Project Manager [Offshore Island Project]

Role Overview

Project Manager for the Offshore Island Project at Emirates Electrical & Instrumentation Company LLC (Ghobash Group). This role leads the full lifecycle of EPC projects in the Oil & Gas sector, from initiation through closeout, with accountability for safe, timely, and cost-effective delivery.

Company Overview

Emirates Electrical & Instrumentation Company LLC has spent nearly 20 years delivering vital contributions to the Oil & Gas sector of the UAE, executing both onshore and offshore projects. Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is a main client, alongside Tier 1 and Tier 2 EPC contractors. The company delivers full EPC&M services for electrical and instrumentation works, providing expertise in measuring and automating exploration, production, separation, refining processes, and distribution through localized services.

Role Purpose

The Project Manager serves as the central point of accountability for project performance, overseeing scope, schedule, cost, risk, resources, and quality. The role carries full P&L accountability and ensures delivery excellence, client satisfaction, and compliance with HSSE standards and quality systems.

Key Responsibilities

Project Leadership & Team Management

• Formulate the project team and participate in project kick-off meetings to understand scope of work, estimation basis, execution and subcontracting strategy.
• Manage a project team to ensure project safety, scope, schedule, and budgets are being tracked and implemented.
• Ensure competence of project team members to carry out assigned work and assigned duties.
• Coach, mentor, and empower others to make decisions within established parameters.
• Coordinate closely with clients, contractors, and internal stakeholders to manage all technical, commercial, and contractual aspects of the project.

Planning & Execution

• Establish work procedures, sequences, and develop schedules, budgets, staffing requirements, vendor lists and progress milestones in collaboration with the planning team.
• Develop the project execution plan including scope of work, deliverables list, master schedule, budget, organizational charts, and risk register.
• Execute the project according to agreed scope and strategy.
• Proactively intervene to avoid schedule and financial slippage and deliver agreed schedule and financial performance.

Client & Stakeholder Coordination

• Coordinate with client Project Manager and project management team to set up project information systems and communications.
• Negotiate changes to project scope or specification with the client.
• Interact with clients to proactively resolve issues and obtain final client approvals at project completion.
• Maintain a continuing business relationship with all clients as part of ongoing business development efforts.
• Regularly report project progress to senior management and/or the client.

Change & Risk Management

• Follow Change Management process to identify and approve modifications to scope, cost, schedule and quality.
• Lead ongoing focus on risk identification and mitigation during project execution.
• Manage technical issues with team and client.

Information Management

• Facilitate the setup of information management systems and applications as applicable to suit various life phases of projects and manage information management project team.
• Manage in-depth knowledge of all types of project information (deliverables) and capability to manage information management project team.

Financial & Commercial Management

• Hold P&L responsibility with associated commercial and financial accountability including revenue delivery, margin and overhead management, budget and forecast determination and attainment.
• Conduct review and analysis of cost and cost control progress, financial and other site-generated data to evaluate job status and progress.
• Manage cost controls, accounts payable, billing and cash collection.
• Manage risk and opportunity reviews.
• Understand cash flow management as well as projection and forecast of cost at completion.

HSSE & Quality Leadership

• Lead project HSSE leadership and ensure a program of initiatives and auditing schedule are established.
• Ensure HSSE and quality management issues are proactively addressed.
• Ensure compliance with HSSE standards, quality systems, and change management processes.

Closeout

• Maintain good knowledge of all handover and close-out activities required for client and suppliers.

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum Bachelor Degree in Engineering (Electrical, Instrumentation or Mechanical)
• Minimum 15 years of experience in the Oil & Gas industry
• 5 or more years of experience in the UAE or Middle East
• Minimum 3 years as Project Manager on medium to large scale projects in similar business or industry
• Affinity and familiarity with Engineering, Procurement and Contracting aspects, both onshore and offshore
• Experience working on brownfield projects is preferred
• Brownfield experience in replacement of switchgears in oil and gas industry is preferred

Skills & Competencies

• Proven project management experience and good understanding of business issues
• Demonstrated experience on electrical projects as a Project Manager
• HSE leadership compliance and ability to work in multidisciplinary teams
• 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
• Strong communication, interpersonal and organizational skills
• Excellent personality
• Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office products (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Champion and role model for ethical behaviour and compliance with applicable laws and policies