Project Director - Construction Compliance

Your role

Project Leadership and Accountability

Provide leadership for assigned construction compliance scopes, with accountability for safe and successful compliance reviews in accordance with approved plans, contract requirements, and project governance.

Establish clear priorities, accountability, decisions, and escalation paths for the assigned scope.

Act as a senior project interface with integrated project delivery partners, engineering disciplines, construction teams, suppliers, subcontractors, and other stakeholders.

Promote a strong nuclear safety culture, questioning attitude, respectful work environment, and timely identification and resolution of issues.

Construction Compliance and Completion

Oversee compliance for assigned construction scopes, including site establishment, earthworks, underground services, reinforced concrete structures, structural systems, buildings, architectural work, roads, drainage, tunnelling, marine or water-related works, and associated multidisciplinary interfaces.

Verify that construction readiness, work packaging, inspection and test planning, hold and witness points, testing, punch-list management, system or area completion, turnover, and closeout requirements are satisfied.

Monitor construction methods, workmanship, quality records, testing results, repairs, retesting, and acceptance to verify compliance with project requirements.

Provide independent challenge and escalation where objective evidence does not demonstrate readiness, conformity, completion, or acceptance.

Quality, Safety and Regulatory Compliance

Ensure assigned activities are performed in accordance with applicable laws, licences, codes, standards, approved quality programs, project procedures, and technical requirements.

Integrate quality and safety into planning and execution, including prevention and control of non-conformances, corrective action, lessons learned, and continual improvement.

As requested, support audits/assessments, surveillances, inspections, regulatory interactions, and management reviews applicable to the assigned scope.

People Leadership and Stakeholder Management

Build, lead, and develop a multidisciplinary team capable of supporting construction compliance across the project lifecycle.

Create an environment of collaboration, accountability, open communication, and timely resolution of differing professional opinions.

Mentor integrated project delivery team members in construction compliance and completion practices.

About you

Qualifications and Experience

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline from a recognized institution.

Minimum 20 years of progressively responsible experience in civil engineering, construction management, project management, or EPC/EPCM delivery, including substantial senior leadership accountability on complex, high-value projects.

Demonstrated experience delivering major civil, structural, industrial, infrastructure, marine, water, energy, or comparable multidisciplinary projects through design, procurement, construction, testing, completion, a