Careers

Construction Director-India

India-Mumbai

Req#: 19499BR

Date published: 15-Jul-2014

Opportunity: Experienced Hire

Business Line: Corporate Const/Procurement

Business Plan: CNS

Level: 10

At Black & Veatch, you will have the opportunity to work on a wide range of complex projects across a full spectrum of construction services within the worldwide infrastructure space including the energy, water, telecommunications and federal markets. Black & Veatch are a global construction company with both union and merit shop capabilities, with an engineering and procurement team experienced in reducing purchasing costs, mitigating risks and minimizing schedule.

If you're ready for the excitement of working with state-of-the-art technologies, advanced project management tools and industry-leading safety programs, this is where you want to be.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
• Provides leadership and directs administration of the construction operations team and personnel assigned to the construction projects under his area of responsibility.
• Develops construction execution plans for projects and proposals with the view to minimize cost and duration of construction activities.
Provides construction solutions for construction projects and proposals
• Provides India wide construction support for project offices for proposals, project planning and project execution and works with the Businesses Development Groups to evaluate construction opportunities.
• Review, evaluate and monitor potential partners and contractors and make recommendations on potential partners and subcontractors that fit well with B&V ethics and ways of conducting business.
• Accountable for the performance of all construction projects and reports to India Country Manager plus participates in meetings and telephone conferences as needed.
• Responsible for providing recommendations to the President Construction and Procurement regarding project staffing assignments/teams, issues of concern inclusive of schedule, procurement, safety and cost issues.
• Advise on procurement and vendors in assigned area as needed.
• Acts as liaison between offices for all construction related matters.
• Communicates lessons learned.
• Enforces and interprets division and department policies, standards, and procedures.
• Provides supervision, training, development, and performance management of direct reports.
• Supervises work of others.
• Responsible for hiring, discipline, and pay administration of the direct reports and their staff.

Minimum Qualifications:
The successful candidate for this position will be degree-qualified with at least 20 years of experience, of which at least five years will have been at a senior site manager level. The candidate’s career will demonstrate a steady progression of increasing levels of responsibility on complex projects. Experience must include management of either large coal or combined cycle projects and/or large Oil & Gas projects, exposure to water and wastewater treatment projects will advantageous. Extensive work experience in India construction industry in the leadership roles, with extensive knowledge of Indian Contractors and Multinational participating in the Indian construction industry
The successful applicant will be required to operate in a highly inclusive and collaborative manner, taking the lead at resolving problems they will be an excellent man manager, with great communication skills both up and down the chain of command.

Preferred Job Qualifications:
• Attracts and Develops Talent - Builds a strong team whose members have complementary strengths; demonstrates cross-cultural interest, awareness, and sensitivity; creates an environment that promotes continuous learning; focuses on building leadership talent across organization lines to support the company’s strategy; and attracts high caliber professionals and demonstrates commitment to growing and developing others
• Empowers Others - Motivates others to achieve, creating a sense of personal ownership and commitment to the organization; recognizes and rewards professionals who act beyond their “job descriptions”; delegates whole tasks and trusts the team to make decisions; and provides appropriate resources and tools to get the job done
• Organizational Relationships - Cultivates a broad network to exchange ideas and rally support, staying in touch with people at all levels; acts to preserve relationships even under difficult or heated circumstances; takes responsibility for ensuring the management team is working together; and promotes, sells, and delivers ideas persuasively, winning acceptance for proposed changes and initiatives
• Inspires Trust - Establishes open, candid and trusting relationships at all levels treating others fairly and consistently, maintains high standards of personal integrity, and collaborates as a team player never undermining others for own gain
• Cross-Functional Skill - Demonstrates ability to get things done in complex, multi-level organizations; and demonstrates understanding of operations, engineering, marketing, sales and services functions and effectively utilizes staff to reach the best decision for the company overall
• Understanding and Shaping Strategy - Has a thorough knowledge of industry’s history and growth patterns and displays deep insight into competition’s strengths, weaknesses, and strategies; develops a clear vision for the future recognizing when it is time to shift strategic direction; identifies critical goals and success factors in different business situations and develops strategies to achieve and sustain competitive advantage; and anticipates and takes appropriate risks with associated contingency plans to further business objectives
• Drives Execution - Translates broad strategies into clear objectives and practical plans focusing the organization on efforts that add value; ensures accountability for achieving business results by assigning clear accountability backed by appropriate authority; integrates efforts across functions and organizations driving continuous improvement of organizational processes; benchmarks performance to track progress and takes preventive measures to change organizational processes avoiding crisis management; and understands client needs and creates and environment where serving the client is everyone’s job
• Financial Acumen - Is an astute customer of financial information; grasps interrelationships of key financial indicators and identifies soft spots recognizing both profit and revenue potential; uses financial analysis to evaluate and create strategic choices and options; and effectively manages the business’ overall financial performance
• Global Perspective - Demonstrates understanding of organization’s global market position, opportunities, capabilities, and threats; understands impact of global trends on organization’s plans; and recognizes and actively pursues good business opportunities for global expansion and alliances