Depuis plus de 160 ans, SUEZ apporte des services essentiels pour protéger et améliorer la qualité de vie, face à des défis environnementaux grandissants. SUEZ permet à ses clients de fournir l ' accès à des services d ' eau et de déchets, par des solutions innovantes et résilientes. Présent dans 40 pays avec 40 000 collaborateurs, le Groupe permet également à ses clients de créer de la valeur sur l ' ensemble du cycle de vie de leurs infrastructures et de leurs services, et de conduire leur transition écologique en y associant leurs usagers.

As Project Director, you will join a team of talented individuals dedicated to developing international projects in the recycling and recovery of both household and industrial waste (international tenders, acquisitions or merchant plant implementation). You will report to the Business Excellence Director.

The Project Director manages the project development through all phases of upstream development, feasibility study, commercial and contractual structuring, financing. He/She provides strategic oversight and leadership.

He/she defines a bid strategy and a competitive solution:

- Thanks to optimization between input/process/operation/output

- Consistent with group strategy and guidance, ensure alignment with consortium partners

- Technically deliverable, affordable and bankable

- Establishing a win-win partnership approach with the Client thanks to his/her proximity and market/competition knowledge

He/she structures the Project :

- Defines and sets up an adapted contractual scheme

- Ensures adequate risk exposure for Suez, whether in construction, O & M or as an equity shareholder

- Organizes coordination among all the Suez’s fields of expertise required for a successful development of the project (feasibility study and delivery) and ensures appropriate resources are available

- Negotiates main contract with partners (shareholder agreement, PPA, EPC contract…)

- Assists the Investment department in discussions with Lenders

He/she steers the project:

- Defines the project management plan (organisation chart, project schedule, governance, list of deliverables, etc.)

- Prepare and leads Steering Committee and reporting structures (senior management, OpCom and Board) to obtain necessary approvals

- Maintains excellent relationships with advisors (Technical, financial, legal), Business Units and clients

- Manages the project team with the support of the Bid Production Leader in a multicultural context

- Manages transition of the SPV from the bid team to the delivery team

Experience

Higher education degree (engineering school or equivalent Master's degree).

At least 15 years' experience in project/bid management in the waste infrastructure sector (ideally energy recovery).

Skills

- An understanding of the various business models and legal frameworks for waste infrastructure projects combined with commercial flair and an ability to negotiate favourable and profitable “win-win” deals with the clients.

- A technical knowledge of the Energy-from-waste industry and its regulations.

- Commercially astute with a proven track record in bidding, managing and successfully delivering large-scale, complex, Energy from Waste projects in high-profile situations involving multiple stakeholders.

- An ability to think and act strategically, setting the vision and translating this into realistic steps for implementation, including the development of practical, innovative and creative solutions in complex situations.

- An ability to reconcile the competing priorities of day-to-day activities with longer-term objectives, to optimise performance.

- An ability to evaluate and manage risks.

- An ability to lead a project team in a multicultural environment.

- A high degree of political sensitivity and awareness in dealing with public sector clients.

- An ability to deal effectively with the media and manage relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders and interested parties.

- A highly developed oral, written and presentation skills in English, with the proven ability to develop and gain ownership for a shared vision, combined with an ability to communicate complex information in a clear and unambiguous way.

Position open to remote working: Suez promotes a healthy work-life balance, and this position is open to remote working. International travel may be required depending on project needs.