Construction Director

Job Responsibilities

1. Leads from the Owner’s side the plant construction activities with the assistance of the Owner’s staff, the Owner’s Engineer and the Operator to ensure that Project is performed properly in terms of quality, schedule, and budget in line with the Construction Contracts and without lost time accidents, severe injuries and/or fatalities.
2. Ensures Engie HSSE standards and Guidelines are applied and strictly followed. The Construction Director is accountable for HSSE results of the Project.
3. Monitors the Project works at site and liaises with and coordinates the efforts of the Owner’s Engineer, the Contractors, the Operator, the local authorities and the interface parties.
4. Makes sure that the Project follows Good Engineering and Construction Practices, and the best practices for Project Management according to the Project Management Institute guidelines as set up by ENGIE’s group guidelines by the Industrial Project Oversight & Support team.
5. Timely reports technical variances to the Executive Managing Director and proposes jointly with the Owner’s Engineer mitigation or alternative solutions.
6. Ensures that agreed corrective actions to mitigate the effects of variances are planned and carried out.
7. Monitors and keeps updated the overall schedule of the Project, integrating the Contractors and Operator schedules with the schedule of permits, authorizations, and other contractual obligations.
8. Leads technical meetings with the Contractors and the Operator, water supplier, power off-taker, Environmental and Regulatory Authorities.
9. Coordinates with the Operator and the Contractors the decommissioning and commissioning activities in relation to the Project.
10. Prepares with Owner Engineer the Acceptance Test procedure, integrating the Contractors and Operator input; coordinates with the Contractors and Operator the performance of Acceptance Test and issues notifications and reports as required under Power Purchase Agreement.
11. Leads design review meeting sessions and takes technical decisions with the support of the Owner’s Engineer.
12. Works with the Project Company’s Health and Safety Officer to ensure that the Contractors and the Operator implement health and safety and environmental measures on site in accordance with the respective contracts.
13. Under the supervision of the Executive Managing Director, manages the Project contractual/commercial issues and claims.
14. Analyzes requests for Change Orders received from the Contractors and gives recommendations to the Executive Managing Director in that regard.
15. Handles technical issues which may occur during the Project execution with the support of the Owner’s Engineer.
16. Supervises the Owner’s Project team and Owner’s Engineer team and assesses their performance.
17. Interacts with the Lenders Engineer, Construction and Operational Insurance advisers.