Area Construction Manager

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

• Within the System Construction Site Coordination Team, the Area Construction Manager is directly coordinating with Alstom’ sub-systems construction manager (that remain owner of the Quality Cost Delivery commitments)

• The Area Construction Manager is responsible to ensure the coordination (between all Alstom’ sub-systems and Civil Work (CW)) and the surveillance of the works as well as the implementation of progress monitoring of all items concerning the construction / installation activities and compare to planned durations and productivities. He is also be involved in Permitting Management with different duty to ensure “Permit On Time”.

ORGANISATION

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

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

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