PROJECT DIRECTOR

**1 Mission** The Project Director is in charge of the complete implementation of the management strategy for projects under his/her responsibility, and for which he/she has the support of resources either inside or outside the affiliate. To meet the expectations of Clients, for whom he/she is the direct and key contact, the Project Director supervises architectural and technical studies. Every decision of design modification leading to financial consequences is taken by him/her. At the same time, he/she guarantees the economic balance of the project and the respect of Quality principles. He/she also deals with all the contractual issues between Artelia Airports and its clients. In the management of studies, the Project Director supervises the project teams made available. He/she draws up and manages design contracts entered into with designers outside Artelia Airports and guarantees their functioning. With the support of the functional resources of affiliates, he/she defines the subcontracting strategy, then drafts and manages the subcontracting contracts necessary to project implementation. He/She contributes to the definition of the affiliate’s strategic focus. **2 Line and Staff Relations** The role will directly report to the Director, Production and Operations and will work in close collaboration with the following teams: * ARTELIA AIRPORTS Staff + Design Manager + Contract Administrator + Director of Tendering and Consulting + Resident Engineer + Planning Engineer + Design Team, all disciplines + Supervision Team at site + QA/QC + HSE * External Collaborators + Client Representatives + Sub-Consultants + Contractors / Sub-Contractors **3 Key Responsibilities** Ensures the management of signed contracts * He/she negotiates the technical and financial approach to projects in his/her portfolio (with Management assisted by the Business Development) * He/she defines the progress of the project (consistent with the Client’s specifications) and the recourse to outside resources (subcontracting) * He/she defines the technical, budgetary and financial resources necessary * He/she defines resources to be implemented and monitoring indicators * He/she monitors Management’s continuous and adequate information as far as finance, technical choices and deadlines are concerned, in providing the Administrative, Financial and Human Resources Director and the Director of Production and Operations with the data necessary to their audit (Control Panels and performance indicators) * He/she uses feedback information from the Administrative, Financial and Human Resources Director and the Director of Production and Operations in the management of his project * He/she supervises studies and manages teams: * + breaks specifications down into study objectives and study team needs + establishes the monitoring indicators of studies to be carried out + directs, focuses and coordinates the group of project contributors, i.e. : + is in charge of teams under his/her direct responsibility. + focuses and coordinates the work of outside designers. + coordinates the work of teams, including those teams working on the site. + monitors subcontractors. + monitors Artelia Airports spending and manages it in relation to projected financial schedules. * guarantees project / Client program appropriateness (functional and technical aspects, study and finishing deadlines and target costs) * monitors Quality and the respect of project deadlines through continuous dialogue with outside designers (optimization of economic choices, project consistency) * contributes to the concrete production of studies * updates the Director of Operations and Production on technical bases * He/she manages Client relations: + conducts the technical dialogue on the project with the Client (technical choices, functionality) * + validates the various stages of the project with the Client + conducts the closure of services due under contracts entered into with Clients + implements the contracts entered into with the Clients + monitors the deadlines, quality and costs follow-up + is responsible to report to executive management any changes of the Artelia Airports contract + prepares, with support from the Business Development Manager, the technical and financial files for possible complaints (follow-up letters etc…) + advises the Business Development Manager and Executive Management in terms on market opportunities when required * He/she updates load plans by: + Defining staff needs according to their skills + Allowing or denying additional missions + Accepting vacations + Managing all the means needed for his project * Contractors: * + signs all the instructions to the contractor including: + notice to proceed and eventually to stop the works on site + technical variation orders + financial variation orders + schedule variation orders + penalty orders for delay + validates a