Project Director at Primus Group (3 Positions)

Primus Group - Our Client provides Engineering offerings related to onshore/offshore facilities, Greenfield and Brownfield projects to operators in Nigeria.

This is a great opportunity to join a well established business with a diverse range of engineering projects from conceptual, feasibility, detailed engineering design, front end engineering design through to construction management.

We are receiving applications from highly competent oil and gas professionals to fill the position below:

Job Title: Project Director

Reference Code: PD001
Location: Nigeria
Slot: 3

Major Accountabilities of Position

• Key focal point for client and responsible for project execution.
• Serves as a primary contact with client representatives, subcontractors, and government representatives for delivery of the project.
• Maintains strong client and community relations.
• Manages the budget and performance of efforts for contractual compliance.
• Ensures compliance with approved procedures and regulations, while managing the work such that the project is completed according to approved procedures.
• Works with functional managers and provides management direction regarding project delivery and priorities in order to deliver the project on time.
• Sets priorities for the project team for various work areas and monitors progress and recommends corrective action as necessary.
• Manages the team and assignment of manpower, materials, and equipment to maximize efficiency, maintain schedules, and to meet budget goals. Keeps alert to possible problem areas and takes preventive action to ensure that critical milestones are met for each phase of the project.
• Works with the client, the contractor, other managers, project engineers, and discipline leads to coordinate budgets, schedules, and plans for the various elements of the project.
• Works with the key stakeholders to monitor action plans to rectify potential cost overruns or delays, or to accommodate significant changes to the scope of work.
• Advises the client and other team members of any such changes.
• May participate in evaluating technical and financial bids with respective tendering committees.
• Participates in contract negotiation, bidder recommendations, approves selection of bidders within delegated approved authority, and ensuring proper and clear division of responsibility between stakeholders where there is integrated work processes.
• Manages the weekly meeting to review project status and formulate action items.
• Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.

Knowledge / Experience / Skills Required
Education - Qualifications, Accreditation, Training:

• Bachelor of Science in relevant Engineering discipline (COREN or NSE or both preferable).

Competencies Required
Leadership:

• Demonstrate skills to lead and mentor subordinates to successful completion of project and to demonstrate leadership to effectively manage the project activities required to deliver.

Performance:

• Full understanding of contract, scope and requirements and delivers project with focus on safety, accuracy, quality, professionalism, ethics, and integrity.

Agility:

• Ability to meet changing project requirements and maintain auditable records.

Relationships:

• Demonstrate a commitment to the project and project team. Interface effectively with client counterparts to build effective relationships.

Job Specific Knowledge:

• Thorough understanding of the project management requirements with preference for PMI certification or other Project Management Certifications.
• Demonstrable commitment to HSE Management in a project environment.
• Excellent communication and people skills with high level of customer focus.
• Previous experience as a senior-level Project Director with responsibility for numerous projects and/or consultants simultaneously.
• 12 plus years of broad Project Management experience in engineering and design for large, multi-million dollar projects, preferable in the Oil & Gas industry.

Industry Specific Experience:

• Project/Program experience with application of Project Management processes for $1 billion plus projects with at least two projects completed through the first 4 lifecycle phases.

HSE Capability:

• Commitment to safe working practices and ability to promote safety consciousness within the department commensurate with Corporate guidelines and requirements.

IT Skills:

• Excellent computer skills in a Microsoft Windows environment and engineering software typically used in large project developments.
• Must be proficient in Excel, PowerPoint and skills in database management and record keeping.

People Skills:

• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to develop effective client business relationships, good communication skills, team management and development skills, collaborative leadership style, coaching and facilitation skills,  interdepartmental team relationships.

Other:

• Excellent organizational skills.

Remuneration
Competitive.

Application Closing Date
27th March, 2015

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV's and application letter in MS word format (saved as: Surname.Firstname_jobtitle_reference code) to: [email protected] using Surname, First Name, Job Title and Reference Code as subject of the mail.

Note:

• Only applicants with the relevant experience are encouraged to apply.
• Any application received after the above stated closing date will not be considered.