Project Manager Job at WorleyParsons

WorleyParsons has had a presence in Africa since the 1970's when Parsons E&C established their offices in Cairo, Egypt. Since that time the company has continued to spread across the continent and in 2003 a joint venture was established in Lagos, Nigeria to form DeltaAfrik Engineering Limited. Over the past five years, WorleyParsons has executed more than 100 projects in over 15 countries. In 2003 a joint venture was established in Lagos, Nigeria to form DeltaAfrik Engineering Limited. Worley Parsons has the skills and technologies to address all challenges, from small brownfield services contracts to mega greenfield projects. Our service capability covers the entire asset lifecycle: from identifying the opportunity to the operating phase.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Project Manager

Requisition ID: LAG007B
Job Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job Field (Function / Discipline): Project Management

Responsibilities
Primary objectives:

• To plan, co-ordinate and manage the design, procurement, construction and commissioning of assigned projects, including taking a leadership role in the preparation of proposals.
• To ensure clear agreement of client objectives and that these are met or exceeded.
• To achieve or better the budgeted gross margin.
• To provide strong HSE leadership

Team Management:

• Provide clear and focused leadership for the project team to create a vision for project success and a strategy to fit that vision.
• Define roles and responsibilities
• Focus team on achievement of milestones and other key project objectives.
• Listen to the team, discuss the issues, resolve problems and direct activities to remove roadblocks and achieve objectives.
• Provide mentoring and participate in staff performance evaluations.
• Identify and implement training requirements

Client Relationships:

• Identify, document and communicate the client requirements
• Effective management of multiple stakeholders
• Maintain and build healthy client relationships throughout the project and post completion.
• Proactively resolve performance, scope, cost and schedule issues with the Client as they arise.

Cost Control:

• Plan and prepare accurate project estimates and maintain overall CP budgets.
• Establish cost report for control of projects.
• Monitoring and control of all cost aspects of the project to forecast costs, obtain approvals, identify trends and take action to avoid cost overruns and take advantage of opportunities
• Assess performance of cost control system & personnel.

Design Management:

• Set clear objectives for the design team.
• Ensures design team aware of, and complying with, client's Basis of Design and applicable regulations and codes.
• Monitor design activities, inter-discipline data flow and communications.

Procurement/Subcontracts Management:

• Set clear objectives for the procurement and subcontracts team.
• Assess procurement process throughout the project to ensure goods meet specification, are delivered on time and are within budget.

Construction Management:

• Set clear objectives for the Construction team.
• Interface with Construction manager on day-day activities
• Monitor the Construction Management function to ensure safe delivery of the project within cost and schedule objectives.

Requirements
Education – Qualifications, Accreditation, Training:

• Mechanical, Chemical, or Civil  Engineering Degree (Bachelor Level, Graduate Level Desired)

Job Specific Knowledge: 

• Demonstrable commitment to HSE Management in a project environment
• Excellent leadership and communication skills
• High level of customer focus
• Proven ability in leading multidiscipline activities.
• Previous experience as a project manager on projects of up to US$100m+ total value

Industry Specific Experience:

• Broad knowledge of oil & gas practices, processes, and engineering toolkits
• 15 or more years of Facilities Engineering experience
• Functions as a technical specialist who has the capability to make decisions and recommendations that are authoritative and can have a far reaching impact on the overall engineering for the project
• Experience on Project Management Teams (PMT) reviewing and approving EPC contractor deliverables and providing specification clarifications
• Good organizational and strong technical judgement skills
• Strong leadership and coordination capability
• Demonstrated teamwork skills and experience working independently
• Demonstrated skills to influence Contractors positively
• Ability to be effective with minimal supervision
• Ability to adapt to tight deadlines, extremely heavy workloads, and frequent changes in priorities
• Ability to summarize very complex content/ideas to its core essence and then  articulate via written 
• Clear, concise, and persuasive communication for a variety of settings

HSE Capability:

• Safety – Responsible for personal safety and his/her staffs safe working practices for DA. Understand and follow HSE procedures.

IT Skills: 

• Proficient in MS Office suite of software programs, Lotus Notes, Outlook, etc.

People Skills:

• Effective communications with the project team.
• Documented communication requirements.
• Accurate, timely & effective progress reporting to the Client and internally to WorleyParsons management.
• Ongoing monitoring of the communication network between project staff, the client and third parties and introduction of changes where required.
•  High levels of enthusiasm, ability to self manage, strong analytical skills. Read, write, and speak fluent English, especially as it applies to technical and business communications

Other Requirements:

• Candidates should possess relevant qualifications with 15 or more years of Facilities Engineering experience
• Mechanical, Chemical, or Civil Engineering Degree (Bachelor Level, Graduate Level Desired)
• Previous experience as a project manager on projects of up to US$100m+ total value
• Experience on Project Management Teams (PMT) reviewing and approving EPC contractor deliverables and providing specification clarifications
• Whatever your ambition, there's a path for you here.