Projects Manager

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The role holder is responsible for managing the projects department and for the overall direction, development, coordination, implementation, execution, control, completion, handover, and close-out of projects ensuring consistency with Company strategy, commitments, and goals. Ensuring this opportunity are executed as greenfield and brownfield projects within existing QAFCO facilities, Shutdown and non-shutdown. The role holder leads multi-disciplined teams of head of sections, engineers that will manage a balanced project department projects portfolio on short and long term according to the company’s requirements and plans. Oversees the contracting, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover until close-out of the project’s safety within agreed cost and schedule while meeting quality, project objectives and business controls following QAFCO project management systems.

The role is heavily oriented towards providing direction to technical problem solving, decision-making, analysis of project department portfolio through the application of analytical and innovative techniques. The role holder reports to the Chief Technical Officer.

Key Accountabilities:

• Act as the owner/custodian of the QAFCO’s project management methodology and coordinate, tracks for continuous improvements, integrity of system, compliance, training, sustainability.
• Plan, direct, lead and organise the activities of the projects department to ensure that budgets and R&A plans are met through the optimisation and efficient utilisation of available manpower and working hours and that staff are motivated to realise potential and make significant contributions.
• Direct and manage the activities of Head of Sections, Project Engineers, Project Support in the planning, scheduling, design quality and execution of projects.
• Support the Sr. Management with the execution of all aspects of the project including managing the staff, providing vision and strategic leadership, providing, and contributing to the 5-years capital plan, monitoring and control of project schedules and budgets, evaluating project productivity and quality and directing the complete technical operations of the project.
• Providing recurrent projects executive summary reporting. Monitor project’s balance score cards to meet objectives and expectations.
• Participate on the performance management meetings. Review, develop and recommend the appropriate organization structure for the department that will be utilise human capital on the current and forecasted workload to meet the business objectives.
• Ensure that the relevant disciplines / trades follow valid standards, technical requirements, and good engineering practices to ensure that projects are executed in line with agreed specifications.
• Approve and maintain modern and good standards on engineering practices in the department.
• Ensure that the MOC process is followed into the projects, prior to changes taking place. This as part of the governance.
• Ensure RCA on projects is implemented for positive and gaps and to capture as lessons learnt projects life cycle, and their implementation in future projects.
• Develop QAFCO’s project management methodology, tools, templates, forms, procedures & guidelines to ensure consistent evaluation and implementation of projects.
• Actively contribute to balance the project portfolio on short- and long-term regarding contribution to profitability, safety, health, environment, and product quality, according to QAFCO’s goals and objectives.
• Liaise closely with other departments/sections within QAFCO concerning project planning and execution.
• Monitor and approve project planning and strategy baselines and updates/changes prior to approach respective committees related.
• Ensure proper interfacing during entire project life cycle with application of the QAFCO’s project management methodology.
• Guide and provide direction for potential problem areas, technical information, staffing priorities and identify solutions where necessary.
• Lead by example, as a role model with innovation and differentiation, sharing and developing knowledge, competencies, serving as coach and mentors to all projects department members, and functions supporting on project.
• Responsible to maintain proper staffing levels to meet project requirements.
• Innovate spirit in the department, motivate, develop, and appraise performance of employees under area of responsibility to achieve improved performance and individual contribution.
  Plan and participate in the development of nationals for their learning and growing career.

Desired Candidate Profile:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant Engineering discipline.
• 15 years direct and relevant experience in oil/gas or petrochemical industry with minimum 5 years in a project management role.
• Fully conversant and knowledge as Subject Matter expert in project management and project engineering and construction management will be added as an advantage.