Area Construction Manager (WTP)

• Job Title: Area Construction Manager (WTP)
• Assignment Type: Annually Renewable Contract Position
• Location: Boden, Sweden
• Work Schedule: Monday – Friday (10 hours per day)

Kintec are currently partnered with a pioneering Green Steel Production Company who are constructing a plant in Northern Sweden that will produce Green Steel – Green Steel production emits up to 95% less CO₂ compared conventional steel production.

Area Construction Manager (WTP)

As Area Construction Manager, your main responsibility is to oversee the successful completion of all construction management activities and deliverables within the approved safety, schedule, cost & quality criteria for the Water treatment plant. This includes responsibility for detailed daily/ weekly construction work planning and execution of activities necessary to successfully construct the project’s scope of facilities according to approved success metrics and best practice construction project management principles.

In addition to managing the construction for this area, you will also contribute to the development of client’s ability to construct projects in a way that competes on a global scale. You will be seen as an expert in project construction management within your area and will develop your cross-functional team accordingly. To optimize the site construction effort, you will work in a matrix structure in close cooperation with the rest of the client’s Site Execution, Project Management, Project Controls, and Engineering functions.

Qualifications

• Extensive industry experience as a construction manager within their area, where we see that the candidate has extensive hands-on project leadership experience in demanding industrial environment (e.g. Steel, Oil & gas, Manufacturing, Mining)
• Fluency in English.
• Experience working on an owner’s team is a plus.
• Experience working in multi-cultural environment is a plus.

Specific skills and Success factors

• Engaging and effective leadership capability that creates forward momentum and influence across multiple disciplines and functions.
• Highly execution oriented and biased towards decision making. Knocks down barriers and gets it done.
• Commercial and contract skills with experience managing contractors from the owner’s or owner’s representative side.

• Focused on problem solving and first principles orientation – challenge all stakeholders on both requirements and outputs. Proven effective technical competence.
• Ability to work under high pressure and tight deadlines, excellent time management skills.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills. Ability to work well with others in a team environment, as well as independently strong coordination.