Project Manager - Senior

Senior Project Manager

Wood is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to coordinate the implementation and completion of various projects. This role will be based in Houston.

The Senior Project Manager creates delivery excellence across assigned project/portfolio, provides certainty and confidence to the client/project sponsor, and robust control of project scope, schedule, cost and risk.

Specifies and coordinates the implementation of a large or complex project or portfolio of small to medium sized projects. This includes responsibility for safe delivery, ensuring that quality, schedule, and cost/budget targets are met and for managing the associated risk. Responsible for delivery of project to agreed specifications, for managing change and client relationships, and ensuring appropriate reporting and governance is in place.

Accountable for delivering projects across multiple phases, for delivery of project to agreed specifications, for managing change and client relationships.

Applicants must be authorized to work lawfully in the US without sponsorship from Wood, now or in the future.

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Designing the future. Transforming the world.

We pride ourselves on solving real-world problems for our clients by providing full engineering, consulting, procurement, and construction services to our customers across the globe.

Join a culture of innovation, pushing the boundaries of what is possible to seek the best solutions for our clients.

Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry across oil & gas and process industry projects

Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team and individual needs. This opportunity is Hybrid in Houston, TX.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice

Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market.

Flexible benefits package that can be adapted to suit your lifestyle

Commitment to continued professional development through development plans tailored to individual needs and interests

Global connections with leading industry experts around the world who are shaping the standards of our profession

Responsibilities

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

Project Execution

• Contributes to and reviews the project proposal and plan to determine timeframe, procedures for accomplishing the project, staffing requirements, and allotment of available resources to various phases of the project. Contributes to setting project evaluation parameters.
• 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 scope, budget specification and schedule modifications
• Establishes project procedures and prepares project execution plan including the scope of work, deliverables list, master schedule, budget, org charts, risk register etc.
• Identify, pursue and develop opportunities for innovation, such as digitalization and technology use, work share and high value engineering centers, to bring value to Wood and customer
• Regularly reports project progress to senior management and/or the client.
• Responsible for delivery of agreed schedule and financial performance, proactively intervening to avoid slippage
• Leads ongoing focus on risk identification and mitigation during project execution
• Participate in assurance activities and peer reviews
• 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
• Guides and directs a multidiscipline project team, which may include external specialists and involve staff from multiple offices and sites
• Responsible for ensuring project team members are competent to carry out assigned duties
• Promotes and sets up performance improvement culture and actions on complex projects and into their supply chains.
• Facilitates the setup of information management systems / applications as applicable to suit various life phases of projects and manage information management project team
• Assess the scope, complexity and financial risk associated with the project and involvement in the negotiation of the terms, visibility of project in local community, and attracting the required staff based on their credibility and experience

Leadership

• Passionately pursues and supports, demonstrates and embeds company values.
• Is a champion and role model for ethical behavior and compliance with applicable laws and policies.
• Oversees proposals and call-offs (may be individual projects) within delegation of authority, ensuring compliance with contracting policy and standards of ethical conduct.
• Teaches and empowers others to make decisions within established parameters

Working Relationships

Internal:

• Guides and directs a large project team or multiple smaller project teams covering several specialties with staff from more than one office and work in several locations
• Interfaces with workshare centers as required and manages scope across all offices involved
• Monitor effectiveness of current relationships, and counsels others to take actions, as needed
• Interface and coordinate with Operational and/or Contract Management to ensure delivery of operational goals

External:

• Represents the organization externally at the highest levels with the client, in the community and with contractors
• Works with other leaders to identify relationship management strategies for developing and maintaining strong ties with key external contacts including clients, governments, community groups and competitors
• Acts as senior company representative to the client, in the community and with contractors
• Manage relationships with external stakeholders including interaction with suppliers and subcontractors to resolve budget, schedule and quality issues

Level of Influence and Decision-Making Authority

• Actions and decisions typically have a significant influence on the medium-term technical, operational and financial results of multiple small-medium or one large project(s)
• Works under minimal supervision
• Work is performed under general policy direction and is assessed in relation to objectives and outcomes
• Keeps manager informed of progress, potentially controversial matters and far-reaching implications
• Solves problems requiring an understanding of, financial and commercial implications
• Solves problems requiring understanding of social and political implications and international issues

Qualifications

What makes you remarkable?

At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world's most critical challenges.

Expected:

• A Bachelor's degree in the field of Engineering or similar technical degree
• Typically requires 10-15 years of pertinent experience including minimum 10 years project management experience, mastering their area and knowledge about impacts on other areas.
• Strong technical skill as relevant to the project scope(s)
• Good level of experience in the related field, industry, and locations of the work
• Proven project management experience as well as a good understanding of business values
• In-depth understanding of project goals, drivers and strategies
• Proven track record of effectively managing complex projects
• Knowledge of workflow management, established policies for engineering ownership, globalization of projects and request for tender process
• Detailed knowledge and experience of stakeholder and requirements management
• Knowledgeable about how multi-phase project budgets, including risk contingencies, are assembled.
• Skilled Practitioner in Risk Management processes, well versed in how risks are transposed into cost, time and contingency estimates and forecasts
• Advanced knowledge of various forms of contracts across many types of goods and services.
• Able to create new appropriate contracting frameworks and negotiate to successful conclusion.
• Able to manage project start-up, produce and communicate the project execution plan.
• Knowledge of project performance improvement activities and how to implement them on projects
• Knowledge of supplier categorization able to devise appropriate commercial acquisition strategies
• Advanced knowledge of schedule risk analysis and incorporating results in the base plan
• Understands how changes influence performance and how they should be recorded and managed in different situations.
• Knowledge of techniques