Deputy Network Manager (UAE Nationals Only)

Responsibilities

Support leadership, planning, and delivery of wastewater network and pumping station infrastructure.

Lead major capital and infrastructure projects across the full lifecycle:

• Planning and concept development
• Design and technical review
• Tendering and contractor procurement
• Construction, testing, commissioning, and handover

Provide senior technical oversight across:

• Gravity sewers
• Rising mains
• Pumping stations
• Urban infrastructure interfaces (roads, utilities, third-party assets)

Ensure compliance with statutory, safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements.

Integrate operational, maintenance, and long-term asset performance considerations into project delivery.

Manage and coordinate contractors, consultants, and suppliers.

Act as senior technical interface with:

• Municipalities and regulators
• Government agencies
• Contractors and suppliers
• Operations & Maintenance partners

Contribute to governance, quality assurance, risk management, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Support operational integration and asset handover processes.

Leadership & People Management:

• Provide senior technical leadership to multidisciplinary teams (engineers, planners, designers, safety, site staff).
• Support team development, capability building, and mentoring.
• Progressively assume broader leadership responsibility across the portfolio.

Requirements

• Bachelor degree in Civil or Mechanical Engineering
• Strong wastewater network and pumping station experience
• Proven delivery of complex infrastructure projects in regulated utility or infrastructure environments
• Strong technical, project management, and problem-solving capability
• Demonstrated leadership, stakeholder engagement, and communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects in high-pressure environments
• Proactive, solutions-focused, and capable of supporting long-term organizational capability growth

Preferred Qualifications

Benefits

• Competitive Benefits
• Positive Workplace Culture
• Opportunity to work with a leading international construction group
• Exposure to large-scale, high-impact projects in the Middle East
• Collaborative, diverse, and professional work environment
• Career growth and development opportunities

About the Company

Since first going into action in 1909, the BESIX Group has over the years grown into a multidisciplinary company with a leading position in its markets: construction, property development and concessions. BESIX Contracting specializes in construction, infrastructure and marine works, often in contracts with a high level of complexity. In Benelux and France, the Group’s regional affiliates BESIX Infra, Belemco, Cobelba, Jacques Delens, Vanhout, Wust and Lux TP ensure a strong presence and a local approach. With Franki Foundations, West Construct, Socogetra, BESIX Environment and Van den Berg, the Group offers specialist niche solutions for the building market like deep foundations, geo-engineering, road construction, water treatment and cable and pipeline construction.

Backed by our experience in our home markets, we have built up strong positions outside Europe. A typical example is the Middle East, where over a 50 year period we have built up an impressive portfolio. This diversification in activities and geography pays off by reducing our risk exposure