Construction Director

OVERVIEW                                                                                               

NEOM is an accelerator of human progress and a vision of what a new future might look like. A region in northwest Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea, NEOM is being built from the ground up to include hyperconnected, cognitive cities, ports, next-generation infrastructure and industries, enterprise zones, research centers, sports and entertainment venues and tourist destinations.

As a destination, it will be a home for people who dream big and want to be part of building a new model for exceptional livability, creating thriving businesses and reinventing environmental conservation.

As a workplace, it is a place for people who share our core values of care, curiosity, diversity, passion, respect, and becoming a catalyst for change.

Are you ready to help NEOM find solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges? Are you prepared to create a lasting legacy that benefits generations to come? Then we want to hear from you!

ROLE OVERVIEW

• Oversee and direct construction programme during the full life-cycle of the implementation phase.
• Liaise with the design teams to review buildability and development of project schedule, deliverables, and cost estimates.
• Oversee the construction management teams to ensure the safe delivery of established project aims and objectives.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES & ACTIVITIES

Leadership

• Engage with the design teams to provide constructability feedback in respect of feasibility analysis, project design, appraisal and value identification.
• Lead the development of Project Execution Plans, which should be leveraged to draw up effective contracts to communicate project requirements to the implementation teams.
• Oversee the assembly of project teams and professional consultants and manage their input through the construction process.
• Report construction status (schedule, cost, and quality) to project delivery, and ensure the continuing development of schedule master plans through the detailing of periodic work-plans and progress trackers.
• Drive best value decision-making to ensure construction moves forward, minimising delays and setbacks in the drive to attain Project KPI’s.
• Ensure the NEOM environmental, quality, health and safety and welfare standards are executed by all parties.
• Analyse, manage and mitigate risk.
• Post Completion, effective handover to asset owner/manager.
• Lead team retrospective programme to ensure “lessons learned” are leveraged from project insights, to facilitate rapid improvement in the on-going construction programme and ensure that structured feedback is provided on delivery team performance.

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Over 20 years of rail / transportation construction experience, with at least 5 years’ senior executive experience earned with major construction companies.
• Over 10 years of rail / transportation construction experience gained in the Middle East / Asia.
• Demonstrated track record of the delivery of complex and high-value construction projects.
• Extensive knowledge of all facets of construction implementation.
• Proven construction feasibility and project planning experience.

• Demonstrated commercial acumen through business experience (either through ownership or major P&L ownership as an executive).
• Financial management experience.
• General knowledge of business processes.
• Ability and willingness to travel when necessary.
• Ability to analyze and resolve complex issues, both logical and interpersonal
• Ability to negotiate and defuse conflict.
• Demonstrated commercial acumen through business experience (either through ownership or major P&L ownership as an executive).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proven innovator.
• Experience leading and managing high performing individuals and teams.
• Ability to be a team player that motivates and educates other team members and comprehends complex, technical subjects.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to effectively interact with a diverse group of individuals.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor of Civil Engineering, Construction Management or equivalent qualification.