Project Director – HSSE

Job Description

Overview / Responsibilities
Wood is currently recruiting for a highly experienced and ambitious Project Director to manage a high profile $100m per year contract during a period of substantial growth.

Working from Dubai, the Project Director will be accountable for delivering a portfolio of projects to the agreed scope, specification, schedule and budget, and for managing change and customer relationships. They will be responsible for developing and leading a high performing team of up to 500 people both in Dubai and Iraq.

Project Execution:
– Accountable for the Contract HSSE leadership, ensures a program of initiatives and auditing schedule are established, and that HSSE and quality management issues are proactively addressed at the top priority for the business.
– P & L accountability with associated full commercial and financial responsibility including revenue delivery, margin and overhead management, budget and forecast determination and attainment,
risk and opportunity reviews, cost controls, accounts payable / billing and cash collection.
– Contributes to and reviews contract and project proposals and plans to establish timeframe, procedures for accomplishing the project, resource requirements, and allotment of available resources to various phases of the project. Ensures adherence to corporate policy and best practice and sets contract
evaluation parameters.
– Negotiates changes to contract scope with the customer. Follows Change Management process to identify and approve modifications to scope, cost, schedule and quality.
– Pursues and develop opportunities for innovation, such as digitalization and technology use, work share and high value engineering centers, to bring value to Wood and customer.
– Approves Contract procedures and Contract execution plan including the scope of work, deliverables list, master schedule, budget, org charts, risk register etc.
– Ensures competence of contract and project team members to carry out assigned work.
– Oversees proposals and call-offs (may be single projects) within delegation of authority, ensuring compliance with contracting policy and standards of ethical conduct.
– Monitors adherence to schedule, cost and quality and proactively intervenes to avoid slippage.
– Ensures that the required project management software systems are established for the project and the supporting training is completed.
– Ensure the project assurance protocol and schedule are established.
– Involved in establishing terms and conditions, and wider scope and larger size of projects may require more visibility in the community as well as activity in attracting project staff.