Lead Project Manager

**Job Description Summary**: The Lead Project Manager is responsible for project delivery, profit & loss accountability, and customer satisfaction through management of project related activities and resources. Impacts departmental operations and responsible for planning/execution. The role has some autonomy but is focused on execution of activities within an operating discipline covered by standard functional practices and procedures.

In line with Saudization requirements preference will be given to qualified Saudi nationals.

**Roles and Responsibilities**
- Set-up the project management plan (including strategy), adapted to Multi-Unit and Complex environment, manage the changes, and adapt the objectives & strategy accordingly; Contribute significantly to project management process improvements and delivery processes at Unit level
- Organize and lead Gate reviews; Address project management issues (roadblocks, performance, etc...)
- Manage the entire project scope of work and analyze Customer requirements.
- Detect errors/inconsistencies within customer requirement. Propose solutions to reduce those gaps and lead the relevant negotiations, organize works allocation for all partners from the consortium
- Deliver the project on time
- Produce and update Master project schedule, based on Multi-Units schedules, as well as the list of key milestones (including customers)
- Anticipate on-time delivery issues (documents, services, equipment’s) and measure project progress and anticipate actions
- Take responsibility for the gross margin of the overall project, maximize profit and cash at each phase of project
- Set-up targets for consortium partners, foresee costs & margins at completion, and identify cost discrepancies
- Monitor cash evolution and take actions, develop monthly sales forecast (in close cooperation with the project controller), develop costs and revenue recovery plans
- Optimize Costs (design to cost, negotiation QCD, etc ) and challenge productivity in all areas directly involved
- Ensure EHS & quality requirements are followed by the Grid teams and subcontractors
- Ensure site quality plan and commissioning procedure are followed, manage project acceptance, and set-up and monitors control criteria for quality of works (Engineering, CW, erection, tests & commissioning)
- Set-up and drive a project and site organization teams (multi-site, multi-units ), anticipate resources allocation, optimize Project team allocation (technical leader, PM, site, finance, contract, planner, etc..)
- Coach & give feedback in a multicultural environment, participate upon request to PEDP of selected project team members
- Ensure all aspects of communication within the project, to promote communication between Units, and ensure Customer satisfaction through effective and healthy communication
- Manage ongoing working relationships with at top decision makers to ensure creative solutions and influence decision
- Provide reporting to customer, and to management
- Monitor Multi-Units performance through project reviews, conduct Risk Sessions, Identify and implement risk mitigation plans
- Proactively generate and manage opportunities, identify Business / Unit / multi-projects risks and opportunities
- Take responsibility for all aspects of contract management with the Customer, suppliers and partners for the overall project(s), ensure full understanding of the Contractual requirements by project team
- Build complex claim and VO’s files involving different levels of Customer / Partner(s) / Supplier(s) organization, challenge & negotiate T&C's, claims and VO’s
- Define, monitor and control Customer / Partners / Supplier(s) strategy with regards VO’s & claims, plan & follow procurement & delivery in coordination with procurement department.
- Support procurement department in supplier relationship & conflict management.
- Evaluate quality of deliveries: on-time deliveries, quality of products supplied, quality of services supplied (documentation )

**Required Qualifications**
- Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree level or equivalent education
- Registered in Saudi consulate of engineering (SCE)
- Fluent in Arabic and English
- PMP certified
- 8+ years of experience managing large and complex projects

**Desired Characteristics**
- Management of projects within a consortium or partnership environment
- Project Management in an international environment, with experience in multi-disciplinary teams, and high project local content with financial, technical and commercial risk
- Experience of team building and team culture development
- Proven track record of significant improvement of project margin
- Experience of P&L objectives
- Working in Saudi Arabia within GE organization, and willingness to work in different locations for short or medium periods and to travel world-wide.
- Experience in 132kv and 380kV S/s field along with extension projects
- Experience with SEC / NG projects.

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