Project Manager - Pipeline Pre-Commissioning

EnerMech is a leading global specialist services company providing integrated solutions to the energy and infrastructure sectors. With operations across the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, we deliver innovative technical services that support our clients throughout the asset lifecycle.

Our people are at the heart of our success, and we are committed to delivering operational excellence, technical expertise and the highest standards of safety.

About the Role

The Project Manager is accountable for the safe, compliant and profitable execution of projects across their full lifecycle, from initiation through planning, execution and monitoring, to close-out, applying PMI/PMBOK knowledge areas and a principles-based approach to deliver contracted scope, protect margin, and build lasting client and stakeholder confidence.

Accountabilities

• Accountable for project governance, controls and resourcing being applied consistently across the full project lifecycle, in line with PMI and EnerMech practice.
• Accountable for delivery of the contracted scope to the approved cost and schedule baselines, protecting forecast margin from initiation through to close-out.
• Accountable for service delivery meeting all contractual, HSE and regulatory obligations for the scope of work, with no compromise to safety performance.
• Accountable for stakeholder alignment and effective communication across client, internal and supply-chain interfaces, including the impact of approved change.
• Accountable for the end-to-end execution and formal close-out of assigned projects within [Business Unit], including transfer of deliverables and capture of lessons learned.
• Accountable for the identification, escalation and mitigation of project risk and uncertainty, and for decisions taken within delegated authority.
• Accountable for the performance, safety and development of the project team, and for the effective deployment of assigned internal and third-party resources.

Key Responsibilities

Project Integration Management

• Develop and maintain the project management plan, integrating scope, schedule, cost, quality, resource, communication, risk, procurement and stakeholder elements into a single coherent execution plan.
• Coordinate and ensure successful delivery of project in accordance with standardised Business Line processes.
• Act as single point of accountability for project performance, escalating decisions beyond delegated authority in line with Organisational reporting.

Scope & Schedule Management

• Define and control project scope, preventing scope variance through formal change control.
• Develop, baseline and maintain the integrated project schedule; monitor progress and recover slippage through corrective action.
• Manage interfaces between internal and external functions to protect critical path activities.

Cost & Resource Management

• Control project costs from initiation to completion, ensuring alignment with budget and financial objectives set by [Head of Function].
• Monitor resource allocation, prioritising subject matter experts (SMEs) and efficient use of internal and external (rented) equipment and personnel.
• Assess project financials regularly (EVM, forecast-to-complete), identifying cost-saving opportunities and mitigating budget deviations

Stakeholder, Communications & Change Management

• Ensure service delivery meets contractual obligations and exceeds client expectations.
• Act as primary client interface, aligning delivery with client requirements and driving timely resolution of issues.
• Lead organisational and project change management activities – communicating impact, securing buy-in and embedding change with affected stakeholders and teams.
• Facilitate structured, proactive communication and engagement across the project lifecycle, in line with a defined communications plan.

Quality, Technical Standards & Compliance

• Oversee technical and quality performance to ensure all engineering / service delivery meets defined technical standards and business requirements.
• Ensure compliance with industry regulations, HSE standards and internal technical / quality measures.

Risk & Procurement Management

• Identify, assess, manage and mitigate project risks and issues, escalating critical risks when necessary.
• Provide regular, structured updates on project performance against agreed KPI’s.
• Conduct scenario modelling and contingency management into project planning and mitigate challenges.
• Manage third-parties and rental-equipment interfaces in support of project delivery, where applicable.

Continuous Improvement

• Drive continuous improvement by capturing and implementing lessons learned, sharing feedback.
• Champion adoption of enterprise value procedures, standard templates and the SharePoint project-management knowledge base across global project teams.

Requirements

• Driving Results: constructs and adapts plans to deliver objectives, using structures and systems to control deviation from forecast.
• Adaptability & Resilience / Change Management: navigates change with resilience; plans, communicates and embeds organisational and project change (aligned to PMI change management practice).
• Financial Acumen: understands and analyses financial and commercial information to enable informed decisions that protect margin.
• Collaboration, Teamwork & Influencing: works cross-functionally, building rapport and influence to achieve shared goals across teams and functions.
• Customer Centric: delivers excellent customer experience and high-quality solutions that exceed expectations.
• Decision-Making: employs critical thinking & logical reasoning for decisions with cross-functional impact.
• PMI / PMBOK Knowledge Areas: demonstrable working knowledge of Integration, Scope, Schedule, Cost, Quality, Resource, Communications, Risk, Procurement and Stakeholder Management.
• PMBOK 7 Principles & Performance Domains: applies a principles-based, outcome-focused approach — stewardship, team, stakeholders, value, systems thinking, leadership, tailoring, quality, complexity, risk, adaptability and change.
• Large Scape Projects:

Proven experience in managing large-scale projects, including the planning, mobilisation, coordination, and control of significant personnel and equipment resources to support major turnarounds, planned shutdowns, plant outages, and emergency works. Demonstrated ability to manage complex operational requirements while maintaining safety, quality, schedule, and cost objectives.

• 8–10 years of project management experience in the oil & gas services sector, including complex, multidisciplinary projects.
• Proven experience implementing standardised project processes, governance and controls.
• PMP certification (PMI), APM PRINCE2 or suitably experienced.
• Experience managing rented equipment and personnel logistics is advantageous for [IIS / ES] scope.
• Track record of leading organisational or project change initiatives.
• Solid grasp of financial and accounting management including Earned Value and Percentage of completion accounting to Completed Contract Method.