpower, activities, progress, deliveries, inspections, issues, and weather conditions where relevant. Prepare daily, weekly, and periodic construction progress reports. Record site instructions, technical queries, design clarifications, delays, and outstanding actions. Support coordination of RFIs, technical queries, drawing revisions, and construction clarifications. Ensure current approved drawings and documents are available to site teams. Monitor drawing revisions and prevent construction based on superseded information. Participate in coordination meetings, progress meetings, technical reviews, and contractor meetings. Provide accurate site information to project management and engineering teams. Monitor construction interfaces with existing facilities, neighboring works, utilities, roads, and operational areas. Coordinate temporary works, access arrangements, protection measures, and site logistics as required. Support planning and execution of phased construction, shutdowns, relocations, and complex work sequences. Identify opportunities for construction-method improvements, productivity gains, and schedule recovery. Assist project management in evaluating delays, disruptions, productivity issues, and potential schedule impacts. Monitor contractor recovery plans and verify implementation of agreed corrective measures. Support quantity verification and progress measurement for completed works where required. Coordinate with commercial and project controls teams regarding work progress, variations, and potential claims. Verify completed works against approved quantities, drawings, and specifications. Support preparation of as-built information by ensuring site changes are properly documented. Participate in final inspections, snagging, defect rectification, handover, and closeout activities. Ensure outstanding construction activities are tracked through completion. Maintain professional relationships with contractors, consultants, suppliers, project teams, and site personnel. Provide field leadership and practical guidance to supervisors, foremen, engineers, and trade teams. Mentor junior site personnel and promote strong construction-management practices. Support continuous-improvement initiatives based on lessons learned, recurring site issues, and project performance. Ensure site activities are conducted in accordance with applicable regulations, permits, project requirements, and contractual obligations. Key Performance Indicators Construction progress against schedule Milestone achievement rate Schedule variance Planned versus actual productivity Contractor performance Subcontractor performance Construction quality Non-conformance rate Defect and snag rate Rework percentage First-time inspection approval rate Inspection completion rate Material approval compliance Drawing compliance Technical query resolution time RFI turnaround time Site issue closure rate Corrective-action closure rate Safety incident frequency Near-miss reporting Safety inspection completion High-risk work compliance Permit compliance PPE compliance Housekeeping performance Material availability Material wastage Equipment utilization Manpower productivity Construction downtime Schedule recovery performance Change and variation response time Daily reporting accuracy As-built documentation completion Handover readiness Punch-list closure rate Project closeout performance Contractor response time Stakeholder satisfaction Construction cost performance Continuous-improvement implementation Ideal Candidate The successful candidate should have strong experience in construction supervision, site management, civil construction, building construction, infrastructure, fit-out, MEP coordination, industrial construction, or multidisciplinary project delivery, preferably within large-scale commercial, residential, industrial, infrastructure, hospitality, or international construction projects. The candidate should demonstrate:Strong knowledge of construction methods, site operations, sequencing, and construction coordination. Proven experience supervising construction activities and multidisciplinary site teams. Strong understanding of architectural, structural, civil, and MEP construction interfaces. Experience reading and interpreting construction drawings, specifications, schedules, and technical documents. Strong knowledge of construction quality requirements and inspection processes. Experience identifying defects, non-conformances, rework, and construction deviations. Strong understanding of site health and safety requirements and high-risk work controls. Experience coordinating contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, consultants, and site personnel. Strong understanding of construction materials, installation methods, workmanship standards, and site logistics. Experience monitoring construction progress, productivity, manpower, equipment, and resources. Strong problem-solving and field-decision-making capabilities. Excellent communication and coordination skills. Ability to identify construction risks and escalate issues promptly. Strong documentation and reporting capabilities. Experience using construction-management, scheduling, document-control, or project-management systems. Familiarity with BIM, digital construction platforms, mobile inspection tools, or electronic document-management systems is advantageous.