Chief Project Officer/Project Director at Human Capital Partners (HCP)

JOB SUMMARY

The Chief Project Director/Project Director reports to the Managing Director and He/She will be responsible for:

• Spearheading project development strategies and plans.
• Leading project development from opportunity identification to project conceptualisation and planning.
• Establishing strategic relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure smooth project development activities and solicits requisite approvals and permits.
• Leading the project specification, estimation and planning activities and ensuring project risk management.
• Managing a team of senior engineers and ensures efficient business operations.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Formulate project origination strategies aligned to organisational objectives based on economic and market analysis.
• Authorise proposed projects based on risk and feasibility analysis.
• Establish business development strategies to capitalise on potential project opportunities and tenders.
• Approve optimal alternative project solution based on technical and commercial value propositions.
• Strategise project development practices to attain the organisation’s profitability and sustainability goals.
• Approve business case and project proposal or tender response.
• Approve the project scope, goals and objectives.
• Endorse project requirements and project constraints.
• Drive strategic partnerships with relevant internal and external project stakeholders.
• Formulate solutions to ensure compliance with regulatory and legislative pre-requisites.
• Endorse project specification documentation.
• Drive collaboration with internal and external stakeholders for project estimation and cash flow projection.
• Lead stakeholder engagements for sign-off on baseline budget, schedule and project success metrics.
• Endorse project deliverables and work breakdown structure to optimise project efficiency and performance.
• Formulate strategies to optimise project staffing and acquisition of project team members.
• Approve integrated project plans for project execution, risk management, quality control and safety management.
• Drive department performance to achieve organisational goals.
• Develop strategies for resource planning and utilisation.
• Drive department performance to achieve organisational goals.
• Drive talent recruitment and development for the department in alignment with Human Resources Department and Organisational strategy.
• Manage the department's financial inflow and outflow against allocated budgets and forecasts.
• Validate risk management plans and risk controls with the HSEQ Manager to ensure compliance with ISO Standards and organisation’s risk management framework.
• Manage continuous improvement and change management initiatives for time, cost and quality improvements.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline.
• NEBOSH qualification in health and safety or equivalent.
• Minimum of Twelve (12) years’ cognate experience in Project Management in the Oil & Gas, Petrochemicals or LNG Industry & Pipeline construction industry with specialisation in HDD Ridges.
• Understanding of Health and Safety, Environmental and Quality standards that are applied with a top-tier COMAH installation.
• Excellent Leadership, People Management and Interpersonal skills.
• Exceptional communications skills.
• Proficient use of Microsoft Suites.
• Ability to effectively collate, analyse and utilise data.
• Results orientated, with a commitment to quality and timely delivery.
• Demonstrate a strong commercial mindset and awareness.
• Ability to effectively collaborate in a cross functional environment.
• Decision making capabilities.