Project Director

at  SIEMENS ENERGY

A Snapshot of your day
As Project Director, you will be reporting to the Head of Operations. Your principal role will be the management of the overall project comprising of packages ranging from HV equipment, Onshore Substations, Offshore Platforms, Offshore Containers to Ancillary systems throughout all the phases from design, construction to commissioning. You should have previously handled large and sophisticated category ‘A’ projects preferably in the transmission industry or ideally in the offshore industry and be able to demonstrate success in your previous project delivery.
As a senior representative of the business, you will strive to handle customer expectations and conclude the project to the satisfaction of both the customer and the business.
You will support the business by devising and implementing strategies for strengthening customer dedication and market position, where applicable.

• Using available risk measurement tools throughout project life cycle to identify and assesses all risk factors
• Devising suitable strategies for risk mitigation (eliminate, reduce, isolate, control)
• Implementing procedure for solving issues and problems (identification, analysis, actions and controlling) with all vital internal and external partners
• Identifying, assessing, and implementing all opportunities for improving result

As part of your Contract, Change and Claim Management responsibilities you will:

• Influence formulation of the necessary contracts
• Collaborate with partners on Change Requests and incorporate them into contracts
• Define and agree the strategy for making, mitigating and defending claims
• Involve the project team in the identification of changes and claims
• Assess contracts in terms of claim-relevant significance, and ensure legal expert input
• Put the strategy for making / mitigating claims into practice
• At an early stage, advise customer, management and project team of deviations
• At an early stage identify, drive, defend and mitigate claims
• Protect the organisation from exposure to any contract liability

A meaningful part of your work will be the Project Planning, Controlling and Closure. You will:

• Handle all PM@Siemens - relevant planning elements and achievement work results according to the project category
• Set up and maintain the Siemens Project Management Plan
• Supervise continuously the project status, taking into account IFRS, early identification of discrepancies and initiates targeted actions
• Define procedures and requirements concerning quality management (acceptance checks, audits, etc.) according to valid Quality Management regulations and standards
• Hold regular project status meetings and coordinate acceptance of achieving agreed key measureable’s
• Drive the mechanical and electrical completion processes to a satisfactory outcome
• Lead acceptance of delivery units and services, performing quality controls
• Document all work results according to the valid standards
• Coordinate acceptance tests and final project handover to contract partner(s)

In your Leadership & Communication role you will

• Ensure efficient communication with all relevant Internal and External partners
• Ensure targeted and full communication within the project team
• Agree targets with project staff and delegates defined responsibilities and authority
• Facilitate and supervise effective team collaboration (e.g. via mentoring)
• Hold feedback sessions with each directly assigned member of staff
• Seek active feedback (e.g. from members of staff, managers, customers)

As part of your Business Integrity role you will

• Enforce the Siemens Business Conduct Guidelines (e.g. Tax regulations & IR35, Delegation of employees, Export Control, EHS (environment, health and safety))
• Involve the respective corporate governance units (e.g. Compliance, Legal Units, HR, Workers Council)
• Forward all relevant information to the project team members and partners
• Set up a framework to ensure regular checks of the compliance in the project, e.g. by conducting Compliance Risk (Re-) Assessments at the appropriate milestones / Quality Gates

Pivotal for this role are Leadership methodologies e.g. for personnel management and development, team development, motivation, and overcoming obstacles.
You should have a track record of detailed knowledge of Economics in project business, especially procedures for monitoring and control of financial aspects of project.
Your expertise knowledge of project management tools enables you to use the PM methods concerning efficient project organization including roles and responsibilities, duties and collaboration (also with customers and partners).