Role overview
Lead the project management office for a large industrial complex development in Espírito Santo. Advise the client’s delivery team on how to plan and manage construction in Brazil, translating local market conditions, design requirements, approvals and regulations into practical decisions. Establish governance, coach the client team and independently review performance.
Key responsibilities
• Establish the project management framework, including governance, decision rights, reporting, risk, change, schedule, cost, quality, HSE and document-control processes.
• Define interfaces and decision rights across the client, designers, contractors, suppliers and specialists; explain how local responsibilities and approval processes affect execution.
• Guide the client’s integrated plan from design and procurement through construction, installation, commissioning, acceptance and handover.
• Guide client leadership on locally feasible delivery strategies, procurement routes, contractor
capabilities and the sequence of design, approvals and construction.
• Oversee project controls, evaluate material changes and coordinate recovery plans for risks to
milestones, cost, quality or operational readiness.
• Coordinate the external permitting specialist and integrated approvals register, including authority responsibilities, license conditions, dependencies and expiry dates.
• Act as the project management point of contact for material government and utility matters, supported by the specialist and the client’s authorized representatives.
• Guide the client’s team on interfaces between international and Brazilian designers, building works, utilities, equipment delivery and commissioning.
• Coach the client’s project team on Brazilian technical standards, regulatory interfaces and construction practices, involving qualified specialists for detailed interpretation when needed.
• Ensure project records, approvals and closeout packages are produced, tracked and handed over
through the agreed document-control process.
Required qualifications
• Degree in engineering, construction management or a related technical discipline.
• Approximately 15 years or more leading major industrial construction or capital projects, including multi-contractor execution.
• Evidence of building project governance and managing schedule, cost, change, risk and contract
interfaces in a live project.
• Deep practical knowledge of Brazilian industrial construction, contractor markets, permitting
dependencies and relevant ABNT standards and regulations.
• Ability to advise senior stakeholders and intervene effectively in detailed project execution.
• Professional fluency in Portuguese and English, including written project reporting in both languages.
• Ability to work regularly at the project site in Espírito Santo.
Preferred qualifications
• Experience with a greenfield manufacturing complex or major industrial expansion.
• Prior work with international owners and multidisciplinary teams.
• PMP or comparable project management certification.
