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Project Director (Wind)

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  • Location: Cairo, Egypt
  • Salary: Competitive
  • Job Type:Permanent

Posted about 7 hours ago

  • Sector: Renewables, Oil, Gas and Petrochemical
  • Contact: Naif Bin Abdulwahid
  • Contact Email: NaifBin.Abdulwahid@nrl.co.uk
  • Contact Phone: 01483 302 133
  • Start Date: 05 February 2025
  • Expiry Date: 07 March 2025
  • Job Ref: V-194568

Project Director – (Wind)

Location: Rhas Ghareb, Egypt

My client is looking for a Project Director who will be reporting directly to the CEO of the Project Company:

  • Be fully aware of Power Purchase Agreement, EPC Contract, O&M Agreement and various Project Agreements and manage the stakeholders effectively in line with the contracts

  • Ensures that the Company, the Operator and the Owner's Engineer (as defined in the EPC Contract) have appropriate organizations in place to fulfil their respective responsibilities during the Construction Period;

  • Ensures the Project is executed according to PPA/ EPC agreements, with the with highest standards of safety, environmental compliance, quality, within schedule and budget

  • Monitors plant design, procurement, construction, commissioning and testing working through the services of the Owner's Engineer;



Responsibility of PD together with the Construction Director:

Manages all construction activities on the project to ensure agreed work schedules, budgets, specifications, including quality, safety and environmental standards are adhered to.



Responsibility of PD together with the Engineering Manager:

Monitors the Technical function, ensuring that technical aspects of construction adhere to plans, specifications and accepted relevant engineering principles.



Responsibility of PD together with the Project Control Manager and Project Engineer:

Monitors Project Planning and Control function to ensure accurate control over work scheduling and planning, updating of work plan in accordance with actual progress and taking of any required mitigating action to ensure adherence to targets milestones.



Requirements:

  • A Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering is a must

  • Minimum 15 years of project management experience. With at least 10 years of experience into Wind technology

  • Must have strong EPC experience dealing with IPP projects

  • Experience in handling at least 3 large full cycle Wind projects, with minimum size of 250 MW

  • Professional Engineering (PE) registration is preferred

  • Project Management Professional (PMP) OR equivalent certification is preferred

  • Fluency in English with strong written and oral communication skills

  • Strong presentation and negotiation skills with the ability to influence others and ability to manage/direct several projects simultaneously

  • Skilled in standard office software (Word, Excel, Outlook, SharePoint, PowerPoint, etc.)

  • Strong leadership and organizational capabilities, understand and communicate complex technical, logical, or process issues in a timely, concise, and objective manner.

  • Excellent ability to analyze and independently solve a variety of difficult situations and problems using timely decision making

  • Able to influence multi-functional teams and leaders, and develop and maintain relationships across and between organizations.




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