Are you ready to drive forward Energy Transition and ensure Energy Security by taking on this key role in our exciting portfolio of projects?
Will you help our clients unlock the solutions they need to their complex, technical challenges?
Through this highly rewarding role you will be shaping the world and creating a bright future for yourself.
Wood is currently recruiting for a Senior Study Manager, Oil & Gas who is a Pre-FEED focused Project Manager to grow our Consulting Team based in Staines, or Aberdeen. We recognise the value of remote and hybrid working so are open to applications throughout the UK.
The Role
This role will take responsibility for the Oil & Gas and Energy Transition Studies services across our EMEA region. The principal objectives are advising clients, investors, and asset owners on making the right investment decisions for their projects or assets within the Upstream and Midstream markets. This is a key position which leads a portfolio of Front-End studies to bring the best of Wood and industry experience to the earliest phases of project development.
The remit of the Oil & Gas Studies team is to win and execute studies such as due diligence, technology, feasibility, concept select and pre-FEED. The Oil & Gas Studies team makes use of the global Wood resources network to deliver the highest standard of early phase solution.
The Study manager is a multi-disciplinary leader with a passion for growing a business in the front-end market. You will have a strong appreciation of process design and an interest in the holistic aspects of Greenfield and Brownfield projects. You will grow your career through taking commercial and client stakeholder management responsibility for delivering all pre-FEED phases of project implementation.
Focusing on predictable project delivery against key internal and external metrics of cost, schedule and quality, you will steer your project team to develop the technoeconomic solutions that guide them to successfully achieve the next stage in their decision gate process.
You will interface with a multi-disciplinary team of highly capable Subject Matter Experts and Consultants to deliver best in class solutions that will ensure high customer satisfaction. This will lead to opportunities for further advancement of your career in multiple directions. Through this you will support your own personal growth, and that of our Consulting business, as we deliver global solutions for sustainable Energy Security and Transition.
This is a fantastic role for a leadership focused engineer or Project Manager with a real passion for providing solutions to clients that will make a difference in the Energy Transition.
Our Clients and Projects
It’s a future for all of us. We aspire to shape a better tomorrow by unlocking solutions that address the biggest challenges facing our clients and our society.
Across our Technical Consulting business, we service a varied client base worldwide including; World Class private developers (major and independent), investment banks, utilities & power generation companies, Technology Providers, National, International and Private Energy Companies – to name but a few. We provide value add services bespoke to our clients' requirements across; advisory services, technical specialists, project development and execution services. We deliver across all pre-FEED project phases, as well as supporting Wood Project and Operations BUs in the FEED and EPC phases of the project lifecycle.
Our specialisms are across Subsea, Upstream and Midstream developments, Hydrogen and Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS), focusing on pipelines and engineering scopes.
The work we do for our clients is key to making the energy and digital transition possible.
What we can offer
- A caring team culture who supports each other professionally and personally, encouraging knowledge sharing across all areas of the business
- Energy Transition Academy – join a community of experts sharing your knowledge and gaining more exposure to a variety of existing and emerging energy systems – delivered by experts in their field
- Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry across the energy transition, emerging and conventional energy sectors
- Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team and individual needs offering hybrid working where relevant
- Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business
- Competitive remuneration package with regular reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
- Flexible benefits package; inclusive of 33 days annual leave (including public holidays), generous contributory pension scheme, private medical cover, 4x base salary life insurance; all of these and more that can be adapted to suit your own lifestyle
- Commitment to continued professional development; development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests
- Global connections; join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintain Wood’s front-end tools and processes
- Drive continual digital advancement of Wood’s Front-End tools and processes to bring the best of Wood’s delivery in an increasingly efficient manner
- Work closely with programme managers and business development teams to market, identify, pursue and secure front-end studies in the upstream, midstream Oil & Gas and Energy Transition markets
- Collaborate across business units regional and globally as required to achieve objectives
- Actively participate in key industry events and thought-leadership opportunities to highlight Wood’s value
- Assign the appropriate study managers and study team members to ensure project delivery excellence
- Coach, mentor and develop colleagues in adopting the early project development mindset
- Ensure successful delivery of studies in line with SOW and client expectations
- Be an active member of the Oil & Gas EMEA Leadership team, supporting the development and delivery of the strategy including financial targets and people engagement initiatives
The key objectives for this role are:
- To be the face of our Studies business; Grow and nurture the study teams across Europe Middle East and Africa region into a single, high performing body recognised as the go to for all concept and front-end solutions. row the business; develop on existing client relationships and find new clients
- Develop compelling and competitive proposals that readily demonstrate to Clients the best way to deliver their project
- Oversee all aspects of project management and delivery of pre-FEED scopes of work in accordance with the contract whilst managing project risk profile and change
- Develop and manage strong customer relationships, ensuring Wood is the Client’s contractor of choice for future phases; work to develop opportunities for Wood in subsequent phases or parallel activities
- Interface internally across all business units to ensure Wood Consultancy is the home of the world’s leading advisory and front-end technical solutions
- Manage and lead the project team to achieve the health, safety, environmental, schedule, cost and quality requirements of the study
- Challenge the status quo, support and be part of a world class group seeking to grow and develop to be the best it can be
- Be a role model for Wood’s behaviours; encouraging a collaborative, inclusive and supportive team that can have fun and enjoy the work we deliver
Skills and qualifications
You may read these details and are potentially thinking about not applying due to not having every single skill, knowledge or experience listed, and that’s understandable. However, we’d still like to hear from you. At Wood, we understand and acknowledge that everyone is different, and we are committed to equal opportunities and want to access all of the talent that is out there. We are committed to attracting a broad range of skills, knowledge and experiences and embrace differences. So even if you feel you don’t have everything listed, but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills to help us unlock solutions to the world’s most critical challenges….do apply.
Expected:
- Degree qualified in a relevant Engineering Discipline or Science
- Commercial awareness of project delivery
- Previous experience in oil & gas upstream industry, or energy transition preferably within an engineering consulting organisation
- Understands the levels of detail required to support the early phase decision making process for Pre-FEED Experienced in chairing meetings and facilitating workshops
- A proven leader, capable of motivating and leading multi-disciplined and multi-cultural teams, encouraging a collaborative and inclusive culture
- An exceptional communicator able to build collaboration and influence stakeholders, bringing clients and peers on your journey to deliver the best of Wood
- Thinks strategically, takes decisions and delivers results
- Must have full right to work in the UK
Desirable:
- Chartered Engineer or Scientist
- Member of an appropriate professional institution
- Some level of qualification from Association of Project Management or similar
- Commercial exposure through responsible positions in Proposals, Legal or Commercial
- Experience in FEED, EPC, Commissioning and / or Operations such that Client's recognise the experience from later phases being considered in their early project phase
- Proficient in the use of project scheduling, estimating and cost accounting tools and methods
Diversity Statement We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.
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