Job role
- The Project Director (Construction) oversees the overall construction operations.
- The Project Director must possess a good industry standing and an excellent track record of managing complex multi-phased, interdisciplinary projects. They must have domain expertise in project management and have completed at least 1 project with a contract value of >$100 million in the last 10 years.
- He/She develops, enhances and influences the overall roadmap and direction for construction projects.
- He/She strategises and establishes policies and procedures to manage time, cost, quality, health, safety and environmental issues effectively.
- He/She formulates and drive sustainable strategies, procedures and guidelines to promote a culture of continuous improvement.
- He/She also leads a team of senior engineers/CM/PM to ensure efficiency in construction operations.
- He/She possesses high level of technical and engineering competence, as well as social and leadership skills to champion project sustainability interventions.
- He/She is also able to address ethical and professional issues in accordance with professional and ethical codes of practice.
- He/She is highly analytical and possesses strong project management, problemsolving and decision-making skills.
- He/She works in a fast-paced work environment and is expected to travel occasionally to
- project sites.
Job description
1. Manage construction phase
- Endorse construction contractual and tender documents for submissions
- Refine construction plans to ensure alignment with the overall project plans and requirements
- Establish policies and procedures to manage construction sites risks in alignment with industry standards
- Oversee construction progress based on contractual terms on time, cost and quality
- Establish connection with the various disciplines to manage action items and follow-ups from project meetings effectively
- Influence a culture of maintaining high quality assurance and control standards
- Establish policies and procedures to ensure compliance with relevant regulatory and legislative requirements, processes and procedures
- Oversee the engagement of subcontractors to support progress and completion of construction works
2. Manage project completion and closure
- Oversee the management of stakeholders’ expectations on the overall list of errors, defects and variations
- Oversee the management of stakeholders to validate completion of the overall list of errors, defects and variations
- Establish guidelines and procedures for commissioning and testing of components, equipment and systems
- Endorse project handover and closure documents for submissions to relevant authorities
- Oversee the management and resolution of defects identified during the defects liability period
3. Drive safety and sustainability
- Drive compliance with Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) policies and practices
- Establish organisational health and safety policies, processes and procedures in alignment with WSH policies and practices
- Recommend improvements based on WSH accident and incident findings and trends
- Drive organisational adoption of environmental sustainability and green building strategies
4. Manage people and organisational functions
- Drive talent recruitment and development in alignment with organisational strategy
- Drive team performance to achieve project performance metrics
- Manage the financial inflow and outflow against allocated budgets and forecasts
- Establish strategic business development objectives
5. Drive continuous improvement initiatives
- Keep abreast of latest developments in the built environment trends and technologies
- Evaluate benefits, trade-offs and impact of new technologies
- Lead the adoption of the latest built environment trends and technologies
- Drive a culture of continuous improvement to obtain time, cost and quality improvements
- Validate risk management plans and risk controls to ensure compliance with organisation’s risk management framework
6. Performance expectations in accordance with:
- Building Control Act
- Electricity Act
- Fire Safety Act
- Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Act
Job requirements
- Degree in Building Construction Management, Civil and/or Structural Engineering, building discipline or equivalent
- Minimum 15 years of experience in managing large (>$100m), fast-track, high-rise building projects. Must have completed at least 1 project with a contract value of >$100 million in the last 10 years with at least 5 years of project management working experience at a corporate level.
- Preferably accredited Construction Professional A-Star certified.
- Knowledge of project management, preferably PMI-certified PMP.
- Skilled in managing and motivating diverse, multi-functional, multi-cultural project teams.
- Organised, with a positive work attitude.
- Excellent leadership, time management, analytical, presentation, and interpersonal skills
- Able to implement Construction Project Management good practices
