Project Director

• MUST SPEAK PORTUGUESE
• Lead the end-to-end management of civil infrastructure projects from planning to handover, ensuring alignment with technical, financial, and regulatory requirements.
• Serve as the primary liaison between Mitrelli and key stakeholders, including clients, contractors, consultants, and government authorities.
• Oversee contract negotiation and management, including subcontractor agreements, claims resolution, change orders, and adherence to contractual obligations.
• Direct and coordinate on-site and off-site construction activities, ensuring compliance with HSE standards, quality benchmarks, and project specifications.
• Manage project schedules, budgets, and resource plans, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and timelines.
• Supervise and mentor project managers, engineers, and technical staff, fostering a culture of performance, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Identify and mitigate project risks proactively, ensuring contingency planning and issue resolution.
• Coordinate with legal, logistics, and procurement functions to meet all permitting, compliance, and resource requirements.
• Represent Mitrelli in high-level stakeholder meetings, presenting project updates, resolving critical issues, and ensuring stakeholder alignment

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering.
• A Master's degree is a strong advantage and PMP Certification is highly desirable.
• Minimum 15 years of senior-level experience managing infrastructure projects, including 10 years on the contractor’s side.
• Strong background in water infrastructure, irrigation systems, or similar civil works.
• Proven experience in international project environments, particularly in Africa.
• Track record of leading complex teams and full project execution responsibilities.
• Expertise in contract and claims management.
• Hands-on experience with cost control, planning, project execution tools, and subcontractor management.
• Familiarity with MS Project or equivalent PM software.
• Fluency in Portuguese is mandatory; proficiency in English is a strong advantage.
• Your experience leading large-scale civil infrastructure projects from tender award through to final handover, highlighting project size, complexity, budget, and delivery outcomes.
• Specific examples of contract administration.
• How you have controlled project budgets, schedules, procurement, and construction progress while balancing quality, HSE, and commercial objectives.
• Your approach to managing multidisciplinary teams, contractors, consultants, clients, and government authorities across complex stakeholder environments.
• Your experience delivering infrastructure projects in Africa or other emerging markets, including navigating local regulations, logistics constraints, permitting, and cultural considerations.
• Why you believe your contractor-side experience prepares you to successfully lead complex infrastructure projects at Mitrelli.

Job Purpose

, our teams, the countries we operate in, our project pipeline, or what it’s like to lead initiatives that directly impact people’s lives.

Remember, we’re looking for leaders who align with our purpose: to design and deliver infrastructure that empowers communities. If that sounds like you, then we look forward to meeting you.