Jobs at Westfield Consulting

Direct Report: Project Control Manager (functional) & Project Manager (Project related)
Supervises: Junior Project Cost Controller, Project Administrator

Job Objective

• Controlling the project costs; which includes planning, developing, reporting, monitoring of milestone progress and forecasting the project’s budget, and cost saving measures.

Key Responsibilities

Key Functional/Technical responsibilities:

• Ensuring timely provision of accurate and complete financial and planning information to Project Managers.
• Identification of currency risks (exchange rate) and establishment of suitable measures.
• Identification of tax risks and establishment of suitable measures.
• Verifying costs with vendors and suppliers, estimating expenditures, and recommending cost-saving measures to the Project Manager.
• Responsible to control and monitor project total expenditure including verifying and checking of invoices and claims from suppliers, vendors and subcontractors to ensure that all project expenditures are captured and properly recorded.
• Maintain close interface with Accounts department and PMT
• Responsible for ensuring that all supporting documentation for Project WBS, Project Milestones, Change Orders, Variations, etc. are generated at the point of execution and keeping records of same for invoicing or future PMT use.
• Responsible for initiating Project Invoices, collating supporting documentation and follow-up with Client to ensure timely payment.
• Review subcontractor invoices and supporting documents for accuracy and follow-up payment as per respective subcontract agreements.

Cost control of projects;

• Establishing and controlling cost budget, and Cost forecasting
• Cost cash flow forecasting per currency
• Allocation of invoices to project codes
• Timely provision of accurate and complete cost reports, and registration of outgoing payments

Revenue control of projects;

• Establishing and controlling revenue budget, and revenue forecasting
• Revenue cash flow forecasting per currency
• Preparation of variation order requests
• Initiating project invoices to customer
• Timely provision of accurate and complete revenue reports, and registration of incoming payments

Financial control of projects:

• Review tender information and establish project budget
• Timely and accurate reporting of cost, revenues and result
• Controlling project budget against actual and forecast, including variance analysis
• Identification and control of financial risks, establishing financial impact of variations, and controlling variation orders, including variance analysis
• Assistance in preparation of financial chapter of close out report
• Ensuring maintenance of database of financial statistics
• Ensuring compliance of financial reports to company standards and project requirements

HSSE Responsibilities:

• Adhere strictly to company safety and security policies.
• Ensure visible commitment to HSE and stimulate a high level of HSE awareness the Project;
• Ensuring the highest standards of health, safety and environmental management are implemented and maintained.

QA/QC Responsibilities:

• Development, maintenance and implementation of the Corporate Management System (CMS) documentation applicable to Project Control.

Key Requirements

• BSc preferably in accounting or Business Economics, Finance/Engineering etc.
• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) preferred
• ICAN or similar qualifications
• Cost control courses are commendable.
• 10 - 12 years’ minimum experience in financial project environment in international contracting business.

Relevant Skills & Knowledge:

Functional Skills:

• Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong presentation skills able to explain concepts concisely and accurately
• Excellent Time Management
• Ability to work in a team and to co-ordinate activities.
• Ability to proactively plan for potential problems scenarios (Preparation of back-up plans).
• Supervisory and coaching skills to provide guidance to less experienced Cost Controller
• HSE
• Ability to adhere to Company policies, procedures, guidelines and work requirements
• Others

Functional Knowledge:

• General knowledge of offshore installation and fabrication practices.
• Knowledge of Corporate Management System (CMS).
• Able to generate budgets and reports
• Proficiency in use of MS Office and accounting software
• Proficiency in use of SAP
• HSSE /QAQC
• Quality, Safety, Health and Environment requirements and standards.
• Company Management System (CMS) ensuring compliance to quality, safety, health, environment and safety (QHSES) requirements.
• Others.

Salary
N1,200,000 0 N1,600,000 per month. 

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Direct Report: Contracts Manager / Project Manager or Project Director
Supervises: Junior Contract Engineers / Administrators

Job Objective

• To ensure that the contract conditions for all projects meet clients’ needs by developing, implementing, and reviewing contracts and ensuring that best practices are followed on any particular project, and making all updates available to all project participants

Key Responsibilities
Key Functional/Technical Responsibilities:

• Following a thorough and systematic approach in managing contractual matters between company and contractor and preparing commercial and contractual correspondence during the implementation of the contracts
• Ensuring tracking systems are maintained for all contractual correspondence
• Ensuring accurate and comprehensive Contract records and reports are produced and maintained for Site Instructions, Contract Change Requests, Contracts Changes (actual and foreseen), and any supporting communications or documentation.
• Liaise with PM and in order to prepare, negotiate and ensure execution of all Variation Orders with clients and subcontractors
• Providing commercial and contractual advice to Project Management Team.
• Assisting in the preparation of all invoices to client in accordance with contract terms and manage the process ensuring timely payments
• Attending periodic (weekly) progress meetings, and ensure that the minutes reflect an unbiased record of the discussions and issues addressed.
• Reviewing and verifying Contractor's Monthly Progress Reports before issue to Client.
• Assisting in evaluation of Contractor's contractual claims, and recommendations for financial settlement.
• Assisting the settlement of the Contract Final Account.
• Assisting in processing insurance claims and vendor back charges with the appropriate Company department.
• Supporting in any insurance related matters concerning loss or damage.
• Supporting and monitoring Company free issued equipment and material from Client and to sub-contractor and potential results of late (or early) delivery.
• Supporting and monitoring Company issued Technical Information, including IFC drawings, specifications and any revisions, to Client and sub-contractor and potential contractual or commercial results of late delivery

HSSE Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate understanding of and promote adherence to company’s HSE policies
• Support in ensuring clients’ safety requirements for all prospective tenders are understood/communicated to relevant parties
• Provide safety leadership in Contract activities
• Carrying out all tasks in a professional and competent manner with due regard for the health and safety of themselves and others who may be affected by their actions and the protection of the environment
• Upholding and ensuring compliance with Company’s HSSE requirements and business principles, both within the organization, and with Client /subcontractors

QA/QC Responsibilities:

• Understand/Adhere to the company Quality policies & processes
• Responsible for working within the provisions and guidelines of the Quality Assurance system in compliance
• with ISO ISO 9001:2015.
• Mentors team on quality principles and requirements.
• Able to communicate effectively in the execution of their duties.
• Understands any relevant procedures contained in the appropriate Quality Management Plans.

Key Requirements

• Degree in LL.B., BA, BSc, MSc or similar
• Good working knowledge of legal interpretation of contracts, particularly project related contracts with intricate liability and insurance regimes
• Member of the RICS/NIOS/NSE or equivalent
• 8 years+ in contract management in the oil and gas industry
• Preference for experience in Nigerian oil and gas offshore project environment

Relevant Skills & Knowledge:
Functional Skills:

• Negotiation skills, with the ability to negotiate skilfully and win concessions without damaging relationships in challenging situations
• Proven ability to stay calm in stressful situations and to cope effectively with conflicting deadlines/demands
• Proven planning skills
• Strong co-ordination, organisation and liaison skills with the ability to seek and gain consensus solutions to complex issues.
• HSSE /QAQC

Functional Knowledge:

• Demonstrated capabilities in leadership, commercial acumen, interpersonal relationships and communication skills, both written and verbal
• Good Knowledge and understanding of marine and offshore contracting agreements
• HSSE /QAQC
• Safety, Health and Environment requirements and standards.
• Good knowledge of safety in design & engineering.
• Others

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Direct Report: Engineering Manager (functional) & Project Manager (Project related)
Supervises: Structural Engineers, Draughtsmen involved in structural calculations and drafting

Job Objective

• Provide structural support for tenders and offshore projects, and provide specialist skills, integrity and knowledge in key areas of structural engineering, including design codes, legislative requirements and current good engineering practice.

Key Responsibilities

Key Functional/Technical responsibilities:

• Provide structural stability and integrity calculations for subsea structures.
• Design to resist forces for in-service, installation and transportation load conditions. Determination of size, shape, strength, and type of structural members.
• Production and checking of design documentation including feasibility reports, detailed design reports, equipment specifications etc.
• Production of specifications, data sheets and MTOs
• Coordinate structural engineering support to the execution of multi-discipline projects in line with defined budget and schedule
• Provide specialist structural engineering assistance during occasional periods of offshore or site working
• Contribute as required to events such as Bid Clarifications, Kickoff meetings, Design Reviews, etc.
• Perform concept and detail design of offshore fit for purpose lifting arrangements and steel structures, such as lifting appliances, lift points, lift arrangements and grillage and sea fastening;
• Perform structural strength verification analyses, including advanced non-linear Finite Element Analysis, by use of software packages such as SACS;
• Review structural deliverables (construction reports and drawings);
• Perform quality control on deliverables prepared by colleagues;
• Timely completion of all engineering deliverables assigned within the Project.
• Provide engineering support during execution phase of the project (fabrication, offshore).
• Adherence to Company Management System (CMS) as applicable.
• Make calculations about pressures, loads, and stresses.
• Consider the strength of construction materials and select appropriately.
• Ensure that contractual specifications, codes and standards are followed in project execution in accordance with contractual, legislative, regulatory, company and commercial requirements.
• Inputs into methods for fabrication, transportation, construction and installation.

HSSE Responsibilities:

• Ensure visible commitment to HSE and stimulate a high level of HSE awareness on the Project;
• Ensuring the highest standards of health, safety and environmental management are implemented and maintained.

QA/QC Responsibilities:

• Review all calculations and analysis performed by Structural Engineers
• Review of applicable engineering deliverables.

Key Requirements

• Candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree in Civil / Structural Engineering or relevant engineering discipline.
• Relevant software and offshore training.
• Strong engineering design experience.
• Professionally registered with the Institute of structural engineers.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in offshore engineering, of which at least 7 years in engineering design

Relevant Skills & Knowledge:

Functional Skills:

• Good social and communication skills.
• Excellent Time Management
• Ability to work in a team and to co-ordinate activities.
• Good knowledge of the English language both written and spoken.
• Ability to proactively plan for potential problems scenarios (Preparation of back-up plans).
• Supervisory and coaching skills to provide guidance to less experienced engineers
• HSE
• Ability to adhere to Company policies, procedures, guidelines and work requirements
• Others.

Functional Knowledge:

• Conversant with the use of AutoCAD AND SACS software
• Ability to generate MTO from structural Drawings
• Good knowledge of design codes, standards and specifications
• Practical and theoretical knowledge of offshore transportation, installation and construction techniques.
• Good knowledge of Design/ Calculation software and analysis tool
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings
• Good theoretical knowledge of structural analysis
• HSE
• Safety, Health and Environment requirements and standards
• Good knowledge of Company Management System (CMS) ensuring compliance to quality, health, safety, environment and security (QHSES) requirements
• Others.

Salary
N1,300,000 – N1,800,000 / Month (Gross)