Project Director

SYSTRA is one of the worlds leading engineering and consultancy groups specialising in public transport and sustainable mobility. With over 11,000 employees, SYSTRAs mission is to design safe and sustainable transport solutions to bring people together, develop social inclusion and facilitate access to employment, education and leisure throughout the world.

For 65 years, the Group has been working alongside cities and regions to contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their infrastructure and transport systems, throughout the life cycle of their projects. SYSTRA is involved from the earliest stages of design through to the testing, deployment and maintenance phases. The company provides all its services in over 80 countries worldwide and generates 74% of its turnover internationally. With its new services, SYSTRA supports its clients and partners in their digital, ecological and energy transition, in order to invent the mobility of tomorrow.

Context

Project Director involves in leading the overall delivery and management of the project on behalf of the client, from design through construction, testing, and commissioning. The Project Director oversees multidisciplinary teams, manages contractors and consultants, ensures compliance with contract terms, and monitors progress against schedule, cost, and quality objectives. Acting as the main point of contact for the client and key stakeholders, the Project Director is responsible for risk management, value engineering, and resolving complex issues to guarantee the safe, timely, and successful completion of the railway project in accordance with client requirements and industry best practices

Missions/Main Duties

• Managing large, complex infrastructure projects
• Demonstrating thorough knowledge of design, production and construction techniques, procedures, codes, and standards
• Overseeing and guiding contractors through the design process including conducting design reviews for completeness and constructability monitoring and verifying progress and timely submissions at all design phases.
• Advising clients on all matters pertaining to cost, scope and schedule.
• Providing value engineering proposals
• Developing and maintaining the risk management plan
• Managing contract administration, including reviewing, interpreting, and enforcing contract conditions, handling claims, changes, and dispute resolution.
• Excellent communication skills along with the ability to develop and maintain successful client relationships in English and Arabic
• Exhibiting strong project management experience gained at a leading project management consultancy.
  
  

• Technical / engineering related university degree, preferably a Masters Degre
• Not less than Twenty (20) years’ experience in Railway Projects with a minimum of fifteen (15) years’ of Contract Management, Design and Construction Supervision experience in Rail Projects
• Freight railway experience preferred
• Demonstrated experience in managing Design & Build Contractors and sub- contractors of various tiers, as well as third-parties on projects of similar size and complexity
• Excellent English language, verbal, reading and writing skills
• Strong problem identification, problem anticipation and problem resolution skills
• GCC experience preferred.