Senior Director, Construction Project Management Americas

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Job Summary

The Senior Director Construction leads and controls the day-to-day operations and strategic direction of large, cross-regional or global construction programs as well as mentoring and coaching both mature and junior team members of varying levels of experience.

The Senior Director contributes significantly to creating and maintaining best in class construction policies and procedures,. establishes and maintains supply chain relationships, as well as fostering a client- centric focus on our project delivery requirements.

 

The Senior Director's key focus is to produce predictable outcomes of the construction investments in the hub, with the aim of improving the OTD% (On-time Delivery %) of projects through:

• Planning and directing the day-to-day operations and long-term strategic direction of construction projects in the Americas  currently expanding  and likely to further experience major, aggressive vigorous expansions in the order of $X hundred million of CapEx.addition to existing expenditure commitments

• Providing leadership and direction in the areas of company construction policies, vendor relationships, accountability, training and employee development, subcontractor and supplier relationships, project and group profitability, accountability, training and employee development, project and group profitability, and all other areas covered within and by this group all in order to achieve overall Company objectives

 

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage all construction projects throughout the Americas

• Provide guidance and project leadership including:  ground-up greenfield and brownfield construction,, remodels, renovations, etc. ensuring projects are meeting or exceeding company expectations

• Direct an internal team of 5-7 per project (via a matrix structure) comprising internal construction managers, internal design team disciplines as well as procurement, operations, and IT/Network support teams

• Direct multiple (15+) external vendors per project comprising General Contractors, Architectural & Engineering design teams, commissioning agents, equipment suppliers, etc.

• Drive the further development and implementation of company and departmental processes and best management practices within their areas of responsibility

• Ensure effective contract administration including generation, review, management, and monitoring of prime contracts, subcontracts, change orders, cost forecasts, and other pertinent documents and documentation

• Assure that internal controls are in place at each step of the process

• Assure Inspection of work in place and work in progress to warrant these meet or exceed quality, specification, and schedule requirements

• Maintain strong working relationships with internal and external team members including teams, subcontractors, vendors, architects, and other industry professionals

• Monitor, analyse and manage controllable expenditures

• Direct staff to ensure efficient and effective departmental performance including training, professional development, and career advancement opportunities

• Interview, hire, and assure effective training and development of staff

• Provide Company subject-matter expertise in areas of responsibility

• Reports status, successes, challenges and plans- of- action to management team and company on a timely basis

• Develop, manage and be accountable for achievement of key departmental metrics

 

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