Senior Project Manager

Working Relationships

Internal

• Provides the interface and maintains effective relationships with other contributors to the project
• Guides and directs project team and functional support teams as required
• Interfaces with high value engineering centres (HVEC) as required and manages scope across all offices involved
• Interface and coordinate with Operational and/or Contract Management to ensure delivery of operational goals
  

External

• Primary point of contact for customer on assigned scope. Establishes and maintains a positive and effective customer relationship, ensuring payment terms are met, and communicating any delays
• Manage relationships with external suppliers and sub-contractors and resolves cost, schedule and quality issues
• Seeks out new avenues for building internal and external relationships
• Monitors existing relationships
• May act as company representative and play a role in contract negotiations
• Influences relationships at higher customer level
  

Level of influence & decision making authority

• Actions and decisions typically have a significant influence on the technical, operational and financial results of one or more small and medium-size projects
• Works under limited supervision
• Work is performed under general direction and is reviewed for conformance with policies and general efficiency
• Keeps manager informed of progress, potentially controversial matters and far-reaching implications
• Solves problems requiring an understanding of, financial and commercial implications
• Solves problems requiring understanding of social and political implications and international issues
  

Qualifications

• Engineering degree in any discipline is required
• Experience in high sour gas projects is preferred
• Experience working on ADNOC projects is preferred
• Good level of experience in the related field, industry, and locations of the work
• Proven project management experience as well as a good understanding of business issues
• Thorough understanding of project management techniques and practice
• Thorough understanding of project goals, drivers and strategies
• Experience of developing and implementing measures of success and benefits on several projects
• Knowledge of prioritizing stakeholders and the development of stakeholder management plans
• Has interfaced with key stakeholders on projects to obtain, create and maintain requirements and acceptance criteria on several occasions
• Good knowledge of industry and company risk management processes. Well versed in qualitative assessment methods and some knowledge of quantitative assessment techniques
• Able to use common estimating techniques to derive estimates and costs on standard projects
• Good knowledge of contract models, conditions, types and their suitability in different situations
• Able to deliver effective project initiation on multi-phase projects and produce project execution plans
• Well versed in international and company quality assurance standards
• Knowledge of commercial and contract conditions applicable to the procurement of various types of goods and services
• Good knowledge and experience in project monitoring and forecasting
• Ability to manage change control process on project with several sub-contractors and interfaces
• In-depth knowledge of all types of project information (deliverables) and its uses and capable of managing information management project team
• Good knowledge of all handover and close-out activities required for customer, company and suppliers
• Understanding of Cash Flow management as well as projection/forecast of cost at completion