Facility Project Specialist (2-year contract)

The Walt Disney Company; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

The Walt Disney Company is seeking a Facility Project Specialist on a 2-year contract for Lantau Island, Hong Kong. You will lead coordination with government authorities, consultants, contractors, and internal teams to ensure delivery of projects on time and within quality standards.

You will develop construction strategies, review cost plans with the project team, monitor scheduling, and manage procurement and master construction plans in line with budgets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in building study, building surveying, construction management, engineering or architecture or related disciplines.
• Minimum 3 years of project management experience in large-scale commercial/retail/hotel projects.
• Proven leadership and ability to lead projects independently.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and analytical skills.
• Able to make decisions independently and familiar with local statutory requirements and building codes.
• Fluent in English and Chinese.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with government authorities, consultants, contractors, internal sub-departments and end-users to manage procurement and construction, ensuring quality and on-time delivery.
• Develop and review construction strategy, phasing, logistics, safety plan, quality control and delivery.
• Collaborate with QS, Project Controller and Architect/Designer to manage cost plans and budgets.
• Develop, monitor and review construction scheduling in line with master plans and budgets.
• Create and review Master Project Plan, Master Construction Scheduling and Master Project Cost Plan.
• Develop procurement strategy considering time, cost, design, and local/international resources.
• Ensure adherence to local statutory requirements and project documentation.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Negotiation

Analytical skills

Decision making

Independent work

Education

Bachelor’s degree in building study / building surveying / construction management / engineering or architecture or related disciplines

Job description

Facility Project Specialist (2-year contract)

Employment Type: Full time

Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code: Lantau Island, Hong Kong

Responsibilities

• Liaise and collaborate with Government Authorities, consultants, contractor, internal sub-departments and end-users throughout the procurement and construction periods and control, manage, supervise, administer the contractors and suppliers and ensure delivery of specified quality and within timeframes according to the contracts
• Develop and review overall construction strategy/ Plan including phasing and conquencing, logistics, safety plan, quality control and delivery.
• Work with the Project Quantity Surveyor, Project Controller and Project Architect/ Designer to develop and review the Project Cost Plan and ensure to projects are completed within budget with effective cost control.
• Develop, monitor and review Construction Scheduling in line with the Master construction plans and ensure updating is undertaken during the procurement and construction periods and ensure the assigned projects are completed with specified quality and time frame by effective scheduling and cost controls.
• Develop and review project management plan to achieve strategic benefit and objectives from planned projects and investments in line with specified quality and within budgets and timeline. Develop, monitor and review the Master Project Plan, Master Construction Scheduling and Master Project Cost Plan.
• Develop and review an overall strategic project plan setting out the project management approach for the planned projects with project structure, role of project participants and mechanisms to plan, implement, monitor and review the project development in line with the project objectives.
• Develop and review a strategy of how the projects will be procured, taking into consideration of specific project nature in term of time, cost, design, specified quality standard and local & international resources, long lead deliveries, local requirements, site-wide purchasing opportunities and standard contract documentation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree holder in building study / building surveying/ construction management/ engineering or architecture or related disciplines.
• Minimum 3 years of project management experience, preferably in project and construction management role on large scale commercial/ retail/ hotel projects.
• Proven leadership and excellent interpersonal skills across all levels of organization and able to lead projects independently is required.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and analytical skills required, able to balance the competing requirements of a wide variety of stakeholders and yet meeting delivery timeline and budget.
• Able to make decision independently as well as familiar with local statutory requirements, building codes and submission procedures.
• Fluent in both English and Chinese.