Project Engineering Manager

• Managing and leading, supporting and supervising the multidiscipline engineering team
• plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the activities and operations of a multidiscipline engineering team
• assist in the management of recruitment, selection, transfers, performance management, succession planning and promotion of resources to meet engineering team requirements
• ensuring appropriately resourced and competent personnel on Project/Contract
• oversight and control of Engineering Histogram to support workforce planning
• assist in setting & maintaining standards for the development and retention of motivated and competent people
• consult and negotiate with clients to prepare specifications, explain proposals and present engineering reports and findings
• assign, co-ordinate and review the technical work of the department or project teams
• focuses on managerial concerns of the project such as cost, completion date, and resource allocation
• provides expert resolution of issues and monitors integration of work
• personally, participates in solving difficult technical problems
• resolves conflicts that are complex and manages divergent audience
• assist in identifying and requesting functional support to projects / contracts as required
• develop and implement policies, standards and procedures for the engineering and technical work performed in the department
• directs the application of existing principles and the development of new polices and strategies aligned with OU, BU and Corporate objectives
• conduit for regulatory framework, legislation changes, initiatives and industry technology developments
• establish and maintain effective working relationships and communicate across the business interfaces
• engage with business / functional community and promote the function including networking / knowledge sharing
• interactions with Heads of Disciplines, Head of Engineering to ensure resourcing of competent personnel
• communicate and co-operate with external stakeholders including industry bodies, academia, vendors, client interface (as appropriate and requested), market intelligence, relevant conferences, and business development
• develops annual functional budgets for review and approval by higher levels and prepares period forecast updates
• line management for all personnel within the contract / project Engineering team
• management of change (people and process) and organisational change
• assist in incident investigations as required
• monitors compliance with standards and processes to assure delivery
• roll out and Implementation of learning opportunities from across the business
• driving continual focus on process safety through the engineering team
• driving elimination of technical incidents through robust controls, incident reviews and embedding lessons learned
• identifies and mitigates areas of risk and improvement opportunities
• contributing to technical delivery of engineering excellence through executing assigned scopes of work, providing discipline expertise to the business, supporting and supervising task delegation to team
• managing and leading, supporting and supervising the discipline engineering teams on the assigned scope(s) of work
• management of key stakeholders in the execution and delivery of contracted activities
• developing and retaining competent people
• undertaking the role of process owner
• driving safety by design
• driving and leading on opportunities for innovation
• may participate directly in the design, development and inspection of technical projects or in the engineering work
• consistently displaying and enforcing the Company's values and behaviours, and commitment to the highest standards of safe and ethical behaviour, to ensure safe and reliable operations and client satisfaction
• identifies and pursues improvement opportunities

• at least 15 years of experience in the oil and gas and/or industry
• at least 10 years old in a similar position
• higher technical education
• balance of technical and management experience at relevant level and position
• typically requires several years of supervisory experience with an understanding of human relations, training, performance evaluation and health and safety
• broad and extensive knowledge of engineering theories and techniques and a high level of skill in application of this knowledge in the management of the engineering function
• capable of representing business and client to business associates in a professional manner
• excellent interpersonal and communication skills, capable of influencing people at all levels of the organization
• skilled in forecast planning for people resources
• skilled in recruitment and selection, employee communication and management including performance management
• able to implement and embed standards and processes to effect delivery of engineering excellence
• good knowledge of regulatory framework and associated legislation
• current knowledge of industry and technology development within area of expertise
• expert in Engineering excellence
• able to carry out audit and incident investigations
• good Project management skills
• skilled in mediation and dispute resolution
• financial and commercial awareness

John Wood Group