Regional Technical Director, APL

Aldelia Group - Our client, with operations in Lagos and Port-Harcourt is an S&P 500 company and a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and sale of equipment and components in oil gas drilling and production.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Regional Technical Director, APL
Job Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Job Description

• Plan and direct the overall engineering activities of the company.
• Coordinate the creation, development, design, and improvement of company products in conformance with established programs and objectives.
• Provide engineering advice and assistance to other departments as required.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Oversee the management of personnel and activities for assigned departments.
• Provide strategic direction and develop, implement and monitor the goals, objectives, priorities and procedures relating to the organizational unit.
• Develop and administer the budget.
• Direct the necessary programs to develop and maintain competitive products, performance analysis, and applicable test functions.
• Oversee new product developments and apply company designed solution on locally manufactured structures.
• Direct major development programs for product improvement. Make recommendations as to the standardization of developed products.
• Advise in matters of new product feasibility, engineering policies, product information, product usage, limitations and recommendations.
• Responsible for technical assistance to the Manufacturing Department in matters of specification interpretation, salvage and product modifications.
• Direct field engineering activities for sales assistance, the accumulation of data and investigation of establishing more economic mooring and offloading systems and develop product specific procedures.
• Responsible for technical support for Sales Department in the form of special investigations, internal technical reports, papers presented to the industry, technical information and analysis for customer product performance questions.
• Responsible for technical support and liaison in patent and other legal matters with the company's legal counsel.
• Responsible for technical support and cooperation with other company divisions.
• Responsible for technical information and specifications for foreign operations and licenses.
• Perform other work related tasks as assigned.

Requirements
Qualifications:

• Master of Engineering from Internationally recognized university

Experience:

• 15+ years’ experience in:
  • Oil & Gas industry operations
  • 8+ years in managerial position

Skills, training or special knowledge:

• Extensive Knowledge of APL OEM technologies
• Mooring
• Turrets

Strategic:

• Able to adeptly learn the context of a challenge and quickly integrate new skills (Learning on the fly)
• Anticipates the impact of change and rises to the challenge, with the ability to accept risk and uncertainty (Dealing with ambiguity)
• Can create competitive breakthrough strategies as well as plan and operationalize innovative ideas (Strategic agility)

Operating:

• Be quick to identify critical information and respond appropriately (Priority setting)
• Can Orchestrate multiple activities and resources to accomplish a goal (Organizing)
• Able to define, work within and improve business processes based on immediate and future business needs (Process management)

Courage:

• Will relish leading and where necessary will take unpopular whilst encouraging direct and tough debate (Command Skills)
• Deals with corrective feedback in a manner that inspires accountability and self redirection amongst others (Managerial courage)

Energy and Drive:

• Will dependably achieve what he or she sets out to do, and expects others to do likewise (Drive for results)

Personal and Interpersonal:

• Firm and diplomatic when negotiating (Negotiating)
• Creates a compelling and inspired vision or sense of core purpose and clearly communicates it to the organization (Managing vision and purpose)