Jedson Engineering · 3 hours ago
Project Director
Mobile, AL
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
15+ years expJedson Engineering is seeking a Project Director for their EPC projects, responsible for leading project teams and ensuring successful project execution. The role involves developing project plans, managing budgets, and mentoring staff while overseeing project delivery and client relations.
ConsultingReal Estate
Responsibilities
Clarify the goals, deliverables, and outcomes of the project
Participate in Business Development activities from conception, proposal, project success, and client relationship management
Contribute to risk reviews and BRMF
Involved in FEED phase or equivalent, producing detailed control-level execution plans, budgets, and schedules
Oversee detailed design and procurement, managing overall project scope, schedule, budget, and forecasts (including subcontracts)
Oversee commissioning (field phase), including managing overall commissioning/turnover scope, schedule, budget, and forecasts
Oversee project close-out turning over project close-out reports, including historical data for future reference
Responsible for the Project Services function, including Document Control, Scheduling, and Cost Management
Identify potential project risks and develop contingency plans to minimize the impact of such risks
Continually monitor risks throughout project lifecycle
Responsible for the cost and schedule of the project to include tracking and reporting of budget vs actuals and implementing strategies to execute the project on plan
Accurately predict costs for various phases of project
Ensure all project deliverables have been completed as per the contract
Facilitate final delivery of project to the client
Qualification
Required
A bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university in Engineering, Construction Management or a related field
15 to 25+ years of related project experience
Experience in a project leadership role for a lump sum EPC project of more than $150MM or a Reimbursable project of more than $500MM
Strong understanding and working knowledge of Project Controls
Ability to foster and build strong relationships with clients, internal stakeholders and engineers
Demonstrated leadership skills to support a project from cradle to grave
Proven record of project leadership on EPC projects, either lump sum or reimbursable projects, with a project value between $150MM $500MM
Knowledge and skills to develop project plans, scope of services, schedules, budgets, and execution plans
Understanding of project success criteria
Primary interface with the client, and coordinates and leads the engineering team
Involvement in various business development activities
Mentoring and developing other employees within their organization
Strong commercial acumen to include understanding of key clients and their industry; market influences, financial cycles and product applications etc
Detailed understanding of different business frameworks including joint ventures and consortiums, and their respective risk, profit, loss and governance
Experienced working within different contract agreements from lump sum, reimbursable, G-max etc
Demonstrated understanding of local conditions, environment, climate, labor posture and availability
Demonstrated ability to work with local contractors and vendors and to maintain good community relations
Good understanding of the impact of local laws, regulations, prices, exchange rates, taxation issues, import and export criteria, logistics, etc
Active engagement with external organizations to include professional associations, education institutes, community partners and industry trade associations
Strong understanding of engineering principles, construction processes and project management methodologies
Excellent leadership, communication and negotiation skills
Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
Proficiency in project management software tools such as MS Project, Primavera or similar
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Risk Management capabilities
Financial management and resource optimization
Maintain the firm's reputation for excellence and delivering complex, multi-discipline projects on time, within budget and with quality
Company
Jedson Engineering
Jedson Engineering is an engineering company that offers engineering, procurement, and construction management services.
201-500 employees
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Growth StageLeadership Team
Rachid A. Abdallah
Chairman & CEO
Peter den Hollander, PMP
Chief Technology Officer
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