Deputy General Manager, Shipyard at Adexen Recruitment Agency

Adexen Recruitment Agency - Our client, a leading international ship building, repair and marine services company operating in the offshore Oil & Gas industry to fill the vacant position below:

Job Title: Deputy General Manager, Shipyard

Job reference n°: 939
Location: Nigeria

Job Description

• Reporting to the General Manager, the Deputy General Manager will oversee all operational and accounting facets of WAS activities.
• Ensures by delegation of GM all additional tasks when GM is not on site.
• The position will suit a candidate with a strong entrepreneurship spirit and a yearn for challenge.
• The successful candidate will be part of a dynamic team with strong development ambitions.

Key Responsibilities
Operation:

• Responsible for the operational management of the company operations in line with GM directives.
• Ensures good running of cross functional departmental teams within the company including those of the production, procurement, accounts, stores, sales and human resource departments.
• Ensures project deliverables in accordance to contract requirement with respect to time, quality and cost
• Ensures the execution of the activities of the site, in terms of quality, safety, respect of commitments and obligations.
• Foster operations and services to be in line with Company’s QHSE policies (ISO certification, …)
• Controls technical, logistical, and operational support of all ongoing service contracts
• Controls offers and quotations.
• Checks with CFO invoices before sending to clients.

Financial Management:

• Prepare with Operation Manager and CFO annual operating and capital budgets
• Controls and report expenditures to keep cost effective support of programs and policies.
• Controls and report to GM revenue generated by activities.

Business Developments:

• Executes business expansion plans for key existing customers
• Maintains in line the relationship with the local stakeholders, customers, partners and institutions.
• Maintains in line the relationship with French corporate back office and other Piriou group subsidiaries.
• Enhances the reputation of the Company and facilitate the growth of the business by increasing job quality and delays respects.

Leadership, HR & conflict resolution:

• To be able to gain input from many different people and use a participative decision-making approach when appropriate
• Controls clear and consistent expectations decided and follows up on critical tasks and holds people accountable in a tough, but fair manner.
• Motivates and connects with people with a sense of enthusiasm, passion and commitment for their work and encourage them to do their best
• Maintains the local content within activities of the shipyard by recruiting and training local human resources
• Resolves conflicts, confrontations and disagreements in a positive and constructive manner.
• Ensures staffs are appropriately selected, utilized, appraised and developed.
• Proposes promotions and salaries evolutions.

Qualifications and Experience
Attributes:

• Must possess a balance of technical, human relations and business development skills required to achieve results through subordinate supervision
• Demonstrates leadership, passion and acumen in the management of people and relationships to solve problems and drive results in the field and office environments.
• Listens and communicates in a constructive manner to management and subordinates alike.
• Flexibility to adapt to changing schedules and priorities
• Able to report with subsidiarity.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills, able to build relationship and foster teamwork
• Excellent problem solving ability and decision making skills
• Ability to successfully handle several priorities simultaneously, maintain composure in high pressure situations and maintain objectivity, focus and good judgment

Education:

• Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree - Mechanical Engineering, Naval Architecture or Marine Engineering or Structural Engineering or similar qualification with a strong technical background.
• Having MBA in Management / Financial Management will be an added advantage.
• Alternatively the candidate may have minimum master’s degree in business management or financial management degree with experience in working in industrial and technical fields.

Experience
Minimum Education:

• Mechanical Engineering, Naval Architecture or Marine Engineering, merchant navy engineer officer career or Structural Engineering or similar qualification with a strong technical background.
• Having good knowledge in Management / Financial Management will be an added advantage.
• Experienced with Profit and Loss.
• Minimum 8-10 years experience in a shipyard, ship repair site
• Proven ability to work in a challenging, dynamic and stressful environment
• Experience working in Africa - particularly in Nigeria- shall be an added advantage

Remuneration
An attractive expatriate package.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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