Senior Project Engineering Director (m/w/d)

Job Description Summary

Become part of a winning team and help to deliver the Green Energy transition.

Job Description

Project Management

Scope of Work & Time Schedule

• Accountable for consolidation of the provisional drawing list, issue with submission dates, and global time schedule of engineering activities.
• Ensure that the follow-up of critical activities is done on a regular basis by discipline PEMs (Project Engineering Managers).

• Support work packages to anticipate and mitigate delivery issues.
• Coordinate with discipline engineers on delivery time of technical interfaces; check that information exchange interface sheets are in place and followed.
• Challenge the global time schedule for engineering activities in close collaboration with PEMs and the planner.
• Ensure technical disciplines are coordinated in terms of interfaces and synchronization.

• Responsible for the project engineering budget; manages monthly follow-up, identifies potential savings and deviations through the modifications sheet.
• Ensures imputations are properly allocated by WBS to ensure a consistent Return on Experience.

• Animate Visual Management sessions / I-Obeya.

• Elaborate the engineering execution strategy.
• Participate in project strategy elaboration with the Project Director.
• Define and validate the design quality plan for the entire engineering scope.
• Ensure implementation of EMH guidelines.
• Consolidate and follow technical risks & opportunities for the whole project, along with the corresponding mitigation/action plan.
• Implement a design freeze process for the project and validate the design freeze following relevant design reviews and technical risk assessments.

• Responsible in front of the customer for the engineering execution of the project. Acts as the preferred contact for customer management on all engineering-related topics.
• Accountable for compliance with customer technical requirements; organizes clause-by-clause analysis and coordinates certification activities when required.
• Ensure compliance with customer requirements through technical queries; track and manage potential exceptions.
• Together with all PEMs, ensure that answers to the customer are consistent and check cross-impact of comments.
• Manage customer technical meetings (including validation meetings, clarifications, design liaison meetings).

• Organize, with the Integration & Interface Manager and Document Controller Leader, the technical document management for the project: tool setup, delivery process, master drawing list, questions/responses follow-up.
• Validate and check consistency of engineering documents before final release to the customer.
• Coordinate tracking of customer comments and responses, along with document resubmission.
• Ensure management of return status of project documentation (approved, comments, resubmit, rejected) is performed.
• Coordinate tracking and management of identified or potential deviations.

• Accountable for the on-time delivery of engineering.
• Check effectiveness of design against delivery of contract requirements within project budget and seek global cost optimization during basic design.
• Approve transmittal of documents to the customer.
• Review main subcontracting files for major work package design activities (scope, deliverables, inputs, schedule).
• Ensure execution of OMM is coordinated.

• Ensure deployment of engineering tools (CAD, PDM/DMS) is done as per strategy.
• Define design management tools.
• Organize design review plan and manage design reviews with the customer and certifier (if any).
• Integrate EHS requirements based on project strategy.
• Set up and consolidate engineering KPIs and reporting for the whole project on a regular basis (generally monthly).
• Ensure non-conformance reports involving engineering are managed.

• Support PEM integration in the management of technical interfaces with main subcontractors, customers, and third parties.

• Comply with quality procedures, work instructions, and processes in EMH.
• Report or resolve any non-conformances in a timely manner.

• Implement design freeze and EHS in design.
• Demonstrate EHS leadership and ensure the Zero Deviation Plan is implemented within the team.
• Set the example by demonstrating proper actions, actively observing work conditions and behaviors, giving constructive feedback, and celebrating effective EHS prevention.
• Actively participate in defining corrective actions when work is unsafe or when an uncontrolled risk is observed.
• Routinely observe routines and behaviors of others, provide immediate feedback regarding unsafe behavior, and celebrate achievements or safe behaviors.

• 10+ years of engineering activities in EPC-type environments in T&D, Power Gen, or Oil & Gas industry.
• Mastery of engineering processes such as civil work, plant configuration, control & protection hardware, system & performance studies, or electrical design.
• Successful experience in project technical management on large-scale projects with complex organizations.
• Strong influencing and relationship-building skills.
• Knowledge of project execution risks and financial processes.
• Willingness to work in different locations for short or medium periods and to travel worldwide.
• Demonstrated presentation skills and ability to succinctly communicate complex messages.
• Demonstrated ability to lead in an unstructured environment and deliver results.
• Demonstrates ownership & accountability, judgment and decision-making, influences & inspires teams, creates a vision and strategy, and has passion for the role.
• Global experience and mindset, including high technical cultural competence and sensitivity.