Project Engineering Manager at WTS Energy

WTS Energy provides recruitment and manpower services for the global oil and gas and energy industries. We supply engineers and consultants to our clients' projects and operations, and perform employment outsourcing services such as workforce management in oil and gas regions around the world. WTS Energy operates globally with offices in 14 countries and is operational in over 50 countries.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Project Engineering Manager

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time

Job Summary

• Plans and manages all aspects of project engineering, development, and implementation including technical studies, cost/budget estimates, scheduling and work plan development, and project performance.

Main Responsibilities

• To be in constant liaison with the internal and external stakeholders including host communities where applicable to ensure uninterrupted implementation of the project
• Resourcing the Team with suitable personnel and ensuring their continued motivation.
• Coach and mentor direct and indirect subordinates in the act of project management
• Coordinate proper closeout of projects, delivery of closeout reports, and associated documentation including lessons learned.
• Driving standardization and replication of equipment across the Company.
• Performing other related duties and participating in special projects as assigned.
• Provide oversight support for assigned projects including real-time presence and coordination during construction, renovation, repair, or equipment installation.
• Conduct promptly, the annual assessment of all direct subordinates and make input to the assessment of indirect subordinates.
• Liaise with the cost and planning team to ensure that the cost of the project and integrated schedule are adequately monitored and where necessary, recovery [plans are in place and applied to avoid overruns and keep project costs within budget and schedule.
• Work closely with operations control, safety, environmental, land, procurement, accounting, construction inspection, scheduling
• Provide project management, project controls, and technical support for the operation and construction
• Responsible for project management and construction efforts, participated in hiring and supervised contract project inspectors and contract multidiscipline project engineers during various projects as well as interfaced with Operations, Technical Service
• Accountable for all project controls including: final cost estimation, scheduling, cost forecasting, procurement, project accounting and financial coding, project documentation and close
• Perform other tasks as will be assigned by the Managing Director.

Educational Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Engineering / Technical discipline.
• 20+ years of experience leading multidiscipline teams of professional Engineers in corporate and field environments with minimum 10 years of experience in the upstream oil & gas industry.
• Experience in capital investment planning, project management, and managing stakeholders’ challenges.
• A background in the engineering design, contracting & procurement and risk management will be an advantage.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.