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AECOM Project Director - RO Plant in NEOM, Saudi Arabia
Company Description
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Job Description
The Project Director serves as the senior AECOM representative for the project and is responsible to lead by example in personal conduct and professional oversight of all project aspects. Ensures client’s vision is achieved by managing and exceeding the client’s expectations.
Is responsible for the overall performance of the project (contractual, financial and technical) and assumes accountability for the performance of sub-contracted entities in the performance of the services required to deliver the contracted scope of services.
Optimizes resources required for project delivery and actively support staff professional development.
Duties:
Plans, directs, and supervises all operations including in a large, complex desalination project with greater risk and complexity, and significant financial impact.
Resolves complex issues.
Manages project on a local and International basis achieving quality outcomes, financial performance and client satisfaction.
Successfully develops strategy, prepares proposals, negotiates contracts, and executes project.
Acts as primary point of contact with client and has full responsibility for project delivery.
Project team will include AECOM staff across the globe and representing multiple business lines, working in a remote location and including various subcontractors.
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements :
Degree qualified in a relevant discipline civil / mechanical / electrical / structural / construction project management / industrial engineering
PMP, APM or an equivalent accreditation
Membership of a chartered institution MICE/ MCIOB/ MRICS
Proven track record of instituting project excellence models and best practices, including capacity building and talent development
Seasonal experience and knowledge of local authority processes, procedures, codes and regulations.
Maintain stakeholder relations with utility providers, private and public sector stakeholders
Minimum 20 years’ senior management experience in building, construction or infrastructure environment, plus 5 years of experience in a senior technical position on a desalination project.
Additional Information
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About AECOM
AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.
Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity
You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.
Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
ReqID: REF37391S
Business Line: Construction Management
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: ME and Africa
Career Area: Construction
Work Location Model: On-Site
Legal Entity: AECOM Arabia