Construction Director (PMC)
Quick Summary
Construction Director overseeing PMC site leadership and EPC contractor management for a nickel smelter RKEF production train expansion in a brownfield environment.
Skills & Keywords
Responsibilities include
3. Brownfield Integration and SIMOPS Management
This is a critical responsibility for the role.
Lead and oversee the safe integration of the new production train within an operating smelter environment by:
- Monitor contractor performance against approved plans and contractual commitments.
- Assess construction manpower, supervision, equipment, and productivity levels.
- Verify contractor work sequences and construction methodologies.
- Review progress against baseline and recovery schedules.
- Ensure appropriate management of subcontractors.
- Escalate performance deficiencies and recommend corrective actions.
- Monitor contractor workforce mobilization and resource adequacy.
- Evaluate contractor readiness for critical construction activities.
- Managing all construction-operational interfaces.
- Facilitating coordination between operations and project teams.
- Reviewing and approving SIMOPS plans and risk assessments.
- Ensuring safe execution adjacent to live plant operations.
- Supporting development of shutdown and tie-in strategies.
- Coordinating utility, electrical, process, and infrastructure connections.
- Monitoring permit-to-work and isolation management systems.
- Chairing brownfield interface meetings.
- Ensuring operational risks are identified and mitigated.
Qualifications
Key Competencies
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Operational Continuity
Contractor Performance
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline.
- Chartered Engineer or equivalent professional accreditation preferred.
- 20+ years of industrial construction experience.
- 10+ years in senior site-based project leadership roles.
- Demonstrated experience on major metallurgical, mining, smelting, refining, steel, copper, ferroalloy, or energy projects.
- Previous experience in brownfield plant expansions is essential.
- Experience on nickel smelter projects, particularly RKEF facilities, is highly desirable.
- Previous PMC, Owner's Engineer, or Engineer Representative experience preferred.
- Experience working in Indonesia or Southeast Asia is advantageous.
- Site leadership
- Team development
- Decision making
- Conflict resolution
- Stakeholder management
- Heavy industrial construction
- Brownfield execution
- Mechanical completion
- Commissioning readiness
- Shutdown management
- Contractor performance management
- Commercial
- Change management awareness
- Contract administration oversight
- Claims avoidance and resolution
- Productivity management
- Zero fatalities.
- Achievement of project HSSE targets.
- Successful execution of major shutdown and tie-in activities.
- Mechanical Completion achieved by approved dates.
- Shutdowns completed within approved windows.
- Critical milestones achieved.
- Low rework levels.
- Successful turnover to commissioning.
- Acceptance of installed systems.
- No unplanned impact on Train 1 production.
- Successful management of brownfield interfaces.
- Effective SIMOPS execution.
- Adequate contractor productivity.
- Effective issue resolution.
- Timely recovery from schedule deviations.
Key areas include
4. Construction Planning and Schedule Performance
- Utility tie-ins
- Electrical power integration
- Process connections
- Water systems
- Compressed air systems
- Fuel systems
- Material handling systems
- Control systems integration
- Review and validate contractor execution plans.
- Ensure construction activities support project-critical milestones.
- Monitor progress against approved schedules.
- Drive early identification of schedule risks.
- Recommend acceleration and recovery measures where necessary.
- Oversee implementation of workface planning and constraint management processes.
- Ensure construction sequencing supports commissioning and operational readiness requirements.
Particular focus shall be given to
5. Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSSE)
Provide visible and active site safety leadership.
- Rotary Kiln installation
- Electric Furnace erection
- Furnace transformer installation
- High-voltage substations
- Refractory installation
- Structural steel erection
- Utilities and infrastructure
- System completion and turnover
Key high-risk activities include
6. Construction Quality Management
- Heavy lifting operations
- Working at height
- Electrical energization
- Hot works
- Confined space entry
- Crane operations
- Shutdown activities
- SIMOPS execution
- Ensure EPC contractors implement approved quality management systems.
- Verify compliance with engineering specifications and standards.
- Monitor inspection and test activities.
- Review quality trends and recurring issues.
- Ensure timely resolution of non-conformances.
- Oversee construction completion and documentation processes.
- Promote "right first time" construction practices.
Particular focus should be placed on
7. Mechanical Completion, Turnover and Readiness
8. Stakeholder and Interface Management
- Kiln alignment
- Furnace installation tolerances
- Refractory quality
- Structural integrity
- Piping testing
- Electrical installation quality
- Instrument calibration and loop checks
- Lead the PMC oversight of mechanical completion activities.
- Verify systems completion processes are robust and auditable.
- Monitor development and closure of punch lists.
- Ensure turnover documentation is complete.
- Coordinate interface between construction and commissioning teams.
- Support plant readiness reviews.
- Facilitate progressive transfer of systems to commissioning.
Develop and maintain effective working relationships with
Act as the senior site-level escalation point for construction-related issues.
9. Risk and Issue Management
- Internal
- PMC Project Director
- Engineering Team
- Project Controls Team
- Commercial Team
- Commissioning Team
- External
- Owner representatives
- Operations and Maintenance teams
- EPC Contractor leadership teams
- Technology licensors
- Equipment suppliers
- Regulatory authorities
- Local contractors and stakeholders
- Lead site risk identification and mitigation activities.
- Ensure emerging construction risks are proactively managed.
- Monitor brownfield integration risks.
- Support claims avoidance through timely issue resolution.
- Ensure lessons learned are captured and implemented.
Key risks include
Specific Technical Experience Required
The preferred candidate will have substantial experience with large-scale industrial and metallurgical projects including exposure to:
- Production disruptions to Train 1
- Shutdown overruns
- Contractor underperformance
- Labor shortages
- Weather impacts
- Logistics constraints
- Furnace installation and commissioning readiness
- Power system integration
- RKEF Process Facilities
- Ore drying systems
- Rotary kilns
- Electric furnaces
- Furnace transformers
- Electrode systems
- Ferronickel or NPI production facilities
- Slag handling systems
- Power generation facilities
- Water treatment plants
- Cooling water systems
- Industrial gases
- Bulk material handling systems
- Brownfield Projects
- Plant expansions
- Shutdown planning and execution
- SIMOPS management
- Operational interface management
Additional Information
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