Project Director

Description

• Lead multi-disciplinary project teams, consultants, contractors, and vendors to ensure seamless delivery.
• Drive programmes, cost, quality, and safety objectives to achieve successful project outcomes.
• Act as the senior point of contact for client, operators, authorities, and internal leadership.
• Implement robust risk management strategies and mitigation plans.
• Navigate regulatory requirements across Southeast Asian markets and ensure compliance.
• Ensure all structural, architectural, and MEP design packages integrate effectively with operational and guest experience requirements.
• Lead site execution activities, ensuring adherence to schedule, quality, safety, and commercial targets.
• Resolve technical issues related to structures, building services, MEP systems, utilities, and infrastructure upgrades.
• Provide strategic direction and executive oversight for the full lifecycle of the resort redevelopment.
• Monitor project budgets, cashflow, variations, claims, and commercial risks.
• Manage complex refurbishment sequences, including demolition, phasing, and works within live operational areas.
• Ensure delivery aligns with international hospitality quality benchmarks.
• Review design submissions and highlight risks, constructability issues, and opportunities for optimization.
• Maintain rigorous reporting, governance, and project controls processes.
• Oversee master planning, design development, value engineering, and technical coordination.
• Uphold high safety standards for all project phases.
• Lead contract strategy, procurement, tender evaluations, and negotiation with major packages and contractors.

Requirements

We are seeking an accomplished Project Director to lead the end-to-end delivery of a landmark resort redevelopment in Southeast Asia. The ideal candidate brings deep experience in major hotel and resort refurbishments across Asia, with proven capability in managing complex, live-environment works, stringent quality requirements, and high stakeholder expectations. Strong technical understanding in structural works, MEP systems, and integrated building services is essential.

• Extensive experience handling complex staging, live-site refurbishments, and high-spec hospitality finishes.
• Familiarity with international standards, resort operator requirements, and regional authority processes.
• Strong technical grounding in structural engineering, MEP systems, building services, and major infrastructure interfaces.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management abilities.
• Strong commercial acumen and contract management skills.
• Proven track record leading large-scale hotel/resort refurbishments or luxury hospitality developments.
• Ability to drive teams under challenging timelines while maintaining superior quality standards.
• 20+ years of project delivery experience with at least 10 years in Asia.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance