Une Structure recrute 01 Project Director

Descriptif du poste
We are looking for a French Speaking Project Director for a renewable energy project in Senegal, this is with a fixed term contract for 24 months.

Key Main Responsibilities

Successfully delivering the Project from financial close to commercial operations within budget and to schedule.
Representing the Project and acting as its representative in all matters relating to the EPC Contract.
Managing the execution of the EPC Contract and ensuring the Project Company is complying with its obligations thereunder.
Liaising with local community and other in-country stakeholders, leading the implementation of the Project’s Stakeholder Engagement Plan.
Liaising with the project lenders and lenders’ engineer.
Coordinating with company’s wider team in relation to the Project’s activities.
Managing and coordinating the activities of the Owners Engineer.
Ensuring that world class health and safety requirements are developed and adhered to at the Site.
Ensuring that all commercial, financial, environmental and social risks relating to the Project are appropriately managed.
Ensuring that both the EPC Contractor and Project Company meets their obligations under the Construction Environmental and Social Management Plan and the Project’s Environmental and Social Action Plan.
Developing project management plans and overseeing the construction schedule.
Coordinating the design review phase under the EPC Contract.
Ensuring that EPC Contractors’ and its subcontractors’ comply with their QA/QC obligations.
Regularly attending site to review progress and ensuring the EPC contractor and its subcontractors are meeting their obligations under the EPC Contract.
Organising monthly project review meetings with the EPC contractor.
Managing any disputes and negotiations with the EPC contractor.
Coordinating the construction oversight committee.
Managing the execution of the finance documents during the construction phase and ensuring the company is complying with its obligations thereunder.
Managing the payment of the EPC contractor and the drawdown of equity and debt.
Producing detailed monthly construction reports for the lenders and shareholders.
Continuously monitoring the project budget, producing accurate monthly project cost reports and financial forecasts for the Project.
Managing all EPC contract variation orders and claims with support from the Owner’s Engineer.
Approving purchase orders, purchase requisitions and contracts in accordance with delegated signing authorities.
Monitoring EPC contract letters of credit and/or performance bonds, and liaise with Owner’s counsel and company’s finance team as necessary.
Managing the execution of the Power Purchase Agreement with Senelec during the construction phase and ensuring the company is complying with its obligations thereunder.
Ensuring compliance with all the Project’s insurance policies and managing any claims thereunder.
Monitoring the EPC contractor’s and its subcontractors’ insurance policies to ensure these remain effective.
Liaising with local government and regulatory bodies.
Successfully testing and achieving completion of the Project under the Power Purchase Agreement.
Overseeing the completion, testing and handover of the Project under the EPC Contract.
Leading the development and satisfactory finalisation of the construction Punch list.
Successfully transitioning the completed Project into operations and the warranty phase.