Project Director

Job Description

What You’ll Be Doing

• 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.
• Review and endorse project execution, nuclear safety, quality, construction, commissioning, security, environmental, and governance plans.
• Oversee multidisciplinary team coordination and mobilization of technical, engineering, controls, construction, commissioning, quality, safety, licensing, and commercial resources.
• Ensure compliance with safety cases, licensing commitments, regulatory requirements, nuclear quality standards, approved procedures, and contractual obligations.
• Promote nuclear safety as the overriding priority in project decision-making and delivery.
• Manage budgets, forecasts, change management, contract administration, claims avoidance, procurement strategy, cost control, and commercial risks.
• Manage technical, safety, licensing, construction, commissioning, commercial, schedule, supply chain, security, environmental, and stakeholder risks.
• Lead negotiations covering scope changes, variations, claims, technical deviations, design changes, contract amendments, and program adjustments.
• Control design changes, technical queries, non-conformances, corrective actions, safety-significant items, and project records.
• Monitor and report milestone, cost, schedule, safety, quality, environmental, security, commissioning, and sustainability performance.
• Support business development, proposals, client engagement, and pursuits for nuclear power, energy, and critical infrastructure opportunities.

Required Skills You’ll Bring

• 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 international developers.
• Experience coordinating nuclear safety, licensing, regulatory approvals, safety-case commitments, design authority requirements, and regulatory hold points.
• Strong commercial and financial management covering budgets, forecasts, earned value, change control, contract administration, procurement, and commercial risk.
• Experience managing heavy civil works, nuclear-grade structures, equipment installation, mechanical and electrical works, testing, commissioning, and contractor interfaces.
• Understanding of nuclear codes, standards, regulatory requirements, and international best practices.
• Strong leadership, communication, negotiation, decision-making, and stakeholder management skills.
• Understanding of project controls, risk, interface, schedule, cost, document, and configuration management.

Desired Skills You’ll Bring

• Familiarity with BIM, digital engineering, 3D model coordination, digital twins, integrated project controls, electronic document management, asset information management, and data-driven reporting.
• Experience managing interfaces among nuclear facilities, power-generation systems, transmission infrastructure, cooling water systems, site utilities, transportation networks, and public infrastructure.
• Experience with nuclear utilities, reactor technology vendors, EPC contractors, engineering consultancies, commissioning organizations, or owners’ engineering teams is preferred.
• Middle East or UAE experience on major energy, power-generation, industrial, or critical infrastructure programs is preferred.