Senior Project Director
Senior Project Director
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Job Description
Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions is a technology partner of choice for the design engineering and construction of leadingedge processing facilities and related infrastructures worldwide. We enable our customers to optimize the use of the planets natural resources in order to provide clean and sustainable energy thanks to our people and their capability to innovate constantly. Through cutting edge innovation applied to our proprietary technology we contribute to the transformation of the energy industry and help to preserve & protect the atmosphere of our planet. Looking back on decades of operational expertise within the world leader in gases for industry health and the environment we develop creative safe reliable and competitive solutions for our customers proposing a sustainable worldwide offer of bestinclass plants in a dynamically changing marketplace.
Air Liquides ambition is to be a leader in its industry deliver long term performance and contribute to sustainability with a strong commitment to climate change and energy transition at the heart of its strategy.
How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW
The Project Director will execute the projects in accordance with the contractual commitments ensuring that the project team is familiar with the contractual features that affect the paying special attention to the analysis of risks and opportunities monitoring the projects schedule and cost meeting quality and safety requirements that have been set to fulfill both the Air Liquide E&Cs and business entitys expectations.
Successful candidates will:
Represent the business unit interests in the development and the of large and complex projects $200 million to $750 million);
Assist project and business development teams to identify budget and plan project solutions that maximize the competitiveness of Air Liquides commercial offer to the end customer;
Plan project according to Project Management Institute practices and to Air Liquides procedures;
Lead a multinational project team with representatives from multiple business entities;
Participate in required engineering review meetings at Air Liquides locations outside of the US (China UAE Germany France India Poland);
Create and maintain comprehensive project risk register and actively manage identified risks and opportunities;
Participate in negotiation and of engineering procurement and construction subcontracts;
Implement tracking and progress reporting using metrics and dashboards to communicate status of projects to all levels of management;
Participate in the setup of a baseline project schedule and monitoring of the progress with respect to this schedule;
Work with regulatory bodies to obtain required permits and licences;
Lead the project team in creation of discipline subcontract packages (piling civil mechanical and E&I) participate in prebid and clarification meetings and lead the contractor selection process;
Negotiate construction subcontracts with the help of subcontracting department and Air Liquide E&Cs legal team;
Oversee the performance of Air Liquide E&Cs construction construction field management team leading onsite construction activities and monitoring compliance with the contract;
Analyze manage and mitigate risks during project development and phases;
Drive a culture of One Air Liquide by promoting teamwork between operations engineering construction and project delivery teams;
Ensure use of proper construction techniques and enforce adherence to proper quality standards;
Prepare internal and external monthly project reports complying with Air Liquide E&C processes and procedures.
Analyze negotiate and execute construction subcontract change orders;
Monitor and champion safety performance through all aspects of the project but especially at the construction site.
Main Accountabilities
Launch and organize the projects establishing the budget and schedule control program taking corrective measures to bring the project back on track as required;
Ensure quality of service and compliance with the contractual requirements;
Establish the means of selfinspection that deems necessary to achieve Air Liquides quality standards;
Manage the contract controlling the of jobs within the original scope and identifying the changes to the contractual requirements;
Establish and maintain a good working relationship with the Owner Representative. Evaluate Owner Representatives requests and present changes to the contract;
Manage and forecast project resource requirements;
Ensure that the requirements of the Projects Plan and its associated procedures specific to the project are known and followed;
Ensure that the value engineering and capital efficiency initiatives are thoroughly investigated and implemented encourage and promote the concept of Continuous Improvement (CIMP) and distribute lessons learned from the project within the project team;
Ensure all procurement and subcontract bidding complies with Air Liquide policies procedures and governance requirements.
While the project director may or may not have any administrative direct reports his/her responsibility is to functionally manage the multidisciplinary project team that can be up to 30 individuals in the office and up to 1000 individuals on the construction site (including the subcontract labor).
Are you a MATCH
B.S. in Science or Engineering from an accredited college or university is required Advanced degree is preferred;
Minimum 20 years of work experience in an engineering discipline project engineering within an EPC organization project management construction or equivalent with additional exposure to business development procurement and operations;
Project Director will be competent in conflict resolution and crisis management. Previous military experience is a plus;
Previous experience as a mentor and supervisor to other project managers is a plus;
Possess ability to effectively communicate with multiple levels of organization both verbally and in writing;
Be willing to share personal technical knowledge with and foster development of other team members;
Candidate has to demonstrate ability to plan ahead and understanding of all facets of the construction process;
Be viewed as an established leader and have the ability to lead individuals without administrative chain of command;
Have the ability to travel internationally and domestically with up to 30 of time spent on the road (local and International) and construction site;
Fluency in multiple languages is a plus.
WORK CONDITIONS:
The position is based in an office in Houston Texas USA. The development and early engineering phase of the project will be based in the office requiring occasional travel abroad to E&Cs other engineering centers. Once mobilized in the field travel up to 50 of the time is expected.
Our Differences make our Performance
At Air Liquide we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees our customers patients community stakeholders and cultures across the world.
We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
