Engineering Manager at West African Ventures

West African Ventures, an operating company of the Sea Trucks Group, was established in 2000 and is a 100% Nigerian company and a leading indigenous provider of offshore engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation and vessel charter services.

With corporate headquarters in Lagos, marine support base & shipyard in Warri, dry-dock and fabrication facilities in Onne Oil & Gas Free Zone, WAV provides excellent offshore support services to the Nigerian Oil & Gas sector.

SeaTrucks Group is looking for an experienced Engineering Manager for its West African Ventures operation in Lagos, Nigeria. This concerns a full time position. The suitable candidate has a thorough background in offshore construction (in particular experience working in any of: flexible/umbilical’s, structures, rigid pipelay, mooring installation works) and in deep water projects.

Job Title: Engineering Manager

Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Ref.no: WAV/ENG/0001

Responsibilities

• Providing supervision to a team of engineers and draftsmen;
• Ensuring quality of engineering deliverables, including issues related to fit for purpose, safety, health, environment, security and cost;
• Developing and preparing new equipment and vessels that suit the Company’s aspirations and objectives;
• Reviewing workload and adjusting human resource capacity accordingly;
• Management of engineering knowledge;
• Ensuring that engineering staff is adequately skilled, experienced, trained and educated;
• Allocation of engineering staff to tasks;
• Ensuring optimal performance of engineering staff;
• Engineering man-hour budget control;
• Assisting Proposals Department in preparation of Proposal Documents;
• Keeping abreast of innovative engineering developments;
• Innovating and renewing engineering methods and solutions;
• Motivation of engineering staff;
• Control of engineering related documentation.

Requirements

• MSc degree in Engineering or alternatively BSc degree with extensive experience in design and engineering;
• Minimum of 15 years of experience in design & engineering, of which a minimum of 5 years in the offshore industry;
• Management skills training;
• Project management training;
• Relevant offshore training;
• Good practical and theoretical knowledge of offshore transportation, installation and pipelay techniques;
• Good knowledge of English language both written and spoken;
• Capable to motivate and manage subordinates and colleagues.

Remuneration and Conditions of Services
An international and dynamic environment; Becoming part of an enthusiastic and hardworking team; A competitive salary and remuneration package.

Application Closing Date
5th February, 2014

Method Of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their applications and CVs to: projectshr@waventures.com. Please mention the reference number of the vacancy in your application