Abu Dhabi - Project Controls Manager

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Description for internal candidates

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 asset enhancement projects covering multiple systems 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.

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.

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

Establishment and maintenance of systems, processes, and procedures, to deliver integrated, efficient delivery of schedules, cost control, estimation, budgets and risk management.

Integration and oversight of construction contractors schedule to ensure alignment with overall integrated schedule to achieve delivery assurance.

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.

Provide the project management with accurate monthly cost and progress reports incorporating early warning, forecast completions, together with the critical path and trend analyses.

Ensure that all work is performed without compromise to quality and in line with the company's procedures.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities for internal candidates

Key accountabilities and responsibilities:

• Ensures that project control activities are performed in accordance with the contractual agreements and the client's requirements.
• Develop and implement the project control execution plan.
• Responsible for ensuring all project specific control tools and systems are set up and functioning adequately.
• Ensure project control staff are competent to carry out assigned work.
• Review and approval of construction & commissioning contractors baseline schedule and project controls plan including progress measurement and payment mechanisms.
• Manage the integrated schedule to include all activities including engineering, procurement, logistics, marine spread, construction and commissioning activities across a portfolio of projects and several contractors.
• Provide the project management with accurate monthly cost and progress reports incorporating early warning, forecast completions, together with the critical path and trend analyses.
• Monitor overall project/assignment progress status, achievement and non-achievement of major milestones and analyse and forecast performance in relation to plan.
• Identifies and establishes the communications interfaces essential for the delivery of cost, planning, scheduling and risk deliverables and services.
• Measure and report project status and KPI achievement to management.
• Manage the implementation of the cost and work breakdown structures.
• Manage and oversee the project work approval process in terms of accurate cost code allocation and initial budget set-up and approvals.
• Manage the workload, performance and development of the project controls team.
• Timely control and forecasting of budgets and ensure that the impact of all change requests are properly assessed and included in the budget and schedules if applicable.
• Accountable for delivery and ongoing maintenance of the projects fully resourced, logic linked Gantt charts within preferred planning software to the agreed project and program requirements.
• Accountable for providing analysis of current and future resource needs for the project and program to the project manager.
• Ensure the project change management system and assurance activities are adhered to.
• Oversee the preparation of proposal schedules and CTR packs.
• Ensure effective schedule risk analysis workshops/sessions both internally and with clients are undertaken and actions implemented.
• Accountable for the accuracy and completeness of all cost, planning and risk deliverables prior to issue to internal or external customer.
• Coordinate with client representatives, team members, contractors, subcontractors to consider all project control requirements.

Working relationships

Internal:

• Project director/managers
• Project management team including engineering manager, supply chain manager, project engineers, construction manager, HSE manager and quality manager
• Finance & commercial functions
• Project control team members

External:

• Client management team
• Construction & commissioning contractors project controls managers
• Subcontractors management team

• Decisions may have serious impact on project performance.
• Actions and decisions typically have a significant influence on departmental operations and functionality and a moderate influence on the medium-term operational and financial results of a business group.
• Work is performed under general direction.
• Overall objectives and resource requirements are communicated to management.
• Reports budget and/or schedule deviations.
• Uses professional judgement to evaluate, recommend solutions and resolve issues.
• Anticipates potential problems and proactively resolves complex problems by interfacing with departments.

• B.S. or equivalent degree in engineering from an accredited university.

• Minimum twenty (20) years relevant experience in the oil & gas industry including offshore brownfield projects, including at least five (5) years in similar position.

• Significant experience and capability in management of budgeting, controlling costs, planning, scheduling and management of change on EPCM projects.
• Knowledgeable across engineering, procurement and construction execution.
• Understands the use and applications of project controls department tools and systems.
• Possess keen business insight, embraces Wood's strategic purpose and goals and translates these into practical concepts relevant to project execution.
• Builds knowledge networks, creates and maintains a global network of subject matter experts inside and outside their team and Wood.
• Ability to think analytically, conceptually and adaptively, and make sense of new information across multiple levels of detail.
• Able to address substantive conflicts and facilitate timely resolution, builds collaborative relationships, engages others, fosters teamwork, aligns differences.
• Good mentoring skills, teaches, coaches, and mentors to help assure individual and team success as well as develop the next generation.
• Able to foster development of a common vision and collaboration among team members and teams across geographical and cultural boundaries, promotes open expression of ideas, encourages and empowers others.

• Ability to lead a team and work independently.
• Excellent client service focus.
• Exceptional organisational skills and able to multi-task.
• Demonstrates commitment to Wood values, visions & behaviors.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills.
• Effective organization & planning skills.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Understands and controls one's emotions with empathy for others.
• Communicates effectively: listens to understand and is able to articulate ideas and complex concepts clearly and convincingly to a wide range of audiences, expresses ideas clearly and concisely, seeks to understand others perspectives.
• Uses initiative and a proactive approach to problem solving.
• Commitment to continuous improvement.

About the Company

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.

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