Project Snapshot
Strategic, multi-year water infrastructure program for a new semiconductor fabrication facility in western India. The scope covers ultra-pure water (UPW), water reclaim, wastewater treatment and the supporting utility infrastructure, from detailed engineering through procurement, construction, commissioning and handover.
24-month contract, onsite at the customer site in India, start as soon as possible.
Description
As Program Director, you lead the program to a safe, on-time and on-budget delivery while protecting margin, managing contractual exposure and keeping a strategic customer relationship strong. You report to the regional Managing Director, Water Technologies, with significant onsite presence.
Program leadership
- Lead overall delivery from detailed engineering through commissioning and handover
- Drive safe, on-time and on-budget execution
- Run project governance, reporting and executive reviews
- Lead recovery actions on schedule, cost or execution issues
Commercial and financial management
- Own project P&L, cash flow and margin performance
- Lead contract management, claims, variations and change orders
- Drive cost control and commercial discipline across the lifecycle
Customer and stakeholder management
- Act as executive sponsor and primary customer interface
- Manage relationships with the customer, EPC partners, contractors and suppliers
- Lead escalations and critical decision-making forums
Risk, execution and organisation
- Run risk management and early-warning processes
- Lead the project management, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, quality, HSE and project controls teams
- Build team capability and capture lessons learned
Required Qualification
Education: Bachelor's degree in engineering; Master's degree and PMP or IPMA certification preferred.
Must-have:
- 15+ years in EPC, industrial infrastructure, water or process industries
- Proven leadership of large capital projects, ideally above USD 100M
- Strong commercial, contractual and stakeholder management record
- Eligible to work in India, or able to obtain an employment visa
Nice-to-have: semiconductor, UPW, wastewater, reclaim or advanced manufacturing projects.
Technical skills: ultra-pure water, wastewater and water reuse systems; EPC / EPCM delivery, construction and commissioning; contract, risk, project controls and financial governance.
Soft skills: executive presence, customer-facing leadership, decisive under pressure. Fluent English.
Summary
- Gujarat, India
- Permanent
- Based on experience
- Onshore
- Experience
- Min. 15 years
- Education
- Bac +2/+3