Senior Project Director (Roads)

Role overview

Strategic and project delivery responsibilities

• Set strategic direction for the Ring Road RCS sector and translate objectives into scopes, phasing plans, and performance targets.
• Oversee planning, concept design, detailed design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover.
• Coordinate roads, bridges, tunnels, retaining structures, drainage, and utility corridors with other development sectors.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams and coordinate interfaces with planning, mobility, utilities, real estate, and operations functions.

Commercial, governance, and stakeholder responsibilities

• Manage consultants, contractors, suppliers, and technical advisers against contractual and technical obligations.
• Own budgets, cost planning, forecasting, resource allocation, programme development, and schedule control.
• Lead contract strategy, tender evaluations, awards, variations, negotiations, and claims management.
• Engage government and regulatory bodies to secure approvals, permits, and licences.
• Provide reporting to senior leadership and maintain communication with clients, authorities, communities, and other stakeholders.

Required skills and qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or a closely related discipline.
• Minimum 20 years of roads, highways, or heavy civil infrastructure project management experience with significant leadership responsibility.
• Experience delivering large-scale, complex infrastructure projects and managing road networks, interchanges, bridges, and civil and structural works.
• Strong knowledge of infrastructure standards, permitting, regulatory frameworks, project controls, contracts, claims, and value engineering.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder engagement, communication, negotiation, strategic thinking, and problem-solving capabilities.
• A master’s degree in Engineering, Project Management, or a related field is preferred.

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