Key Responsibilities
Project Leadership & Delivery
- Lead and oversee all aspects of project delivery from project award through completion and handover.
- Establish project execution strategies, resource plans, and delivery objectives to achieve project and business targets.
- Monitor project performance, schedule, productivity, cost, quality, safety, and risk management.
- Ensure compliance with statutory requirements, client specifications, engineering standards, and company procedures.
- Drive timely resolution of critical project issues and ensure successful achievement of project milestones.
Client & Stakeholder Management
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients, consultants, contractors, government agencies, and key stakeholders.
- Act as the senior representative and primary escalation point for clients on project matters.
- Promote client satisfaction, business growth, repeat business opportunities, and long-term partnerships.
- Lead executive meetings, progress reviews, and stakeholder engagement activities.
Commercial & Contract Management
- Manage contractual, commercial, and financial aspects of projects to achieve profitability and business objectives.
- Oversee contract administration, variation management, claims, extension of time submissions, and commercial negotiations.
- Identify and mitigate contractual and commercial risks.
- Ensure compliance with contractual obligations and corporate governance requirements.
Dispute Resolution & Risk Management
- Lead the resolution of project disputes, contractual disagreements, and complex stakeholder issues.
- Provide strategic direction in managing project risks, claims, and conflict situations.
- Work collaboratively with project teams, clients, consultants, subcontractors, and legal stakeholders to achieve practical and commercially sound outcomes.
Reporting & Performance Management
- Review project budgets, forecasts, cash flow, and cost control measures.
- Prepare and present monthly management reports covering project status, financial performance, key risks, safety performance, and contractual matters.
- Provide regular updates and recommendations to senior management on project performance and strategic issues.
Technical Leadership
- Provide technical leadership and guidance in at least one M&E discipline, including:
- Electrical Engineering
- ACMV Systems
- Fire Protection Systems
- Support engineering reviews, technical approvals, design coordination, testing and commissioning, and operational readiness activities.
People Leadership
- Lead, mentor, and develop Project Managers, Engineers, and site management teams.
- Foster a culture of safety, accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Support talent development, succession planning, and organisational capability building.
Ethics, Compliance & Governance
- Champion the highest standards of integrity, ethical conduct, and corporate governance.
- Ensure compliance with company policies relating to anti-corruption, anti-bribery, anti-competition, sanctions, human rights, and conflict of interest.
- Promote a culture of transparency, accountability, fairness, and ethical decision-making.
- Ensure employees, subcontractors, suppliers, and business partners comply with applicable legal, regulatory, and ethical requirements.
- Support audits, compliance reviews, investigations, and corrective action initiatives as required.
Job Requirements
Qualifications
- Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Building Services Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline with Minimum 15 years of relevant experience in M&E, construction, infrastructure, industrial, healthcare, commercial, data centre, or built environment projects.
- Diploma holders with significant relevant industry experience and proven leadership capabilities will also be considered. Diploma holders should possess a minimum of 20 years of relevant industry experience, including senior project leadership responsibilities.
- Professional certifications such as PE, PMP, Chartered Engineer, or equivalent will be advantageous.
- Proven track record in managing large and complex M&E projects with full accountability for project delivery, commercial performance, and stakeholder management.
- Demonstrated experience in contract administration, claims management, dispute resolution, risk management, and commercial negotiations.
- Experience managing client relationships at executive and senior management levels
Competencies
- Strong leadership, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Sound commercial acumen and contract management knowledge.
- Strong understanding of local regulations, safety requirements, and industry standards.
- Excellent communication, decision-making, problem-solving, and conflict-resolution abilities.
- Ability to influence, lead, and deliver results through multidisciplinary teams in a fast-paced project environment.