Senior Manager - Construction

Petrofac is a leading international service provider to the energy industry, with a diverse client portfolio including many of the world’s leading energy companies.

We design, build, manage and maintain infrastructure for our clients. We recruit, reward, and develop our people based on merit regardless of race, nationality, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status or disability. We value our people and treat everyone who works for or with Petrofac fairly and without discrimination.

The world is re-thinking its energy supply and energy security needs, planning for a phased transition to alternative energy sources. We are here to help our clients meet these evolving energy needs.

This is an exciting time to join us on this journey.

We support flexible working requests and have adopted a hybrid approach for most of our office-based roles. We ask employees to be present in the office at least three days per week.

Are you ready to bring the right energy to Petrofac and help us deliver a better future for everyone?

JOB TITLE: Senior Construction Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee that annual and demob appraisals are completed fairly by appropriate superintendents/supervisors, and results submitted. Look after career development of his subordinates and provide necessary feedback at regular intervals.
• Identify site related risks, their probability and consequences through a structured process. Put in place contingency / mitigation plan for high risk & high probability activities.
• Identify early work plan at construction site such as survey, setting up pioneer camp etc. and initiate action.
• Update the mob/demob master list on monthly basis and submit to Resourcing Team.
• Organize Subcontract / cost awareness sessions with site team personnel regarding the commercial impact of the decisions made by them on site.
• Assure that the required Petrofac and Client policies, manuals, procedures and work processes for Construction Operations are implemented.
• Encourage and train construction resources to build Quality in Construction (Right First-Time approach). Ensure quality construction standards are followed and use of appropriate construction techniques.
• Interface with client, partners and sub-contractors to obtain common understanding of key objectives and means of achieving these while recognizing inherent obligation of all parties.
• Oversight the assigned Site Teams for the execution of awarded projects to Petrofac safety and quality standards, within scheduled time of completion, contractual limits, budgeted costs and to Clients’ satisfaction.
• Implement CER Recommendations
• Ensure that an audit/assessment is carried out on Subcontractors machinery/operator by a competent HSSE personnel.
• Maintain openness and transparency at site between all parties.
• Ensure that appropriate licenses, permissions prior to start of site preparation, set up infrastructure facilities and mobilization of manpower at Site.
• Arrange adequate trainings for site supervision.
• Member of the VoC (Verification of Competency) committee and accountable for verifying competencies of resources engaged in critical activities (rigging & Lifting, scaffolding, piping and electrical).
• Develop and expose Petrofac construction engineers to multidiscipline activities.
• Attend Construction forums when requested by the Head of Department.
• Monitor Subcontractor’s performance & attend / review progress reports.
• Participate in project plot plan review, constructability / path of construction reviews, risk reviews.
• Establish a good relationship with Subcontractor’s site manager.
• Implement applicable Lessons Learned from previous projects.
• Review and approve Responsibility Matrix of all subcontractors and support cost estimates.
• Involved in management site walks and conduct detailed evaluations of site conditions and surrounding facilities (including roads, site access, fencing, obstructions, parking, railroads and transportation facilities, weather, soil, security, utilities, and environmental restrictions and conditions)
• Promote the Project Production Control (PPC) daily progress monitoring approach with the team and subcontractors.
• Study in detail Subcontract Agreement and be aware of all Ts & Cs and project specifications. Support Contracts department in the negotiation terms of agreements.
• Review the Project & Construction scope, Construction BOQs, Project execution plan and assess the schedule and finalize the construction deliverables such as Construction Execution Plan, Subcontracting Strategy, Construction Management Team Organization, Construction Manpower Mobilization plan, Site set-up checklist etc.
• Establish a good and transparent relation with Client site representative.
• Guide development of detailed construction planning by interfacing with Project Controls Manager and providing inputs on WBS, activities definition, sequencing, durations and resource estimate.
• Interface with executive management for effective and efficient reporting.
• Authorize local purchase and approve local subcontractors with consent of the Project Director.
• Implement Go/No-go checklist for critical activities (as applicable).
• Support in preparation of technical and financial elements for construction activities during the bid proposal phase as requested by the Head of Department.
• Encourage site team to submit Construction Observation Forms. Assess and approves Construction Observations raised by site team.

Essential Qualifications And Skills

• 20+ experience in direct hire construction with an international E&C company.
• 20+ Experience in the oil & gas industry.
• Relevant degree or diploma from an accredited college or university.

Preference will be given to candidates who meet the following criteria:

• Experience working in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS/FSU), Middle East, and/or North Africa.
• Prior experience working with a diverse international workforce.
• Experience in managing of Cost Reimbursable / Unit rate structured contracts.

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