Area Construction Manager

Organization structure (job belongs to...)

Operations/Regional Centre /Site Operations

Work in Project Core team (permanent member)

Reports directly to:

System Construction Coordination Manager

Other reporting to:

Functional report line to Project Manager (during project execution and operations phase)

Direct reports:

Functionally leading the Site Coordination Team

Network & Links

Internal

• Project Manager and Construction Manager, Core Team and Project Operations Team
• Planning Team
• T&C Team

External

• Suppliers and/or sub-contractors
• CW partner
• Auditors and/or Assessors
• Utilities providers and Third Party stakeholders

Internal

• Project Manager and Construction Manager, Core Team and Project Operations Team
• Planning Team
• T&C Team

External

• Suppliers and/or sub-contractors
• CW partner
• Auditors and/or Assessors
• Utilities providers and Third Party stakeholders

MAIN RESPONSABILITIES  

Key accountabilities:

• Organization of meetings on site with subsystems installation managers, the sub-contractors and CW entity to discuss interfaces, handover of areas and detailed Hand-Over process, access and site installations.
• Review the project in-depth to schedule deliverables including Documentation and plans (Execution, recovery…).
• Prepare internal and external reports pertaining to job status.
• Ensuring fulfilment of Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) requirements and security during work on site.
• Ensuring that Permitting process is on the Good way with all necessary support to the Permitting Team.

• Ensuring the observance of the stipulations laid down in the Project Quality Documentation by the site management team

• Adhering to Coordinated Installation Program (CIP) for E&M site installation activities
• Monitoring and control of installation work progress sequence as scheduled in CIP to achieve project milestones,
• When required implementation of effective corrective measures, to remedy defects or delay, and validate concurrent activities performance if required between sub-systems a/o CW
• Risk management applied to installation works
• Ensures that each subsystem mobilizes its team and have all the required documents (drawings and methods) material, plants and tools in due time for work execution (4M implementation)
• Ensuring most effective use of temporary staging areas,
• Attends, upon request, weekly meetings with Customer / Engineer / Operator / Third Party (…), to address any issues or interfaces and manage stakeholder requirements
• Contribute to the coordination of Testing a
• nd Commissioning (T&C) activities of all the areas still under construction responsibility and also to coordinate works in Area under T&C activities as per the rules of Temporary Operation.
• Gathering inputs and close coordination with Project Traffic Management Team (mainly on Light Rail / Tram projects) and the CW partner who lead the TTA for most of the project.
• Gathering inputs and close coordination with Project Working Train Manager and T&C Team in General.

Performance measurements:

• Savings through Risk mitigation and Opportunities management, Cash by sales milestones achievement
• Planning, Quality, EHS: monitoring, anticipation and reporting on progress and issues

 MAIN REQUIRED COMPETENCES

Educational Requirements

Mandatory:

• Qualified technician or Engineer degree level or equivalent education or experiences

Desirable:

• Certification on Site EHS management

Experience

Mandatory:

• Previous experience in a major Infrastructure Project or major Company Branch Management is required
• Cost and planning control experience in site management scope
• EHS background

Desirable:

• Railway products and services knowledge on different market segments (Metro/Tramway/Mainline)
• Experience of management by Quality, Cost and Delivery objectives
• Hands-on experience on Customer relationship in technical topics

Competencies & Skills

• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills to fulfil the role of interface manager toward both customers and partners
• Quality-focused, rigorous, team-player
• Decision-making and problem-solving ability
• Resilience, with an analytic way of thinking in order to solve complex system failures