Project Manager [Offshore Island Project]

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Formulate the project team and participate in project kick-off meetings, understand scope of work, estimation basis, execution and subcontracting strategy and execute the project.
• Coordinate with client Project Manager and project management team and set up project information system and communications.

Day-to-day responsibilities:

• As per project scope, in collaboration with the planning team establish work procedures, sequences, and develop schedules, budgets, staffing requirements, vendor lists and progress milestones.
• Manage technical issues with team and client. Regularly reports project progress to senior management and/or the client.
• Manage a project team to ensure project safety, scope, schedule, and budgets are being tracked and implemented.
• Establishes project procedures and leads production of project execution plan including the scope of work, deliverables list, master schedule, budget, org charts, risk register.
• Facilitates the setup of information management systems / applications as applicable to suit various life phases of projects and manage information management project team.
• Reviews and analysis of the cost and cost control progress, financial and other site-generated data to evaluate job status and progress.
• 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.
• Negotiates changes to project scope or specification with the client. Follows Change Management process to identify and approve modifications to scope, cost, schedule and quality.
• Responsible for delivery of agreed schedule and financial performance, proactively intervening to avoid slippage.
• Ensures competence of project team members to carry out assigned work and responsibility for ensuring project team members are competent to carry out assigned duties.
• Leads ongoing focus on risk identification and mitigation during project execution.
• 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.
• Interact with clients to proactively resolve issues and at project’s completion to obtain final client approvals.
• Maintains a continuing business relationship with all clients as part of ongoing business development efforts.
• 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.

• Minimum Bachelor Degree in Engineering (Electrical, Instrumentation or Mechanical) with (15 Years minimum) in the Oil & Gas industry. Affinity and familiar with Engineering, Procurement and Contracting aspects in the business, both onshore and offshore.

Experience Requirements:

• Experience level: 15 years
• 05+ years or more experience in UAE or Middle East
• Minimum 03 years as Project Manager on medium to large scale projects in similar business or industry
• HSE leadership compliance and ability to work in multidisciplinary teams.

Skills & Professional Requirements:

• Proven project management experience as well as a good understanding of business issues.
• Good level of experience in the related field, industry, and locations of the work in UAE.
• Have worked as a Project Manager on the electrical projects.
• Experience working on brownfield projects is preferred.
• Brownfield experience in replacement of switchgears in oil and gas industry.
• Knowledge of commercial and contract conditions applicable to the procurement of various types of goods and services.
• Good knowledge and experience in project monitoring and forecasting
• Ability to manage change control process on project with subcontractors and interfaces (if any).
• In-depth knowledge of all types of project information (deliverables) and its uses and capable of managing information management project team
• Good knowledge of all handover and close-out activities required for client, and suppliers.
• Understanding of Cash Flow management as well as projection/forecast of cost at completion.

Attributes and Behaviours:

• Coaches, mentors and empowers others to make decisions within established parameters.
• Is a champion and role model for ethical behaviour and compliance with applicable laws and policies.
• Excellent personality with strong communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Strong computer skills including knowledge of Microsoft office products, specifically Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word