About the Role
Alan & Grant is a premier Human Resources and Business Advisory firm dedicated to delivering impactful solutions for our clients. We are currently seeking a dynamic and results-driven Site Project Director to lead the end-to-end delivery of our major industrial project in Nigeria or Senegal. In this critical leadership role, you will translate our strategic ambitions into a safe, compliant, and operational manufacturing asset, ensuring flawless execution across scope, quality, cost, and schedule.
Key Responsibilities- Own the end-to-end project delivery plan from detailed design and execution through construction, installation, commissioning, start-up, and handover, maintaining rigorous governance, risk management, and change control.
- Deliver the project against approved CAPEX, schedule, quality, and performance expectations, ensuring strong forecasting, variation management, and cost-to-complete visibility.
- Lead multidisciplinary engineering and site execution teams while effectively managing EPC/EPCM partners, OEMs, consultants, contractors, and suppliers.
- Ensure all construction and commissioning activities strictly meet HSE, environmental, food safety, quality, and statutory requirements without compromise.
- Lead commissioning, start-up, and ramp-up readiness, including operational procedures, spare parts management, training, maintenance readiness, and structured handover to Operations.
- Integrate manufacturing, engineering, HSE, quality, finance, procurement, regulatory, supply chain, and IT/OT workstreams to drive timely issue resolution.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with regulatory authorities, external partners, and internal stakeholders while fostering a high-performance project culture.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a relevant discipline; a postgraduate qualification is a distinct advantage.
- Minimum of 15 years of progressive experience leading large-scale manufacturing and industrial capital greenfield or brownfield projects.
- Proven hands-on expertise in managing CAPEX, multidisciplinary teams, contractors, OEMs, and engineering partners.
- FMCG, Food & Beverage, or comparable complex manufacturing industry experience is highly preferred.
- Previous project execution experience in Africa or other emerging markets.
- Bilingual proficiency in French and English is required for the Senegal placement, while fluency in English is required for Nigeria.
- Willingness to be site-based and travel as necessary to meet project objectives.
- Competitive salary and performance-based compensation package.
- Opportunity to spearhead high-impact, large-scale industrial projects across Africa.
- Comprehensive health insurance and wellness benefits.
- Professional growth and leadership exposure within a rapidly expanding business advisory firm.