Senior Project Manager / Project Director

Energy Resourcing are currently recruiting for a Senior Project Manager / Project Director to join our client's Woking project delivery team permanently.

This role offers a flexible hybrid working model with 3 days working in the Woking office balanced with home working.

This fantastic career opportunity offers growth and professional development within the energy sector.

• Excellent knowledge of planning and project controls.
• Capable of resolving all commercial, contractual, and technical issues within the project and with the Client, taking reference back to the respective Departmental/ Group Managers as required; safeguarding both the client and the client's interest.
• 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.
• Responsible for the timely submission of all invoices and payments by the Company. Initiates payments to suppliers and sub-contractors ensuring all terms and conditions have been met and securing appropriate back charges.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Duties essentially performed in the Main Office. The majority of time is allocated to supervision, planning, coordination, attending meetings, critical approvals, and maintaining contacts. Required to travel to other client offices, Client offices, and attend site visits as necessary, by corporate or project requirements.Has regular meetings with the Project Management Team and communicates effectively with the entire Project Team on all key issues, to ensure awareness, clear responsibilities and accountabilities, and informed action by all members of the team.
• Having regard to corporate, project, and policies, including the Code of Business Conduct and the Company's strategic goals.
• Typically manages and is responsible for the delivery of large/ complex FEED, detailed design, and EPC or EPCM projects.
• Ensures project meets or exceeds all performance targets i.e. HSSE, quality, cost, schedule, and customer satisfaction.
• Team player.
• Responsible for recording, monitoring, and controlling all project costs, trends, forecasts, and risks including all commercial and contractual aspects of procurement and subcontracting.
• Acts as the Contract representative with clients, suppliers, partners, and third-party contractors. Negotiates terms and conditions where necessary, by the client's guidelines, ensuring that the client & other party interests are represented.
• Manages the establishment of the mechanisms and specific processes and elements for external and internal progress monitoring and reporting against the project plan. Manages project personnel to ensure progress monitoring is effective and enables control of the project budget. Ensures that a change management process is administered and that corrective action is agreed upon and implemented at the appropriate level, as and when plan variations occur.
• Delivers maximum project margin, exceeding the bid target.
• Provides leadership for technical reviews such as HAZOP, HAZID, value engineering, design integrity, and 3D Model reviews. The Project Engineering Manager, Project Engineers, and Lead Discipline Engineers are supported in these reviews.
• Responsible for all management, commercial and technical decisions relating to the project. Consults with Project Sponsor or Project Director on major issues relating to the contract or Company relationship and implements recommendations for resolution.
• Crisis responsiveness.
• Accountable for the entire project budget and contract. Coordinates all activities for the successful initiation, execution, and close-out of the project within the project schedule and contractual requirements. Oversees all coordination between the client, their clients, Vendors, Engineering, Procurement, Sub Contractors, and any other external or internal agency. Manages projects to deliver gross margin.
• Chartered Status preferred. Significant related project management experience working for Engineering/Client organisations in the Oil and Gas Industry and/ or Low Carbon Energy Transition industry.
• Thorough knowledge of Safety and Quality procedures.
• Experience in managing FEED/ Detailed Design and EPC projects.
• Proactive approach.
• Working knowledge of contract terms & conditions.
• 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.
• Provides Leadership in HSSE and QA/ QC. Approves Project HSSE and QA/QC project plans and monitors effective implementation. Supports Project and Corporate Quality Audits where necessary about QA/ QC and HSSE.
• Participates in employee performance evaluations, establishes performance criteria, identifies employee strengths and weaknesses, and recommends training and development requirements.
• Establishing and adequately resourcing the requirements of the project, including staffing, office facilities, IT infrastructure, and IM strategy, regularly reviews the demobilisation plans of the workforce and project progress to minimise cost and overheads wherever possible.
• Monitors and manages the performance of suppliers and subcontractors to determine compliance with contractual obligations. Resolves issues arising from disputes or sub-standard performance.
• Manages effective close-out of the Project, providing feedback and recording data, and identifying lessons learned for historical purposes.
• Global work share experience.
• Supervises the entire project team, including Project personnel, engineers, designers, Project Services, Procurement, and all third-party contractors.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Knowledge of international equipment specifications and codes.
• Excellent management, delegation, and leadership skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Achievement orientation.
• Knowledge of standard international specifications and codes.
• Ensures compliance with the client's ISO quality procedures, Project Quality Plan, and Design Integrity processes and procedures. Complying with other client-accredited frameworks such as ISO14001.
• Keeps the Project Sponsor regularly informed of progress and all issues of concern, including potential overrun of budget and/ or schedule, resource issues, contractual issues, and client relationship issues.
• Participates in a formal review of the project with relevant parties on completion and identifies opportunities for learning and development.
• Masters's Degree in Engineering.
• Good business acumen.
• Manages the preparation and presentation of the final documentation and liaises with Company for the issuance of the acceptance certificates and release of performance bonds and bank guarantees.
• Analytical and problem-solving mind.
• Tactfulness in resolving issues.
• HSSE & Quality Consciousness.