Wood is currently recruiting for a Head of Project Controls for our Operations Middle East, Africa and Caspian business. If you are an experienced Project Controls professional looking for a strategic step in your career or an experienced people leader looking for a new challenge, then this is the opportunity for you. The ideal candidate will be a team focused leader who is constantly striving for the best for their team whilst also ensuring high levels of communication between all other technical functions.

Drives and maintains the delivery of Project Controls excellence across the MEAC business through supporting the following activities:

Oversight of Project Performance:  

• Responsible for the provision of Planning, Estimating, Cost Management, change control and all associated reporting to individual contracts within the UK. 
• Responsible for the day-to-day management of the Project Controls across the UK region. 
• Support of the Continuous Improvement process both within the Company as a whole and within the Operations Excellence Function
• Promote Project Controls Awareness throughout the Company
• Identify points of vulnerability by managing interventions on projects and conducting peer and deep dive reviews

Proposal and Start-up activities: 

• Responsible for providing relevant bid responses and inputs.
• Client alignment sessions and presentations in support of identify and acquire activities.
• Initial resourcing for bids and start-up activities.
• CEP/PCP development.
• Driving system and PC blueprint implementation.
• Co-ordinating PBI report implementation. 
• Provide overall assurance for project controls related items during start-up.
• Conduct post start-up assurance reviews. 

Resource management activities: 

• Recruitment when project PCM not in place.
• Escalating resourcing issues to EMEA resourcing forum. 
• Reviewing overall MEAC resource requirements and planning future moves/development opportunities (working with EMEA Head of PC).
• Resource Competency Management. 
• Regional/Functional focal point for MEAC related resource management queries.
• Monitor, support and where appropriate, mentor the development of project controls team members.
• Ensure that all team members work safely and are fully aware of all safety policies and initiatives within the Company.

Governance and Assurance activities: 

• Representation of PC department at MEAC level assurance reviews
• Ensure compliance with Wood corporate project controls processes, procedures and system usage, and responsible for development of project specific processes to meet contract / client requirements.
• Assure the delivery of projects vs contractual requirements.
• Ensure the PMR (Project Monthly Report) is issued on time, duly populated and reviewed before being released at the BU level.
• Ensure the adherence to the Group Project Governance Standard (BU specific procedure) mainly in term of PMR reviews and applicability as well as the tendering & project start up and execution.
• Monitor the performance of the portfolio of Operations projects against the Project Governance Standard via review sessions, structured reporting, and dashboards.
• Conduct relevant project delivery assurance reviews, audits and potential interventions. 

Qualifications: 

• Degree qualification in relevant subject.
• HNC or equivalent with extensive project controls management experience. 

Knowledge, skills, and experience: 

• Demonstrable balance of industrial and management experience at relevant level and position.
• Advanced level of expertise across all disciplines of project controls, typically gained by a significant number of years industry experience within Project Control, including some experience leading and managing others.
•  Good understanding of Project Management principles and techniques.
•  Excellent understanding of Project Control principles and techniques.
• Significant experience with multiple project delivery types including frameworks, portfolios, pre - FEED, FEED, EPCM, PMC and EPC.
• Extensive experience and understanding of project execution tools, processes and procedures.
• A thorough understanding of strategic change management, with the ability to translate this into appropriate goals, methodologies and strategies for implementation.
• Strong organizational and time management skills; able to effectively manage within tight time frames, to prioritize, and delegate appropriately.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present, inform and persuade at all levels and externally.
• Excellent understanding of Cost Control, Estimating, Change Management and Planning. 

Personal attributes: 

Core Values and Behaviours:

Provide strong leadership in promoting, demonstrating and being a role model in accordance with company core values and ethics policy.

People:

• Competent in forecast planning for people resources.
• Competent in people interviewing, selection, communication and management including performance management.
• Proactively always interact with team members in a positive and professional manner.
• Provides mentoring, management and training for project personnel to assure competence
• Builds robust capability, appropriate succession and development plans

Process:

• Competent in development of standards and processes to effect delivery of project controls excellence.
• Plans, monitors and audits compliance with standards and processes to assure continuous improvement. 

Subject Matter Expertise:

• Competent in own area of expertise to provide support to the business.
• Demonstrate current knowledge with industry and technology development within project controls.
• Demonstrate continual professional development.

General Competencies:

• Financial & Commercial awareness.
• Enthusiastic, proactive, conscientious, and keen to learn.
• Energetic with strong leadership skills and a good balance of humility and self - confidence
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work cross functionally and create trust with seniors, peer group and external stakeholders.
• Ability to influence without direct authority and work effectively across a diverse multicultural community at all levels of the organization.
• Drives an Enterprise mindset by collaborating and championing innovative change initiatives, focused on improving overall out turn quality and effectiveness.
• Challenges and supports the business to drive improvement and learning.
• Consistently ‘walks the talk’ on Wood’s shared values and ethical business practices.
• Anticipates the environment, is forward thinking and able to see the ‘big picture’.
• Is creative in the achievement of stretching objectives; does not accept failure easily.
• Flexible with a can-do attitude.

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