Project Director

Job Description

Within Wood Abu Dhabi, we are actively expanding our project delivery portfolio to include Engineering Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) Contracts.

As part of this growth, we are looking for personnel to join our team, either from internal Wood employees or the external market.

The type of personnel we are looking for is broad ranging including:

• Ambitious people that want to grow their career within this exciting contract execution model, where they will gain experience across the full project lifecycle from Detailed Engineering, through Procurement & Fabrication and into the Offshore Execution, covering Construction, Commissioning, Start -up and Handover to Operations.
• Experienced personnel with a background in PMC, EPC or EPCM projects, that can take on senior positions within the organisation and use their experience to steer the team to deliver outstanding performance across a portfolio of projects for Major Operators.
  
  

Projects within the EPCM model are wide and varied covering both onshore and offshore Brownfield Assets; typical examples include:

• Onshore Pipeline Controls System Upgrades
• Offshore Aset enhancement projects covering multiple system and equipment on large platforms, Wellhead Towers and Islands
  
  

We are committed to delivering the EPCM Model and as such require the right people to be part of our Wood Abu Dhabi Team as part of this exciting journey.

Please note, this is not a speculative reach out for CVs for bid purposes, the EPCM Delivery is part of our longer-term plans and as such we are committed to investing for the future. We are actively recruiting and look forward to engaging with you soon.

Responsibilities

JOB OBJECTIVE:

The safe and effective delivery of a portfolio of Brownfield Safety Critical Projects on multiple offshore platforms; including large production complexes (multiple platforms bridge linked) and remote Wellhead Towers, located offshore within the UAE under an EPCM contracting model.

Typical projects include Fire & Gas System Upgrades, Power Upgrades, Control System Upgrades, Flare System Upgrades and Platform Structural Modifications.

Management of the entire contract from Design through to Handover to Operations, covering all elements of Engineering, Procurement, Construction Management, Completions and Commissioning across the portfolio of projects.

Management of Client appointed Construction and Commissioning Contractors including the efficient deployment and utilisation of the required Marine Spread, including Jack-up Accommodation Barges Workboats and Supply Boats.

Establishment and management of the project team to provide delivery excellence across the portfolio of projects.

Provide certainty and confidence to the Client and Wood Project Sponsor, that the contract is being delivered safely with a strong focus on optimization, cost control, risk management, schedule adherence and stakeholder management.

Deliver the contract within the established commercial framework, with responsibility for the Contract P&L account.

Project Execution

• Technical and commercial responsibility for execution of the portfolio of projects in all matters covered within the terms of the contract (from initial contract review to project close-out).
• P & L responsibility with associated commercial and financial accountability including revenue delivery, margin and overhead management, budget and forecast determination and attainment, risk and opportunity reviews, cost controls, accounts payable/billing and cash collection.
• Contributes to and reviews the project proposal and plan to establish timeframe, procedures for accomplishing the project, resource requirements, and allotment of available resources to various phases of the project. Ensures adherence to corporate policy and best practice and sets project evaluation parameters.
• Negotiates changes to project scope with the customer.
• Ensures Change Management process is used to identify and approve modifications to scope, cost, schedule and quality.
• Pursues and develop opportunities for innovation, such as digitalisation and technology use, work share and high value engineering centres, to bring value to Wood and customer.
• Approves project procedures and project execution plan including the scope of work, deliverables list, master schedule, budget, organisation charts, Business risk register etc.
• Ensures competence of project team members to carry out assigned work.
• Monitors adherence to schedule, cost and quality and proactively intervenes to avoid slippage
• Ensures that the required project management software systems are established for the project and the supporting training is completed.
• Ensure the project assurance protocol and schedule are established.
• Organize the project team, define responsibilities and motivate team members towards successful achievement of specified project goals, particularly through regular project meetings.
• Identify and communicate project team objectives in accordance with the contract terms, scope of work and corporate policy.
• Delegate work to the project team members in a manner that encourages individual responsibility.
• Provide leadership and management to ensure safe, cost effective and timely resolution of all interfaces.
• Develop and maintain effective working practices for the project management team.
• Responsibility and accountability for leadership and excellence in the achievement of coordinating both technical and governance through the Stages of the Projects.
• Responsible for the project HSSE leadership, ensures a program of initiatives and auditing schedule are established, and that HSSE and quality management issues are proactively addressed.
• Drives good practices, including corporate initiatives, across projects and programs.
• Resolves complex issues which are escalated by project team.
• Participate in assurance activities and peer reviews.
  
  

Leadership

• Guides and directs large project team(s), which includes project managers and their respective teams, external specialists and engaging staff from multiple offices and sites.
• Is an advocate and role model for ethical behaviour and compliance with applicable laws and policies.
• Teaches and empowers others to make decisions within established parameters.
  
  

Internal

Working relationships:

• Oversight of project teams to deliver a portfolio of projects.
• Monitors effectiveness of current relationships and empowers others to take actions as needed.
• Guides and directs a large diverse project team which may include specialists from outside the company and from other countries.
• Ensures effective interface across all business units / functions / specialist services, to provide project teams with the support required to deliver the portfolio of projects.
  
  

External

• Represents the organization externally at the highest levels with the customer, in the community and with contractors.
• Works with other leaders to develop relationship management strategies for developing and maintaining strong ties with key external contacts including customers, governments, community groups, competitors.
• Establishes and maintains a positive and effective customer relationship, ensuring the contract is delivered in line with contractual terms and conditions.
• Manage relationships with external stakeholders including interaction with suppliers and subcontractors to resolve cost, schedule and quality issues.
  
  

Level Of Influence And Decision Making Authority

• Requires limited guidance, works within high level policy guidance; work is assessed in relation to objectives and outcomes.
• Leads a large diverse project team including specialists from outside the company and from other countries.
• Actions and decisions typically influence the long-term profitability, operating and technical results of the business group.
• Solves complex problems requiring an understanding of social, political and cultural issues as well as technical and business issues; exercises broad mature judgement in developing innovative solutions.
  
  

Qualifications

Qualifications:

B.S. in Engineering and / or MSc. in Project Management from an accredited university.

Project Management Professional (PMP), Associate in Project Management (APM) or equivalent certification is preferred.

Minimum Experience

• Minimum of twenty-five (25) years relevant experience in the oil & gas industry, including ten (10) years of outstanding project management experience for Major Brownfield Oil & Gas Offshore Projects in excess of $300 Million TIC.
  
  

Role-Specific Skills/ Experience

• Demonstrable ability to manage EPC and / or EPCM contracts for offshore Brownfield Oil & Gas projects for major Oil & Gas companies.
• Experience of managing large offshore projects containing marine spreads and materials movement and logistics as part of the scope.
• Specific experience in Middle East for renowned clients, preferred.
• Personality, ability, and experience to drive, manage, direct and guide the team to achieve contract objectives.
• High level of professional competence and management skills to motivate the team to achieve high quality performance during the execution of the portfolio of projects.
• Expert in stakeholder management with extensive experience in managing challenging stakeholders and able to coach and advise others in this area.
• Thorough knowledge of project success and benefits management.
• Demonstrable ability to drive cash flow management as well as projection/forecast of cost at completion.
• Demonstrable experience of commercial and technical risk management.
• Advanced knowledge of various forms of vendor contracts across many types of goods and services; able to create new appropriate contracting frameworks and negotiate to successful conclusion.
• Robust knowledge of supplier categorization and experienced in devising appropriate commercial acquisition strategies.
• Experienced in assembling and managing multi-phase project budgets, including risk contingencies.
• Experience of managing complex major project start-up, produce and communicate the Contract Execution Plan.
• Expert Practitioner in Risk Management processes, well versed in how risks are transposed into cost, time and contingency estimates and forecasts.
• Experience of implementing successful project performance improvement activities and techniques for recovering poor performance.
• Understands the needs of information management requirements in the project phases (operation), internal (contractual, statutory) and asset (customer) documentation.
• Expert understanding of both explicit and implicit dependencies and able to explain these and build into recommendations.
• Demonstrable ability to negotiate appropriate close-out terms with all key stakeholders.
  
  

Personal Attributes

• Safety focused with an uncompromising approach to risk management. Places the welfare of both internal and customer employees at the top of the agenda.
• Passionately and visibly pursues and supports, demonstrates, and embeds company values.
• Customer focused – develops sincere and open relationships with customers, constantly striving to exceed expectations and add value. Able to develop and maintain strong customer relationships, including ability to influence.
• Pragmatic in approach with a strong commercial bias and ability to balance commerciality with operational excellence.
• Entrepreneurial approach - ability to identify and pursue opportunities to add value to client and Wood.
• Able to motivate, engage and influence a diverse group of people, many without a direct reporting relationship.
• Strong team builder capable of identifying and adopting best practices, engendering a spirit of cooperation and energizing people towards optimum performance enabling cross functional best practice.
• Strong influencer, negotiator and mediator.
• Flexible to respond in agile ways to changing internal and external context and customer needs critical thinker, able to interpret complex data and with strong problem-solving abilities.
  
  

About Us

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people. www.woodplc.com

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