Project Director
Company
Airswift
Location
Singapore
Employment type
Full-time
Posted
Oct 05, 2026
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- ABOUT LABA Laba Holdings Limited is the umbrella landowner company of Porebada, Boera, Papa and Rea Rea in Central Province, Papua New Guinea, and operates a group of businesses across construction, logistics, training, technology and community services. These positions form Laba's management team for a camp construction and services package on a major resources construction project in Papua New Guinea, for a 24-month term from contract award. Appointments are subject to contract award. 2. PURPOSE OF THE POSITION The Project Director holds Laba's commercial and contractual authority to the Client and the head contractor, owns the client relationship at director level, and carries the international project delivery experience the Client requires on a project of this scale. The position is resident in Papua New Guinea for the full contract term and is the single accountable executive for Laba's delivery of the camp services scope. 3. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES •Hold and exercise Laba's commercial and contractual authority to the Client and the head contractor, including variations, claims and dispute resolution up to the delegation set by the Laba Board. •Own the client relationship at director level with the Client's Project Director and the head contractor's management team, and chair the monthly commercial and delivery review. •Take accountability for delivery of all six service categories to the priced schedule, the programme and the agreed quality standards. •Approve the monthly payment claim, the measurement position and the variation register before submission to the Client. •Direct the Singapore offshore procurement structure through the Procurement Manager, and hold the landed-cost budget for imported plant, fuel, camp consumables and materials. •Set and enforce the safety leadership standard on site, and answer to the Client and the head contractor for Laba's HSE performance. •Protect Laba's social licence by ensuring the landowner and community commitments made in the bid are met in practice. •Report to the Laba Chief Executive Officer and the Laba Board on cost, programme, risk and workforce localisation against the National Content commitments. •Build the succession plan that transfers this position to a Papua New Guinean national over the life of the contract and the projects that follow 4. QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE Essential •Fifteen years or more in heavy construction, oil and gas or LNG project delivery, with at least five years at project director or equivalent level. •Demonstrated delivery of a major services or construction package as the accountable executive. •Proven commercial command of measured-work contracts: variations, measurement, claims and final account. •Direct experience working to a major EPC head contractor and to an international oil and gas operator's standards. •Tertiary qualification in engineering, construction management or a related discipline. •Eligible for a Papua New Guinea work permit and entry visa. Desirable •Prior residential experience in Papua New Guinea or a comparable Melanesian or developing-market operating environment. •Working knowledge of the PNG National Content Policy and landowner participation frameworks. •Experience standing up an offshore procurement entity or managing a Singapore buying office. 5. HOW TO APPLY Applications and enquiries are handled by Airswift (Air Energi Pacifica Limited) on Laba's behalf. Please attach your curriculum vitae setting out your relevant experience. Preference is given to candidates from Porebada, Boera, Papa and Rea Rea, then to Papua New Guinean citizens. International candidates will only be considered if no suitable national citizen is found. All appointments are merit-based.
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