Project Director

Our client is proud to design and build projects and careers. They are committed to fostering a welcoming and collaborative work environment that encourages big-picture thinking, brings out the best in their personnel, and helps them develop innovative solutions that contribute to building a better world together. If this sounds like a culture you would like to work in, you are invited to apply for this role.

Client is looking for a Project Director

Project Type: Oil & gas, petrochemical, power plant and refiner

Location: Khobar, Saudi Arabia

Requirements/Qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree or related in engineering discipline
• 22+ years’ experience
• Ability to communicate effectively with audiences that include but are not limited to management, coworkers, clients, vendors, contractors, and other stakeholders.
• Job-related technical knowledge is necessary to complete the job.
• Job related skills required - Strong leadership skills, customer focus, business acumen, influence, strategic agility, decision making, personal accountability, ownership and follow through, a team player, mentor, and coach.
• Ability to translate strategy (“what”) into actionable steps / executions plans (“how”), ability to attend to detail and work in a time-conscious and time-effective manner.
• Held positions as Project Engineering Lead on FEED and Detail Design projects.
• Professional registration and active participation in technical society

Responsibilities:

• Lead engineering schedule planning sessions to capture key inter-dependencies, verify key milestone dates are aligned with discipline control level schedules, key design reviews are incorporated in the engineering plan and level 3 schedule, and Model Reviews are scheduled based on meeting required pre-requisites. Verify that the schedule, job hours, execution plan and project risk register are all aligned.
• Own the project engineering schedule, and ensure that correct engineering sequence is maintained, or mitigations put in place. Achieve buy in and subsequent ownership from the discipline leads.
• Champion and support engineering through Project execution, by providing a culture that supports open communication of issues and concerns that is focused on resolution.
• Direct and/or manage the interface between Engineering and the other disciplines on the project including Project Controls, Project Management, Procurement and Contracts, Construction, and the client team.
• Verify that the engineering work on the project is completed on schedule, meets company quality standards including review meetings and checking procedures, performance is within the baseline effort hour and material budgets, required deliverables are produced, change management is executed in a timely manner, and Engineering Department Managers are apprised of issues related to their function.
• Be a focal point for resolution of interdisciplinary and technical issues, bring in others as needed to enable a path forward to be determined, aligned with the Project drivers. Be prepared to make risk-based decisions based on incomplete information, recording, and communicating any risk and mitigations.
• Translate global strategic initiatives and procedures and implement on project through project specific initiatives and procedures.
• Act as a leader in applying Cost Competitive Execution techniques and develop the most cost- effective total project solution for engineering

To apply for this position, please send your most recent CV to Lamis.Hakami@trsstaffing.com