Chief Delivery Officer

UCC Holding; Doha; On-site; QAR 1,456,000 - 2,912,000; Full time

Job summary

UCC Holding seeks a seasoned Chief Delivery Officer to lead the delivery of a major international capital project portfolio across energy, infrastructure and mining from opportunity assessment to handover.

Based in Qatar, you will oversee multi-project delivery, drive governance, and lead executive delivery teams. You will partner with owners and EPC/PMC partners to ensure on-time, on-budget execution and maximize value.

Qualifications

• 20+ years' experience in major capital projects.
• 8+ years at executive level (VP Projects, Head of Capital Projects or equivalent).
• Experience managing a USD 5bn+ multi-project capital portfolio.
• Led at least one USD 1bn+ asset from front-end through operation.
• Senior experience on owner/developer and EPC/PMC sides.
• Experience negotiating delivery terms incl. definitive/JV/concessions/financing.
• Experience delivering projects in frontier or post-conflict environments.
• Engineering or related degree.
• Strong knowledge of FEL/stage gates, AACE classes, P50/P90, EPC/EPCM, FIDIC, and governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery across the capital project portfolio.
• Assess deliverability, CAPEX, schedules, risks and contracting strategies.
• Lead technical due diligence and investment decision delivery cases.
• Oversee EPC/EPCM and other delivery models.
• Manage major projects through construction, commissioning and handover.
• Lead recovery of delayed or distressed projects and governance, cost, schedule, risk, claims and reporting.
• Manage and develop senior Delivery Directors.

Skills

Executive leadership

Portfolio management

Negotiation

Delivery leadership

Education

Engineering or related degree

Tools

FEL stages

AACE estimates

P50/P90

IMS

FIDIC

Project finance

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Chief Delivery Officer to lead the delivery of a major international capital project portfolio across energy, infrastructure and mining. The role will oversee projects from initial opportunity assessment and investment decision through construction, commissioning and handover.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead delivery across the capital project portfolio.
• Assess project deliverability, CAPEX, schedules, risks and contracting strategies.
• Lead technical due diligence and investment decision delivery cases.
• Oversee EPC/EPCM and other delivery models.
• Manage major projects through construction, commissioning, acceptance and handover.
• Lead recovery of delayed or distressed projects.Oversee project governance, cost, schedule, risk, claims and reporting.
• Manage and develop senior Delivery Directors.

Mandatory Requirements

• 20+ years' experience in major capital projects.
• 8+ years at executive level, such as VP Projects, Head of Capital Projects or equivalent.
• Accountable experience managing a multi-project capital portfolio of USD 5bn+.
• Must have led at least one USD 1bn+ asset on the owner's side from front-end development through investment decision to operation.
• Senior experience on both the owner/developer side and tier-one EPC contractor or PMC side.
• Experience negotiating delivery terms covering definitive agreements, JV agreements, concessions or project financing.
• Experience delivering projects in frontier or post-conflict environments.
• Engineering or related degree.
• Strong technical knowledge of FEL/stage gates, AACE estimate classes, P50/P90, integrated master schedules, EPC/EPCM, FIDIC, claims, project finance, JV/SPV governance, commissioning and handover