Project Services, Interface & Integration Manager at First Excelsia

Job Description

• The role is responsible for the management of Project Planning & Control, Project Estimates & Costs, Project Interface and Project Integration.
• He will ensure that all project objectives listed above are met and implemented to the highest standards, to the satisfaction of the company’s leadership.

Responsibilities

• Define for management approval, the Interface Management Process for the project. This shall include the authoring of all the relevant documents to be used in the implementation of the process
• Define all project integration node points and check that all nodes interconnect/integrate to ensure that the entire facility shall function as intended.
• Accountable for setting up, managing, and updating the Master Integrated Project Schedule
• Prepare cost estimates for all opportunities and projects and manage/report cost performance all through the project life cycle.
• Custodian of cost data base for the company, comprising historical and current costs.
• Overall responsibility for managing important stakeholder expectations for all projects (Conductor supported platform, FPSO, Subsea Pipelines and risers, Drilling works)
• Define and regularly update the battery limits of the various work packages
• Create the project MASTER INTERFACE REGISTER; Identify, catalogue and regularly update the interfaces between various work packages at their battery limits with full definition of the requirements required for management and closeout.
• Provide technical support for review of contractor design, proposals and method statements.
• Identify Risks (threats and opportunities) through workshops, Management sessions, information gathering or any other effective means.
• Promote and actively contribute to flawless start up and asset transfer to operations team.
• Provide technical assistance and advice to the project regarding interface issues, scope and schedule
• Ensure Contractor’s compliance with all interface related technical requirements during detailed design, fabrication, integration, installation, pre-commissioning and commissioning stages of the project.
• Review of all interface related contractor produced engineering documents and relate any differences or site approved changes to the project and relevant work packages team leaders.
• Organize and lead interface review meetings with work package stakeholders and other contractors.
• Other project duties as may be assigned by the GM, Engineering & Capital Projects

Requirements

•  A good university degree in Engineering with a minimum of 15 years relevant experience in oil and gas facilities engineering and project management.
• Multi-faceted industry experience ranging through project management, engineering design, construction and offshore installation.
• Experience in executing a world class project in a community/security sensitive terrain such as the offshore Niger Delta
• Candidate must have successfully delivered Projects with an aggregate value of not less than $150 million in an E&P environment
• Ability to effectively interface with the Commercial, Financial (Lenders and Shareholders), Regulatory and Legal compliance aspects of an integrated project
• Track record in the planning, design, procurement, construction, commissioning and operation of onshore and offshore oil/gas facilities, including oil/gas transportation pipelines. The offshore experience must be in water depth of not less than 25m
• Ability to develop and work with project plans and schedules including associated cost profiles
• Understanding of project reporting requirements of various stakeholders and ability to generate same
• Expertise in applying for and securing licenses and permits for the construction and operation of oil and gas production facilities, including pipelines
• Understanding of the Nigerian Content Development (NCD) requirements as applicable to the project and the required actions to achieve compliance
• Knowledge of local fabrication capabilities and resources and how to maximize them to achieve project timelines
• Excellent technical and communication skills with a strong emphasis on teamwork
• Fluency in written and spoken English language

Technical Skills:

• Ability to multitask, manage and resolve complex technical challenges and project interfaces
• High level of independent thinking and reasoning, based on sound technical and commercial fundamentals
• Understanding and application of sound project management principles to achieve project activity timelines
• Ability to generate good quality technical and progress reports

Business Skills:

• Ruthless productivity and bottom-line focus. Ability to translate and articulate sound engineering solutions into the key business drivers, HSE, Cost and Progress
• Implement fit for purpose business improvement processes, including peer reviews and audits, engaging consultants where necessary, to minimize rework and avert variations and cost escalations
• Supervise and coordinate subordinates effectively

Team Skills:

• Interact and work effectively with other professionals in the company and in the project team, taking cognizance of individual abilities and competences.