Abu Dhabi - Quality Manager
Job description / Role
Employment: Full Time
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 and 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 organization 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 and gas system upgrades, power upgrades, control system upgrades, flare system upgrades and platform structural modifications.
Managing the application of quality principles, systems and measures and the quality management system across business groups, sub business groups or large projects. Focused on improving delivery efficiency, customer satisfaction and reducing potential risks and rework whilst complying with quality policy, standards and delivering agreed objectives.
Ensures compliance with the Wood business management system and compliance through a structured assurance programme.
Supporting measures that ensure predictable delivery and continuous improvement using performance data to make factually based decisions. Engaging and presenting senior leaders with information and data to enable preventive interventions.
Provide certainty and confidence to the client and Wood project sponsor, that the contract is being delivered with a strong focus on quality across the portfolio of projects, including construction and commissioning contractors, subcontractors and vendors.
Responsibilities- Management of all aspects of quality (including focused roles such as continuous improvement) across the breadth of their respective organization and the services we provide.
- Identification and regular engagement with key stakeholders to promote quality management and gathering feedback on performance.
- Management of and regular engagement with their quality teams ensuring competence assurance, objective setting and performance appraisal and sharing of best practice.
- Effective planning and allocation of resources (including people and budgets) enabling delivery of agreed objectives and deliverables.
- Driving the Wood business management system (BMS) across their organization ensuring that its application is effective and that compliance with the system is routinely monitored, assessed and improved as necessary. Facilitate external BMS certification as appropriate.
- Ensuring consistent and effective implementation of quality supporting systems across their organization (e.g. NCR, progressive learning and customer satisfaction systems).
- Supporting tenders and proposal activities for their organization.
- Planning and execution of risk-based assurance plans including the escalation of significant findings to senior leaders.
- Monitoring and analysis of delivery performance data, regularly reporting themes and trends to senior leaders and undertaking intervention as required.
- Gathering and acting upon customer feedback ensuring action is taken to maintain and improve customer satisfaction.
- Internal: Core member of their organizational leadership team. Key contributor as part of the BG functional leadership and wider business quality networks. Provide leadership to the quality teams. Active engagement with operational and other functional leaders.
- External: Regular engagement with customers and key suppliers (e.g. MS certification bodies). Working with industry bodies as required. Seeks opportunities to interface with peers in competitor organizations.
- Ability to present business cases and facts to influence their organization's senior leaders and their respective quality teams.
- Apply knowledge and solutions to ensure compliance to regulatory, industry and internal Wood standards.
- Ability to define budgets and approve expenditure in line with DOA.
- Degree or diploma or local equivalent in quality management, project management or related discipline (essential).
- Lead auditor qualification by recognized industry body (essential).
- Membership of CQI/ASQ quality organizations, Project Management Institute or equivalent (desirable).
- Formal training in recognized root cause analysis techniques (essential).
Minimum experience
Minimum twenty (20) years relevant experience in the oil and gas industry including offshore brownfield projects.
Role-specific skills and experience- Comprehensive understanding in industry standards (ISO 9001, ISO 19011 and associated Wood standards).
- Proficient in the analysis of processes and data.
- High level of communication skills in both written and spoken format.
- Proficient in the use of continuous improvement tools and techniques.
- Leads by example.
- Passion for operations assurance and quality.
- Excellent planner and organizer.
- Analytical, problem solver and systematic thinker.
- Excellent inter-personal skills and team player.
- Empowers others to make decisions within established parameters.
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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