Head, Projects at KPMG

Sector: Oil and Gas

Overview

• Our client is looking for a Head Projects who will lead and direct cross-functional teams responsible for delivering projects on time, maintaining budget, and delivering quality results.
• The role oversees the planning, organization, execution, and monitoring of various projects in line with agreed service expectations and propositions.
• The role is responsible for developing specialised project capabilities and ensuring that the business is able to seamlessly execute complex and routine projects.

Job Description

• Participate in the articulation of the overall business strategy and plan as well as the translation of these plans into function implications.
• Take ownership for the development of plans, programs, and initiatives to be executed by the projects team in line with the overall business strategy and agenda.
• Communicate the business and functional plans to team members ensuring proper understanding of implications and expectations across board.
• Work closely with the BD/Commercial team to identify, respond to and negotiate opportunities. Provide critical inputs in the contract development stages.
• Ensure proper translation of awarded contracts/agreements into detailed work plans and packages. Oversee the assignment of responsibilities, the establishment and mobilization of the project team
• Oversee the instatement of relevant project delivery protocols including the agreements of performance expectations and the monitoring of project performance on an on-going basis.
• Define project start-up priorities and instigate generation of lower-level plans and deliverable
• documents by the team.
• Ensure the institution and maintenance of effective Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental standards across projects, drive compliance through proactive monitoring, anticipation, and mitigation of safety risks.
• Work closely with various stakeholder groups ensuring proper engagement with a view to ensure sustained and mutually beneficial interactions.
• Manage key client relations and interfaces. Manage existing relations and, identify and onboard new strategic relationships.
• Oversee management of all project economics ensuring alignment with plan and project profitability objectives.
• Ensure adherence to agreed change control protocol and proper sign off on and documentation of variations prior to commitment.
• Provide strategic leadership and guidance to team, ensuring effective management of team dynamics and performance.
• Stay in tune with relevant trends, ensuring key opportunities and impact points are transmitted to appropriate parties in the business.
• Continually refine processes with a view to drive continuous improvement and value to the client and business.
• Work closely with HR to ensure concerted effort to develop critical discriminating competencies in the projects team.

Key Performance Indicators
Operations:

• Consistent delivery of projects along established parameters and guidelines
• Effectiveness of Improvement Changes made on Business Processes
• Business Performance against Industry Benchmarks
• Expertise delivered in accomplishing complex Project Objectives
• Ability to manage remote project personnel satisfactorily.

Financial:

• Percentage increase in booked margin on completed projects
• Business Performance against Industry Benchmarks

Customer:

• Customer Satisfaction Levels

Business Process:

• Rate of improvement of Business Processes
• Percentage Achievement of Organisational Mission/Vision.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Business Administration or equivalent from an accredited university
• Minimum of 10 years of post-qualification experience; 5 of which must have been spent at Strategic level in project management.
• EPC, Oil & Gas, or relevant industry experience
• Exposure to high capital value projects in a multi-disciplined environment
• Membership of relevant professional bodies including either of Prince 2 or PMP certifications
• Significant Project, Construction, Field Engineering and/or Contract Management experience in EPCOM industry and a deep understanding of sector dynamics, competitive forces, etc.
• Exceptional program/project management skills.
• Demonstrable ability to drive results and accountability of business needs.
• Strong business and financial acumen.
• Advanced skills in customer relationship building, facilitation, and matrix management.
• Demonstrable skill in creating and managing budgets including justification, prioritization, optimization, forecasting, and reporting.
• Excellent organizational and leadership skills to manage a large, diverse team of technical managerial/supervisory, professional, and support staff.
• Superior ability to analyze and troubleshoot complex problems and make sound decisions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Detail orientated and work in a time-conscious and time-effective manner.
• Sound Conflict Resolution, Coaching & Mentoring skills
• In-depth technical knowledge of product lines and associated systems.
• Microsoft Suite Proficiency.
• Ability to anticipate events and develop adaptive strategies / remedies.
• Knowledge and experience working with Regulators and site audits.
• Good Interpersonal skills to influence and spur change, facilitate, and enhance performance within a cross – functional environment.
• Must be courageous in taking hard decisions consistent with personal convictions and in the overall interest of the Company,
• High level of resilience, determination and creativity- all channelled towards ensuring opportunities deliver/ exceed performance expectations.
• Must exhibit high energy level – self-starter.
• Demonstrable maturity, pragmatic, and flexible approach with strong commercial judgement.
• Must be a creative strategist with excellent organizational abilities.