Project Director - Power

Role purpose

Project delivery and interfaces

• Integrate engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover with the master schedule; serve as primary accountability point for project performance.
• Coordinate civil, mechanical, electrical, and I&C engineering with construction; resolve design changes, technical queries, and interdisciplinary clashes.
• Oversee major equipment procurement, vendor selection, expediting, logistics, vendor quality, and factory acceptance testing; manage long-lead risks.
• Oversee site construction, sequencing, subcontractors, quality, pre-commissioning, and commissioning with OEMs and project teams.

Commercial, safety, and stakeholders

• Control cost and schedule baselines using earned value analysis, variance reporting, and corrective actions; oversee contract administration, variations, and claims.
• Lead HSE and process safety, including permit-to-work compliance and hazard prevention across contractors and subcontractors.
• Manage client, consortium, financier, and regulatory relationships; report transparently and resolve delivery issues.
• Maintain a risk register and mitigation plans; ensure grid-code, interconnection, engineering, and QA/QC compliance through testing and handover.

Education and experience

• Bachelor's degree in electrical, mechanical, or civil engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 15–18 years delivering large-scale EPC power projects, including 6–8 years in a Project Director or senior project leadership role.
• Experience with thermal, combined-cycle, renewable, or transmission and substation projects, and multidisciplinary teams across the project lifecycle.
• Strong experience in contract administration, claims management, and commercial negotiation on FIDIC or equivalent EPC contract forms.

Preferred qualifications

• A master's degree in engineering management, project management, or business administration is preferred.
• PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management certification is highly preferred.

Knowledge and skills

• Power generation technologies, grid interconnection requirements, and power-sector EPC delivery models.
• Project cost, schedule, contract performance, earned value management, and project controls.
• Multidisciplinary engineering coordination, construction sequencing, risk mitigation, and stakeholder management.
• HSE, process safety, and quality assurance across large, multi-contractor project sites.