Project Leader at Benmaris Limited

Benmaris Limited started as a professional manpower providers, financial consultants and general works contractor in 2007. It is a wholly owned Nigerian Company. Over the years, it has undertaken many challenging projects and accumulated skills, know-how and experiences in Facilities Management, Procurement and Supply Services, Design and Build Solutions, Project Management Services, Building Construction and related engineering works.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Project Leader

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-Time
Job Type: Contract

About the Role
Service Dimensions:

• Lead ECP projects/SMR from handover to close out, ensuring timely delivery in coordination with the ECP Senior Project Manager.
• Handle budgets up to $20M per Project.
• Oversee all project activities from basic/FEED to detailed engineering, SIMOPS operations, and transfer to FO, according to contracts.
• Manage project compliance with specifications, HSEQ, budget, and schedule. Maintain contractor relations to ensure HSE rule adherence.
• Support regulatory, statutory, and permitting requirements related to project matters.

Activities:

• Manages all project activities from engineering stage up to Site Integration works including procurement, contracting, fabrication and testing in accordance with project technical and quality requirement as well as budget and planning.
• Directs and supervises the project team, ensuring it works to its best potential to meet the stated requirements.
• Ensures safe working practices are carried out at all stages, in particular observance of the Company HSE policy, rules and procedures.
• Oversee preparation and review of the PEP, schedule, cost estimate and budget for his/her project. Collaborate with various COMPANY stakeholders (FO, Maintenance, C&P, Logistics) to ensure proper interface management regarding scope of work consolidation, contracting strategy, site activities, estimate, budget, etc., for each project.
• Coordinate with relevant departments (Engineering, Construction, QA/QC, C&P, subcontractors) to communicate project requirements and ensure deliverables are met on schedule and within budget. 
• Measure and monitor project progress using standard project control methods, tools and KPI’s. 
• Identify and address technical, commercial, or scheduling issues, and develop recovery plans as needed.
• Ensure proper internal reporting of project activities (progress, issues etc.) as well as timely preparation of approval dossier
• Oversees the project contracting strategy execution and Contract/Purchase Order placement in accordance with Company Internal Procedures as well as Project Planning, Manages with its duet technical clarifications and negotiations with selected Contractor.
• Develops & maintains constructive relationship with Contractors
• Manages contractor’s activities from engineering to testing in conformity with contract reference documentation. 
• Organize necessary meetings with contractors (weekly, monthly meetings, variation order meetings etc.). 
• Follows contractor sub-supplier control process and audits to make sure project requirements have been properly transmitted to the sub-suppliers and are implemented.
• Ensure COMPANY general specifications and industry best practices are implemented in project execution by all involved parties.
• Establish accurate records and filing of project documentation in a retrievable and accessible manner.
• Identify, monitor, and record project KPIs.

Context and Environment:

• Work location: Based in Nigeria, involving working from Lagos and Port-Harcourt with regular visits to JV and DW Sites.
• Major clients: JV & DW Assets Field Operations, Development and Planning and Maintenance departments,
• Constraints: Tight delivery milestones function of operational objectives.
• Favourable Factors: High degree of autonomy in work process

Accountabilties:

• Ensures effective management of its project, under the steer of ECP Project Manager, from basic engineering to start up, in accordance with approved Budget, Schedule, Statement of Requirements and HSE governing rules of the Company
• Manages it’s project team and interface with Contractor’s Team, in order to complete Installation activities, up to transfer to Field Operations.

Requirements

• University Degree in an Engineering discipline with over 5 years’ experience in industrial facilities projects management.
• Experience: exposure to brownfield or Greenfield Projects in an international environment.
• High standards of teamwork, technical rigor, communication, organization. Ability to work under pressure and stressing conditions. HSE consciousness, able to coordinate all related interfaces. Practical sense, autonomous, rigorous
• Proficiency in the use of MS Office suite (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power-point).
• Fluent in English.

Application Closing Date
7th May, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online