Project Director - AC Systems Projects in Glasgow

Lead a Large & Complex Full Turnkey AC Systems onshore and/or off‑shore project including Design, Supply, Construction, Electro‑mechanical Installation, and Testing & Commissioning works. Managing the Project team comprising of Project Management and other functions such as Engineering, Project Cost Control, Finance, EHS, Quality, Construction & Contracts Management to drive and control project activities in strict adherence to processes and procedures.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Partnering with all project stakeholders (internal & external) and accountable for project delivery to specification, budget, on time, and up to the satisfaction of the customer. Measures, optimises, and reports key operational & financial indicators of the project in accordance with applicable governance and pacing cycles. Supports settlements & claims in accordance with contract, analyses root causes of deviations, and fosters continuous improvement.
• EHS: Takes an active part in the communication & implementation of EHS plans, ensures a consistent approach in business decisions that impact EHS, represents the company in related legal aspects, and ensures that EHS is integrated into the project strategy.
• Project Integration Management: Identifies all parties (internal & external stakeholders) with a vested interest in the project and ensures their needs and impacts are balanced to produce a win‑win outcome in line with contractual obligations.
• Project Risk Management: Implements a risk management plan involving all stakeholders of the project, consistently tracks all risk activities through the life cycle of the project, puts in place accurate performance metrics to score risk, and ensures communication of risk.
• Project Cost & Finance Management: Understands and demonstrates financial management for the benefit of the company, comprehends financial reports and systems sufficiently to know the financial status of a project at any given time, and ensures that resources are best utilised.
• Project Scope Management: Demonstrates the ability not only to manage the overall scope of the project but also to oversee the scope of each participating entity to ensure all interfaces/overlaps are understood.
• Project Time Management: Ensures that all specific activities (including proactive claim management) that must be performed to produce the various project deliverables are identified and carried out by the project team.
• Tender Validation: Validates delivery model, commitments, and risks & opportunities of tenders.

Qualifications / Requirements

• Engineering Degree or equivalent with > 15 years of relevant experience.
• Business understanding (market knowledge in area of work, intl. exposure & awareness).
• Proven experience leading high‑value Turnkey Projects with the ability to influence others and lead large teams.
• Project management in an international environment (preferred) with experience of managing multidisciplinary teams with multiple interfaces and high project local content.
• Ability to coordinate several projects simultaneously.
• Effective problem identification and solution skills.
• Proven analytical and organisational ability.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.

Note: To comply with US immigration and other legal requirements, it is necessary to specify the minimum number of years\’ experience required for any role based within the USA. For roles outside of the USA, to ensure compliance with applicable legislation, the JDs should focus on the substantive level of experience required for the role and a minimum number of years should NOT be used.

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Management and Manufacturing

Industries

Electric Power Generation

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