Projects Manager - Offshore Projects

Kent PLC; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job description

Projects Manager - Offshore Projects

About the job:

Kent is looking for a Project Manager to be based in Aberdeen to support a new opportunity within the EMEA Projects Business Unit. We are seeking high calibre people for this key position that have talent, enthusiasm, and drive to influence and be part of our exciting expansion plans as we grow Kent's offshore projects portfolio in the North-East. Being hands on particularly during this period of growth, collaborative and committed to a long-term career within a high performing team are some of the key qualities we are seeking. Finally, the role entails a large deal of internal interaction so demonstrating initiative around developing key interfaces when dealing with multi-functional or multi-discipline activities is critical. Kent is a fast paced, innovative, and exciting environment to develop your career, that offers excellent opportunity to work on global projects whilst having a direct impact on the environment that surrounds us. The right candidate will play a key part in maintaining our best-in-class reputation and be part of an integrated team. The ever-changing condition of our industry means we need individuals who can adapt, change, and thrive when working in dynamic environments. Our global opportunities and innovation initiatives will allow you to excel and build upon your strengths as we continue our growth into existing and exciting emerging markets.

Skills & Responsibilities:

• Closely interfaces with Business Development to establish operations guidelines for opportunities and represent projects group in client interactions.
• Leads and manages active offshore and onshore tenders including stakeholder engagement (clients, supply chain and external).
• Responsible for overseeing and managing the successful execution of both onshore and offshore tenders and projects. This includes the estimation, development, negotiation, design, procurement, construction, and commissioning phases.
• Ensure the projects are completed safely, on time, within scope, and on budget, while adhering to industry standards and regulatory requirements.
• Champion a safety-first culture, ensuring projects are carried out in compliance with health, safety, environmental, and quality standards.
• Manages the initial mobilisation of the core project team to ensure that all necessary activities are reviewed with actions appropriately assigned, timescales agreed, and relevant parties briefed, with new communication channels established where necessary.
• Accountable for the entire project budget and contract. Coordinates all activities for the successful initiation, execution, and close-out of the project within project schedule and contractual requirements.
• Support and lead existing and future bids (many contract forms but mainly EPC/EPCM/PMC) with a view to managing the delivery of projects both in bid and execution phases, interfacing with clients and initiating start-up.
• Approves the Project Execution Plan (PEP) and subsidiary coordination procedures for the project. Ensures effective implementation and supports Project and Corporate Quality Audits where necessary.
• Provide an interface with the Estimating and Proposals group to seamlessly lead a tender package in close collaboration with our Global E&P group.
• Provides and interface with our CCS group, along with their Centre of Excellence to establish optimisations, improvements and develop key engineering parameters to be built into EPC-based projects.
• Manages the establishment of the mechanisms and specific processes and elements for external and internal progress monitoring and reporting against the project plan.
• Contributes to improving the efficiency in the delivery of projects across Kent.
• Work with discipline teams to resource projects.
• Manage projects in accordance with Kent procedures and best practice.

In addition to the responsibilities listed herein, the employee may be required to perform other ad-hoc tasks as needed or directed by the supervisor or management. These tasks will be within the reasonable scope of the employee's skills, capabilities, and role within the organization. The intent of this provision is to allow for flexibility and adaptability in meeting the dynamic needs of the organization, ensuring that operational requirements can be met efficiently. All such tasks will be assigned considering the employee's current workload and with respect to their professional development.

Your knowledge/skills, education, and experience:

• Bachelor's degree as minimum, Engineering or similar.
• Extensive knowledge of project management methodologies, risk management, and safety standards in onshore and offshore environments.
• Master's degree in Engineering is preferable.
• Chartered Status preferred. Significant related professional experience.