Project & Construction Director, RAS Facility

A private investment group is seeking an experienced Project & Construction Director to lead the development and construction of a major greenfield RAS and fish-processing facility in Austria.

The successful candidate will take overall responsibility for the construction delivery of the project: procurement construction installation commissioning and handover to operations.

This is a large-scale aquaculture production project requiring the integration of complex industrial infrastructure water and utility systems specialized production technology and operational facilities.

• Lead the end-to-end engineering and construction of the greenfield RAS facility.
• Take ownership of project scope CAPEX budget schedule quality and construction delivery.
• Manage design development engineering coordination permitting and regulatory approvals.
• Lead procurement and tendering for major construction and engineering packages.
• Manage EPC/EPCM partners general contractors engineering consultants subcontractors and equipment suppliers.
• Oversee civil and structural works utilities water infrastructure MEP systems and installation of specialized production equipment.
• Coordinate construction requirements with aquaculture technology and operational teams.
• Manage construction schedules critical paths costs variations claims and contractor performance.
• Ensure compliance with HSE quality technical and regulatory requirements.
• Lead project controls reporting risk management and change management.
• Oversee commissioning testing start-up and handover of the completed facility to operations.

• Extensive senior-level experience in greenfield construction and delivery of complex industrial or production facilities.
• Proven track record of managing projects from design and permitting through construction commissioning and handover.
• Strong experience with EPC/EPCM projects industrial construction and major CAPEX programmes.
• Experience in aquaculture agriculture food production controlled-environment production process industries or other technically complex production facilities is particularly relevant.
• Experience with projects involving complex utilities water systems process infrastructure or specialized production equipment is a strong advantage.
• Strong experience managing contractors engineering partners significant budgets and multidisciplinary project teams.
• Strong commercial and contractual capabilities.
• Hands-on leadership style with strong project and stakeholder-management skills.
• Fluent German and English are mandatory.