Overview / Responsibilities

Wood is currently recruiting for a highly experienced and ambitious Project Director to manage a high profile contract during a period of substantial growth. The Project Director will be accountable for delivering a portfolio of projects to the agreed scope, specification, schedule and budget, and for managing change and customer relationships. They will be responsible for developing and leading a high performing team of up to 350 people in Abu Dhabi across locations

Project Execution:

• Accountable for the Contract HSSE leadership, ensures a program of initiatives and auditing schedule are established, and that HSSE and quality management issues are proactively addressed at the top priority for the business
• P & L accountability with associated full commercial and financial responsibility including revenue delivery, margin and overhead management, budget and forecast determination and attainment,

risk and opportunity reviews, cost controls, accounts payable / billing and cash collection * Contributes to and reviews contract and project proposals and plans to establish timeframe, procedures for accomplishing the project, resource requirements, and allotment of available resources to various phases of the project. Ensures adherence to corporate policy and best practice and sets contract evaluation parameters

• Negotiates changes to contract scope with the customer. Follows Change Management process to identify and approve modifications to scope, cost, schedule and quality
• Pursues and develop opportunities for innovation, such as digitalization and technology use, work share and high value engineering centers, to bring value to Wood and customer
• Approves Contract procedures and Contract execution plan including the scope of work, deliverables list, master schedule, budget, org charts, risk register etc.
• Ensures competence of contract and project team members to carry out assigned work
• Oversees proposals and call-offs (may be single projects) within delegation of authority, ensuring compliance with contracting policy and standards of ethical conduct
• Monitors adherence to schedule, cost and quality and proactively intervenes to avoid slippage
• Ensures that the required project management software systems are established for the project and the supporting training is completed
• Ensure the project assurance protocol and schedule are established
• Involved in establishing terms and conditions, and wider scope and larger size of projects may require more visibility in the community as well as activity in attracting project staff

Skills / Qualifications

• University degree (bachelors or masters) in relevant discipline or equivalent combination of qualifications and experience
• Project Management Professional (PMP), associate in project management (APM) or equivalent certification is preferred

Knowledge, skills and experience:

• Preferred to have people experienced in managing FEED Projects with TIC over $2Bn
• Preferred to have peole experienced managing Gas Processing Projects
• Preferred to have people experienced managing Pre-FEED/FEED Projects having multiple Study and Project Managers
• Typically requires broad and extensive pertinent experience, including senior project management experience, mastering their area and knowledgeable about impacts on other areas; of which substantial experience successfully managing major/complex international or remote location projects
• Expert in stakeholder management with extensive experience in managing challenging customer and stakeholders and able to coach and advise others in this area
• Has built, developed and led a team managing a portfolio of projects
• Must have ability to clearly focus on key issues within contract and drive to resolution
• Has excellent interpersonal skills and communicates well at all levels of the organization
• Proven strategic thinker who has the vision and drive to grow the contract with the customer
• Requires strong technical skill as relevant to the contract and project scope(s)
• Good level of experience in the related field, industry, and locations of the work
• Has thorough knowledge of project success and benefits management
• Experienced in assembling and managing multi-phase project budgets, including risk contingencies
• Expert Practitioner in Risk Management processes, well versed in how risks are transposed into cost, time and contingency estimates and forecasts
• Advanced knowledge of various forms of vendor contracts across many types of goods and services; able to create new appropriate contracting frameworks and negotiate to successful conclusion
• Able to manage complex major contract start-up, produce and communicate the project execution plan
• Experience of implementing successful contract performance improvement activities and techniques for recovering poor performance

Company Overview

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people.

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.

John Wood Group