GM Technical Manager, Project at CNOOC Exploration & Production Nigeria Limited (the CEPNL) - i54 Corporate Services Limited

i54 Corporate Services Limited - Our client, CNOOC Exploration & Production Nigeria Limited (the CEPNL) was incorporated in Abuja, Nigeria on 20 January 2006 and is wholly owned by CNOOC (China National Offshore Oil Corporation) International Limited, which is mainly responsible for the operation and management of CNOOC’s oil and gas assets in Nigeria

They are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: GM Technical Manager, Project

Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Job Type: Full Time

Job Function
This role has the overall function to manage projects. This includes the development of strategies, plans, designs and budgets to ensure successful project delivery. Functions for this role are; 

• Manage Project cashflow 
• Supervise the engineering team and ensure review of contractual documents and engineering relate interfaces on the project. 
• Ensure correct consideration and application of technological requirements in all project phases up to the handing over to the operations team. 
• Ensure skills, know-how and methods for the relevant technologies are developed and available and that an appropriate plan for training is in place.
• Participate in defining the overall project planning and scheduling, directly supervising the finalization of engineering plans and schedule, including the architecture of detail engineering outsourcing.
• Promote and participate to the induction of the engineering team to contract/project requirements.
• Participate to Risk management and other inter-functional reviews for engineering and project concerns.
• Coordinate execution of multidisciplinary engineering activities, and manage activities assigned to and/or other Engineering Companies involved in the project.
• Ensure effective interdisciplinary coordination verifying adequacy and consistency of design solutions.
• Take necessary technical decisions in case of unresolved conflicts between disciplines, ensuring that the engineering team properly interfaces with other project team members.
• Ensure that adopted technical solutions are in line with project cost and schedule objectives, taking appropriate action to avoid, absorb or minimize deviations.
• Supervise issue of engineering deliverables approving key multidisciplinary documents of own competence.
• Support Project Manager in relations with Client and/or Licensors regarding process and specialist engineering problems.
• Promote and attends to design, safety, 3D model reviews supervising the follow-up of the outcomes.
• Participate to contract management giving technical support to PM for variations requests and change orders.
• Consolidate engineering hours and material budgets based on discipline departments budgets and control it during the course of the project alerting Project Management in case of variation and suggest mitigation measures.
• Ensure carrying out of all engineering activities that support material/construction procurement process services.
• Ensure availability of Commissioning/Start-up Plans with the Operating Manuals and Mechanical Manuals.
• Ensure that lessons learned for engineering are clearly identified, granting the monitoring of plant performances to capitalize experiences identifying area of improvement in close coordination with the relevant product line central functions.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• Graduate Degree in Engineering, Project Management  10 years’ experience in Oil industry, previous experience on International Oil & Gas JV is preferred
• COREN certificate
• Experience in Procedure Writing and Project Planning.
• Knowledge and experience of Off-Shore construction, operations and production systems is mandatory.
• Strong analytical, communication and organization skills are essential. 

Application Closing Date
29th October, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected], [email protected] and copy to: [email protected] using the Job title as the subject of the mail.