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Leadership and Stakeholder Management Duties and Requirements

Ensure that values are adopted, adhered to and communicated such that the integrity of the company is upheld to the highest level
Provide leadership, motivation and inspiration to the team
Coach the team to create a positive culture throughout all departments
Demonstrate confidence to lead /coordinate a team in complex multi-disciplinary projects with multiple interfaces and stakeholders
Establish a strong and cohesive project team
Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders such as client, fabricators and suppliers to enable smooth delivery of a project
Strong negotiation and influencing skills to deliver effective relationship building at all levels
Strong presentational and verbal communication skills
Provide supplementary assessment reports for project personnel as requested by department line managers to support performance management
Recommend future training for project personnel
Recommend project personnel for succession planning

Project Management Duties

Provide overall management of projects through engineering, procurement and construction/fabrication phases
Ensure that the project works are executed safely and efficiently, with quality, programme and cost objectives achieved to the mutual satisfaction of the Customer
Ensure all appropriate Health & Safety procedures are applied at all project locations
Ensure that the project team operates to VWS procedures and any other specific requirements of the contract
Issue the Project Execution Strategy and Execution Plan, identifying any changes to procedures and any project specific requirements which are necessitated by the contract.
Delegate appropriate tasks and responsibilities to project team members, extending intelligent trust for monitoring and follow-up
Identify and manage risk and opportunity to project delivery utilising systems and procedures
Utilise and champion change control systems
Hold internal progress review meetings as necessary
Ensure, in conjunction with departmental heads, that adequate resources and facilities are available to the project team at the right time
Act as the focal point for all project communications with customers, financial authorities, agents, consortium partners and site
Report regularly to the customer on project progress, areas of concern, risks and mitigations
Visit customers, consortium partners, suppliers, sub-contractors and site as necessary
Represent the company in all contractual and consortium matters
Prepare project budget and agree target with senior management
Provide accurate and timely management information, reporting progress, financial forecasting and risk & opportunity to senior management
Attend senior management progress review meetings
Establish set up of project administration systems including the filing system Prepare a project close-out report and archive the project records

Business Improvement & Operational Excellence Duties

Combine analytical thinking and excellent problem solving skills with ability to explain complex issues to different levels in the company
Drive, manage and achieve the business operational objectives and ensure that these are aligned to the overall business strategy
Capture lessons learned and review operations to identify and implement efficiencies and identify and manage risk and exploit opportunities
Use up to date project methodology and process to implement and improve current project management procedures across the company
Provide commitment to innovation by proposing, facilitating and delivering innovation projects
Provide assistance to the Tendering Dept. in the preparation and submission of tenders

Competencies

Communication Leadership
Decision Making
Execution
Critical thinking
Team Management

Requirements

Degree qualified in a relevant Engineering discipline or Quantity Surveying
Turnkey process plant contracting required
Minimum of 10 years relevant experience required
Previous experience of managing and leading large, complex projects of a lump-sum nature in the Oil and Gas/Water contracting industries
Experience of dealing with overseas fabricators and customersEqual Opportunities:

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