Project Manager

Emirates Electrical & Instrumentation Company LLC is a proud member of the Ghobash Group. For almost 20 years, we have made vital contributions to the Oil & Gas sector of the UAE, executing both onshore and offshore projects. Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is one of our main clients along with Tier 1 and Tier 2 EPC contractors in this sector. We have the expertise to carry out full EPC&M services for electrical and instrumentation works and bring our intrinsic knowledge to measure and automate exploration, production, separation, refining processes, and distribution through our localized services.

Job Purpose:

• The Project Manager will manage the EPC project life cycle from initiation, execution, control, commissioning and close out. Create delivery excellence on assigned project, provide certainty and confidence to client.
• Maximize client service, quality, and financial responsibility, this involves managing activities related to project scope, time, cost, cash flow, quality, communications, resources, and risk component.

Overall responsibilities:

• Formulate the project team and participate in project kick-off meetings, understand scope of work, estimation basis, execution and subcontracting strategy and execute the project.
• Coordinate with client Project Manager and project management team and set up project information system and communications.

Day to day responsibilities:

• As per project scope, in collaboration with the planning team establish work procedures, sequences, and develop schedules, budgets, staffing requirements, vendor lists and progress milestones.
• Manage technical issues with team and client. Regularly reports project progress to senior management and/or the client.
• Manage a project team to ensure project safety, scope, schedule, and budgets are being tracked and implemented.
• Establishes project procedures and leads production of project execution plan including the scope of work, deliverables list, master schedule, budget, org charts, risk register.
• Facilitates the setup of information management systems / applications as applicable to suit various life phases of projects and manage information management project team.
• Reviews and analyzes the cost and cost control progress, financial and other site-generated data to evaluate job status and progress.
• P & L responsibility with associated commercial and financial accountability 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.
• Negotiates changes to project scope or specification with the client. Follows Change Management process to identify and approve modifications to scope, cost, schedule and quality.
• Responsible for delivery of agreed schedule and financial performance, proactively intervening to avoid slippage.
• Ensures competence of project team members to carry out assigned work and responsible for ensuring project team members are competent to carry out assigned duties.
• Leads ongoing focus on risk identification and mitigation during project execution.
• Responsible for the project HSSE leadership, ensures a program of initiatives and auditing schedule are established and that HSSE and quality management issues are proactively addressed.
• Interact with client to proactively resolve issues and at project’s completion to obtain final client approvals.
• Maintains a continuing business relationship with all client as part of ongoing business development efforts.
• Responsible for the project HSSE leadership, ensures a program of initiatives and auditing schedule are established and that HSSE and quality management issues are proactively addressed

• Minimum Bachelor Degree in Engineering (Electrical, Instrumentation or Mechanical) with (20 Years minimum) in the Oil & Gas industry. Affinity and familiar with Engineering, Procurement and Contracting aspects in the business, both onshore and offshore.

Experience Requirements:

• Experience level: 15 years
• 15 years or more experience UAE or Middle East
• Minimum 03 years as Project Manager on medium to large scale projects in similar business or industry
• HSE leadership compliance and ability to work in multidisciplinary teams.

Skills & Professional Requirements:

• Proven project management experience as well as a good understanding of business issues.
• Good level of experience in the related field, industry, and locations of the work in UAE.
• Have worked as a Project Manager on the electrical projects.
• Experience working on brownfield projects is preferred.
• Brownfield experience in replacement of switchgears in oil and gas industry.
• Knowledge of commercial and contract conditions applicable to the procurement of various types of goods and services.
• Good knowledge and experience in project monitoring and forecasting
• Ability to manage change control process on project with subcontractors and interfaces (if any).
• In-depth knowledge of all types of project information (deliverables) and its uses and capable of managing information management project team
• Good knowledge of all handover and close-out activities required for client, and suppliers.
• Understanding of Cash Flow management as well as projection/forecast of cost at completion.

Attributes and Behaviours:

• Coaches, mentors and empowers others to make decisions within established parameters.
• Is a champion and role model for ethical behaviour and compliance with applicable laws and policies.
• Excellent personality with strong communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Strong computer skills including knowledge of Microsoft office products, specifically Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word