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Assistant to the Sector Director – MOA river infrastructure

The Société du Canal Seine-Nord Europe (SCSNE), a local public establishment, is in charge of public project management of the future large-gauge 107 kilometer canal, an essential link in the major European waterway project called Seine-Escaut.

SCSNE is a young company (operational since 2017), dynamic, on a human scale, now with more than 90 employees who, each in their field of expertise, participate in the management and coordination of a major European project combining safety, performance, respect for the environment and innovation. 

Joining the SCSNE means joining a team that works collectively for the success of this project!

Sector 2 extends over a length of approximately 45 km crossing the departments of Oise, from Noyon and the Somme to the Somme valley and the future Canal Bridge. Its perimeter includes the SNCF restorations, a canal bridge, GRT Gas networks, three inland ports managed by the region, a stopover and a marina, as well as 30 road restorations.

The amount of work in this sector is estimated at approximately 750 million euros.

You will join a Sector Management composed of a director and an engineer. The composition of the team is intended to evolve during the construction phase.

Your mission

You assist the sector director on a daily basis in coordinating and supervising all operations related to the sector. In this role, you ensure, within the defined scope, the delegation of project management functions for the design, construction and commissioning phases, until the transfer of the work to Voies Navigables de France (VNF).

Alongside the sector director, you are responsible for controlling costs, deadlines, quality and technical performance of the project, all in a demanding context in terms of safety and sustainable development including the constant concern to facilitate consultation and communication around territorial issues.

You act as the director in case of absence.

You rely in your missions on:

  • The master builder
  • Project management assistance
  • The project team dedicated to the sector composed of members of the sector management and contributors from the SCSNE business departments

 

Your activities revolve around the following main areas:

 

Governance and steering :

  • Participation in project management bodies
  • Supervision of the activities of future project managers
  • Coordination with other interface sectors and third-party MOAs
  • Contribution, in supervision of project managers, or where applicable directly, to the award phase of works contracts and related contracts, as well as to the contractual management of these contracts

 

Resource Planning:

  • Contribution to the development of planning, analysis and evaluation of time differences, identification of solutions
  • Contribution to the development of the budget execution, in connection with the finance department, analysis and evaluation of cost variances and identification of solutions

 

Risk management, control and reporting :

  • Contribution to the identification and management of risks in close collaboration with dedicated experts within the SCSNE
  • Participation in monitoring the control processes implemented as part of the project and contribution to audits led by the QHSE department
  • Monitoring compliance with the project owner's obligations in terms of administrative and in particular environmental authorizations, in conjunction with the environment department

 

Partnership and communication:

  • Contribution to the good maintenance of relations with all stakeholders and participation in actions managed by the European Territorial Partnerships Department,

 

This position, based in Compiègne, is open to teleworking at a rate of 2 per week.

Travel to be planned in the Hauts de France region.

Participation in technical on-call

Your profile

With a bac +5 engineer or Master's degree, you have several years of experience in managing complex projects, ideally within the framework of infrastructure operations.

In addition to your skills in major projects, you have the essential knowledge for practicing public markets and are able to effectively manage contracts.

Rigorous, endowed with an excellent capacity for synthesis and editorial fluency, you appreciate teamwork and in matrix mode.

Your negotiation skills are combined with an ability to report, alert and propose suitable solutions.

How to apply

Recruitment pathway

CDI under private law – framework status – SYNTEC collective agreement

Employment also accessible to civil servants through secondment (category A)

Contact

Send your application (CV + cover letter) exclusively in PDF or JPEG format to: recruitment@scsne.fr under the reference: DT-DAS2-2024-24

Joining the SCSNE means participating in the realization of a regional project with a European dimension combining economic growth and sustainable development by integrating a team of competent and motivated professionals.