Project Director - Power

Job purpose

Project leadership and delivery

• Own delivery from contract award through engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover.
• Act as the primary accountable point for clients, joint venture partners, and internal leadership.
• Resolve cross-functional bottlenecks affecting schedule or budget.
• Direct interfaces between civil, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and control, engineering, and construction teams.
• Resolve design changes, technical queries, and interdisciplinary clashes.

Procurement and construction

• Oversee procurement of turbines, generators, transformers, switchgear, and balance-of-plant systems.
• Manage vendor selection, expediting, logistics, vendor quality, and factory acceptance testing.
• Provide executive oversight of site construction and subcontractor performance.
• Lead pre-commissioning, commissioning, plant start-up, and performance test completion.

Commercial and risk management

• Control project cost and schedule baselines through earned value analysis, variance reporting, and corrective action planning.
• Oversee contract administration, variation orders, and claims management.
• Maintain a comprehensive risk register and implement mitigation and contingency plans.

Safety, quality, and stakeholders

• Lead HSE, permit-to-work, process safety, hazard identification, and incident prevention across project sites.
• Manage relationships with clients, consortium partners, financiers, and regulatory bodies.
• Ensure compliance with grid codes, utility interconnection standards, and international engineering codes.
• Strengthen QA/QC frameworks for defect-free delivery, performance testing, and handover.

Education requirements

• A bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Civil Engineering, or a related discipline, is required.
• A master's degree in Engineering Management, Project Management, or Business Administration is preferred.

Workplace information

• The source does not explicitly state whether the role is onsite, hybrid, remote, or field-based.