Technical / Design Director (Marina) - PMC
Saudi Arabia | Permanent
Our Global Project Management Consultancy client has a new requirement for a well experienced Marina Technical / Design Director to join their team in Tabuk, KSA to work on a Giga-project in the Kingdom. Successful candidates will have a proven background as a Technical / Design Director on major Marina Developments across the wider GCC and a proven background working in a recognised PMC or Design Consultancy business.
This role is available for immediate joining and is a direct hire, permanent placement with our client.
Key Responsibilities:
- Champion health, safety, welfare of engineering management staff and consultants
- Lead a team of engineering management professionals
- Collaborate with others within the Engineering Directorate to achieve inter-workstream coordination
- Collaborate with interface directors/manager(s) and stakeholder directors/manager(s)
- Collaborate with Construction Delivery team to ensure constructability and delivery timeframes are agreed and achieved.
- Oversee implementation of Safety in Design procedures by engineering management team
- Review and approve scopes of design services for use in consultancy RFPs and Service Orders
- Lead the engineering management team in contributing to tendering processes (consultancies; construction contracts; design/build contracts; others)
- Review and approve engineering management team’s reviews and comments on service order proposals from consultants
- Oversee the technical and commercial management of the delivery of services by design consultants
- Oversee reporting of progress vs. programme of consultants’ services
- Oversee reporting on cost vs. contract value of consultants’ services
- Oversee coordination of design schedules with construction schedules
- Lead the implementation of risk management procedures by the engineering management team (individual consultancies; broader design development and impact on overall programme)
- Lead the continual updating of engineering management team deployment plans
- Direct the resourcing of engineering management
- Lead the preparation of job descriptions and collaborate with the Engineering Directorate in the recruitment and hiring of engineering management staff
- Set KPIs of engineering management staff, monitor progress toward achievement and support them in achieving same
Technical / Design Director (Marina) Experience:
- 20+ years’ experience in design in the employ of consultants and/or contractors
- Minimum 10 years’ experience as an engineer &/or engineering manager for marine projects in preliminary and final design stages (i.e. plans and specifications)
- Minimum 6 years’ experience on major marine works projects in a manager-level (preferably director-level) role with responsibility for multi-discipline, multi-consultant design development
- Effective communication (written and verbal) at all levels of the organisation
- Design leadership of multi-discipline, multi-location and multi-cultural teams
- Skill in formulating and communicating clear direction to engineering management team and design consultants - defining and prioritising objectives
- Skill in influencing decision-making through marshalling of facts, persuasively presenting recommendations and calmly, positively responding to challenge and scrutiny
- Chairing of meetings to achieve objectives in minimum time
- Reading and managing the big picture, best for project outcome
- Strong communication skills with Client, Stakeholders and Contractor teams
- Collaborative management style
Interested candidates are invited to share their up to date CV and details directly to jobs@j10consulting.ae for further review and process
Date Posted: 10 Oct 2024
Status: Filled