Project Director

Role Overview

Project Leadership and Delivery

• Act as the senior representative with clients, designers, consultants, regulators, authorities, utility providers, and key stakeholders.
• Lead delivery through engineering, procurement, construction, installation, testing, commissioning, fuel-loading readiness, operational handover, and closeout.
• Oversee coordination of multidisciplinary teams.
• Promote a strong nuclear safety culture with nuclear safety as the overriding project priority.

Governance and Compliance

• Review and endorse the Project Execution Plan, Nuclear Safety Plan, Quality Assurance Program, Construction Management Plan, Commissioning Plan, Security Plan, Emergency Preparedness interfaces, and Environmental Management Plan.
• Ensure compliance with safety cases, licensing commitments, regulatory requirements, nuclear quality standards, design specifications, approved procedures, and contractual obligations.
• Support integration of nuclear safety, radiation protection, industrial safety, environmental, fire protection, cybersecurity, physical security, and emergency preparedness requirements.

Commercial and Risk Management

• Manage budgets, forecasts, change management, contract administration, claims avoidance, cost control, procurement strategy, and commercial risk management.
• Identify and manage technical, nuclear safety, licensing, construction, commissioning, commercial, schedule, supply chain, security, environmental, and stakeholder risks.
• Lead negotiations concerning scope changes, variations, claims, technical deviations, design changes, contract amendments, and program adjustments.

Quality and Performance

• Ensure configuration management and control of design changes, technical queries, non-conformances, corrective actions, safety-significant items, and project records.
• Monitor performance against milestones, cost, schedule, safety, quality, environmental, security, commissioning, and sustainability metrics.
• Oversee inspections, supplier surveillance, audits, non-conformance management, corrective actions, and documentation turnover.

Stakeholders and Growth

• Coordinate technical, engineering, project controls, construction, commissioning, quality, safety, licensing, and commercial resources with internal and regional teams.
• Support business development through strategy development, proposal preparation, client engagement, and future nuclear, energy, and critical infrastructure pursuits.
• Participate in senior-level meetings with government entities, regulators, clients, utilities, vendors, contractors, authorities, and community stakeholders.

Required Skills and Experience

• Relevant degree or diploma with 20+ years of experience delivering major nuclear power, power generation, energy, industrial, or complex infrastructure projects.
• Experience in a senior project management or project director position.
• Experience leading major nuclear power plant or mega infrastructure projects.
• Experience managing projects for government entities, major energy companies, or leading international developers.
• Experience coordinating nuclear safety, licensing, regulatory approvals, safety-case commitments, design authority requirements, and regulatory hold points.
• Experience covering engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning is preferred.
• Strong commercial and financial management capability, including budgets, forecasts, earned value, change management, and contract administration.