Construction Director
South Korea
Parttime: 0 hrs a week
Experience: Not applicable
Renewable Energy
Introduction
What are you going to do
Key Responsibilities
- Lead overall construction execution for major energy, infrastructure, or industrial projects across South Korea.
- Manage relationships and negotiations with EPC contractors, subcontractors, vendors, and construction partners.
- Oversee project execution strategy, construction planning, scheduling, and site coordination activities.
- Ensure alignment between engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning teams throughout the project lifecycle.
- Monitor project progress, construction milestones, budgets, and resource allocation to ensure timely delivery.
- Drive contractor performance management, including productivity, quality, HSE compliance, and commercial obligations.
- Identify project risks, develop mitigation plans, and resolve site-related technical and operational issues.
- Coordinate with internal stakeholders, clients, regulatory bodies, and external partners to support project delivery requirements.
- Support contract administration, claims management, variation negotiations, and commercial discussions with EPC contractors.
- Ensure all construction activities comply with local regulations, company standards, and industry best practices.
- Lead site management teams and promote a strong safety and performance-driven culture across all phases of execution.
- Provide regular reporting to senior management on project performance, execution status, and critical project issues.
- Support commissioning, start-up, handover, and project close-out activities.
Essential skills and knowledge
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related technical discipline.
- Extensive experience managing large-scale energy, industrial, or infrastructure construction projects.
- Strong background working with EPC contractors and complex multi-disciplinary project environments.
- Proven experience overseeing projects from early execution through commissioning and completion.
- Strong commercial acumen with experience in contractor negotiation, contract management, and project controls.
- Fluent English required; Korean language capability would be advantageous.
What we offer
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