Energy Division Operations Manager - Oil Gas
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Job Description
Reporting directly to the Energy Division Director the role will be acting as a Projects Director responsible to ensure performance excellence and successful delivery of a portfolio of energy projects with focus on Oil & Gas projects across MENA Central Asia and/or Africa regions.
The role will be preferably based in Dubai but will be spending considerable time at projects as required to support and control the Projects operation through their complete life cycle.
The Operations Manager will maintain the overall accountability for the projects objectives; yet the Project Managers will still be fully accountable for their respective projects.
- Lead continuous performance excellence with P&L responsibility.
- Apply contemporary practices in portfolio management to deliver a portfolio of projects within budget and schedule.
- Applying industry best practices; develop and maintain productivity norms; manage and allocate resources; monitor/maximise productivity and efficiency; and undertake proactive risk management.
- Manage and/or maintain a highlevel supervision of Project Managers who are responsible for the delivery of the projects.
- Startup new projects with the support from the central functions/departments. Negotiate with other departments heads for key personnel and develop effective teams to achieve superior output on site.
- Establish division of responsibilities with the Project Managers to define their limits of authority. Act as an escalation point for decisions and issues that are beyond the authority of the Project Managers.
- Act as an additional line of communication with clients strengthen the relationship and ensure clients satisfaction.
- Track projects progress administer monthly operations meetings and provide updates to internal stakeholders on projects progress.
- Initiate appropriate actions including temporary relocation to site to keep the projects on track whenever conditions change throughout the lifecycle of the project.
- Support the preparation of tenders as required.
- Performance appraisal and development of key project staff including Project Managers as well as recruitment of new hires.
Qualifications :
- Engineering degree (M.Sc. / B.Sc.)
- At least 15 years of handson Project Management experience with exposure in multiple large Oil & Gas projects with a tier 1 contractor.
- Experience on EPC projects of significant value (> USD 500M.)
- At least three successfully delivered Oil & Gas projects as a Project Manager in the MENA region.
- Knowledge of the general Oil & Gas market and in particular about Middle East and Africa.
- Proven experience in developing and administering project execution plans including the development of realistic and detailed construction programs.
- Ability to collect track and analyse large amounts of data.
- Proficiency in applications including Microsoft Office suite and Microsoft Project.
- Excellent command of the English language; good knowledge of French language is highly welcomed
- High mobility
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
