MRBU Construction Director

Overall Purpose

Lead and manage a team of Project Managers for all projects in the directorate to ensure that NWC's requirements for project management are implemented.

Key Accountabilities

• Allocate suitably competent Project Managers to specific projects, based upon project size, complexity and criticality.
• Periodically review the performance of Project Managers.
• Attend periodic management reviews in the cluster, in order to discuss the effectiveness and efficiency of the project management framework.
• Manage interdependent risks and value opportunities across the projects within the program.
• Work closely with the Cluster Risk Section Head to ensure that a compliant schedule of risk and value workshops is developed and implemented.
• Ensure that Project Managers properly coordinate the actions arising from risk and value workshops.
• Ensure that Project Managers properly organize design reviews, CAPEX stage gate reviews and project stage gate reviews.
• Act as the first point of escalation from Project Managers for all major issues and problems.
• Ensure that Project Managers organize robust reviews of Contractor recovery plans.
• Ensure that Project Managers cooperate fully with Project Auditors.
• Review and approve PMP and Project Initial Planning Documents, Strategies and plans.
• Discuss and identify suitable staff for the directorate projects.
• Approve the stage gate review for all directorate projects.
• Ensure that monthly project progress reports are jointly reviewed with the Project Managers.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent
• +12 Years of experience.

Core Competencies

• Teamwork - defining the role and interactions between departments, stakeholders and activities
• Effective communication - understanding stakeholder requirements
• Analyze problems and suggest solutions
• Achieving results and perseverance

Core Competencies

• Strategic and Long-Term Thinking
• Decision Making
• People and Relationship Management
• Change Management
• Stakeholder Management