Technical Senior Project Manager

About the Opportunity

The Project Management Discipline provides leadership in FEED and EPC project delivery across multi-discipline projects for the Costain Energy Sector.

Responsibilities

• Responsibility for Project Delivery across the full Project Lifecycle through Engineering, Procurement, construction and commissioning
• Full control of project budget and schedule including cashflow and change management
• Identify and manage specifically those areas that represent significant risk to the Project
• Co-ordination of multi-disciplinary teams required to delivery complex EPC Energy Projects
• Coordination of multi-disciplinary engineering teams to deliver designs which are safe-by-design, sustainable, digitally enabled, cost-effective, compliant and technically sound
• Co-ordination of the engineering and design interfaces between Costain and other project partners / supply chain partners
• Ensuring all disciplines fully understand the detailed scope, basis of design, budget and programme requirements of the project
• Providing a commercial focus with a high level of challenge on project scope and protecting against uncontrolled scope creep
• Ensuring that key project and programme risks are identified early, and mitigated where possible, with issues and blockers escalated immediately
• Ensuring all services comply fully with Client & Costain governance processes, standards and obtaining necessary approvals
• Lead by example, displaying 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
• Contractual communications, progress meetings, risk reduction meetings, cost reports and running / closing out contract actions
• Regularly reporting to senior operational management on the performance of the delivery for the project
• Ensuring that all resource requirements are identified and effectively utilised to allow execution of projects in accordance with the project requirements and targeting for maximum productivity and efficiency
• Management of all interfaces between Costain and other project partners / supply chain partners
• Working closely with the procurement and sub-contract supply chain to ensure that all contract and delivery documentation is in place for the projects to progress into the construction phase and to ensure mechanical completion and handover is delivered to the right quality and to schedule
• Ability to Work in a highly regulated environment
• Other duties as deemed necessary to facilitate successful Project delivery

About You

The successful candidate will have the ability to lead a complex multi discipline team and communicate effectively with all internal and external stakeholders. The candidate will require high levels of drive and motivation, and the ability to prioritise their workload efficiently, which will be crucial to succeeding in this role.

Eligibility

Minimum of 10 years experience in leading delivery of complex FEED and EPC projects in a highly regulated environment within the Energy/ Oil and Gas Sector. Extensive experience in coordinating multi-discipline teams the various stages of the project life cycle on major contracts in the Energy or similar process industry sectors. Thorough knowledge of the major project delivery process from work winning to project handover. Knowledge and understanding of UK technical and regulatory standards and global best practice. Strong process safety, quality and environmental leadership focus. Knowledge of CDM regulations. Extensive knowledge and understanding of Project Controls, including Schedule, Cost, Risk and Change Management. Collaborative, innovative and agile. Experienced customer facing capability with an ability to develop and influence relationships. Proven team working and people management skills. Good stakeholder and Client management skills. Client and customer focused and able to demonstrate evidence of successful collaboration. High levels of self-motivation and drive.

Benefits

The role is based at the Costain Aberdeen Office with an expectation of office-based working for up to three days per week. Short-term/notice travel to company, supplier or client offices or sites for business purposes may be required.

About Company

Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimized through the following five services: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimization and complex program delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.