Senior Project Manager - Middle East

Requisition ID: 84544

Job Category: Project Management

Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Join a company that is passionately committed to the pursuit of a better world through positive change. With more than 65 years of business and technical expertise in mining, energy, and infrastructure, our 10,000 colleagues in 150 countries tirelessly work toward bettering the industries in which we operate. With practical solutions that are safe, innovative, and sustainable, we think globally while acting locally.

Join our Project Delivery Group (PDG), a dynamic team of professionals passionately committed to world-class project delivery across the globe. With expertise in sustainable studies, asset building, operations, and industry-leading efficiencies, our best-in-class team leverages methodologies, governance, and systems that are unparalleled in the engineering space. Are you looking for an opportunity to join a diverse group of professionals who are committed to remaining exceptional? We look forward to hearing from you.

Hatch is currently seeking a highly motivated Senior Project Manager with experience on large Iron & Steel projects to join our Project Delivery Group (PDG) in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

PDG helps clients reach their business goals through a range of strong technical capabilities. Our engineering, project management, and construction disciplines ensure safe, efficient, and sustainable delivery of projects globally across the metals, mining, infrastructure, and energy sectors. We manage our clients' entire project lifecycle from studies to building assets, operating the assets, and developing efficiencies. Join our team and become part of a community that strives for positive change, providing the best solutions for our clients' toughest challenges!

Summary

Responsible for managing, coordinating, and administering the project (or portfolio of projects) during all delivery stages of the project lifecycle: from project definition, setup, monitoring, and controlling to final closing out of the project. Overall responsible to deliver the project and/or portfolio of projects within the scope, cost, and schedule baseline and ensure that the project is delivered within the safety, quality, and environmental best practices set out by Hatch and the client for the project.

The projects or project portfolios are typically in the mining, metals, energy, or infrastructure sectors with project sites that could be regional or international.

Manages Hatch's business interests to include: the prime contract revenues, receivables, project viability, and profitability. Manages the project delivery process to meet the owner's goals, objectives, and expectations. Resolves problems and coordinates the final handover of the project to the client.

Key Responsibilities

• Displays and actively promotes behavior aligned to Hatch's goal of achieving a total safety culture by:
  • Visible Felt Leadership.
  • Participating in investigation of all serious incidents reported and ensuring that all follow-up actions are carried out.
  • Participating in audits of work areas.
  • Attending all identified safety training.
  • Acting as a mentor for the implementation of Hatch safety standards to contractors.
• Develops and obtains signoff from client on Project Plan (PEP) and Clients Requirement Specification.
• Develops and resources an appropriate organization structure and ensures that the entire project team has the required resources for the work.
• Provides leadership to the project and creates a highly committed and aligned team environment with all who can influence the project's outcomes.
• Ensures governance on the project specifically compliance to Hatch and client delegations of authority procedures and policies project reviews.
• Authorizes all commitments of expenditure on the project (subject to agreed delegation) and approves payment of invoices; manages claims responses and settlement processes.
• Develops a detailed scope, cost, and schedule control baseline and manages any project changes in terms of this agreed control baseline.
• Establish good relationships with the client and managing the client.
• Carries clear responsibility and accountability for delivery of the project goals as set down by the client/project director. Coordinates all client contacts including major correspondence between Hatch and the client and maintains working relationships at all levels throughout the period of the project.
• Monitors and controls all contractual commitments to assure that all work is being performed in accordance with the specifications, drawings, terms of the contract, and client expectations.
• Conducts regular project progress and client meetings to review the progress and issues in all disciplines of the project.
• Establishes and ensures that the processes for effective scope control (i.e., Trend and Change Management) for the project are in place and that these processes are agreed by the client and managed in accordance with Hatch Best Practice.
• Establishes and manages processes for the early identification of any potential changes to the Hatch prime contract and ensures that those changes are identified to the client. Ensures that appropriate contractual changes are formally authorized by the client.
• Ensures that Hatch's standard suite of tools and procedures are properly setup and deployed at the project. Variances from Hatch Project Lifecycle Process standard practice must be approved by the PDG Regional Director.
• Ensures that project and tollgate reviews are scheduled, prepared for, and held in accordance with the Hatch Project Lifecycle Process for the project or study's particular phase.
• Directs and reviews all discipline functions throughout the project lifecycle and ensures that the discipline leads actively manage best practices within each of their areas of responsibility.
• Ensures that the required business and workplace integration activities occur. Specifically, that project documentation (contractual, engineering, maintenance, and workplace change related) is managed (received, reviewed, comments incorporated, responded, and incorporated in plant records).
• Obtains client's acceptance of the work and signoff for the completed project. Is responsible for the preparation and submission of the final project close out report and prompt closeout of the prime contract.
• Establishes and manages the invoicing process with the client to ensure that all invoices are effectively delivered to the client with the relevant and agreed backup to ensure efficient process by the client for payment of the works executed by Hatch.
• Ensures compliance to the project Environmental and Safety Management Plan.
• Strong communications with the client and the project team.

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

• University degree in engineering or other relevant discipline.
• Greater than fifteen years experience in cross-functional leadership roles in a project delivery environment.
• Must have strong experience of projects in Saudi Arabia.
• Successfully project delivery track record in the role of Project Manager on large Iron & Steel projects.
• Advanced safety awareness.
• The ability to evaluate, understand, apply, grow, and mentor the Hatch team including Engineering, Document Management, Cost Control, Schedule, PSC, Commercial Risk, Quality, Safety, Construction, etc.
• The ability to apply the best of Hatch to the suite of projects in the most effective, efficient, and appropriate manner.
• Ability to function well in a team environment.
• Coordination, organization, and planning of community and industrial relations awareness.
• Commercial awareness.
• Experience in managing multi-discipline projects.
• Experience in leadership, management, and administrative processes.
• Experience in engineering, procurement, and construction and other project-related activities, their interfaces and interdependencies. Broad knowledge of industry standards.
• Proven background of resourcefulness under pressure.
• Relationship building.
• Strong customer/client focus.
• Judgment and problem solving.
• Strong leadership skills/proven leadership skills and abilities.
• Well-developed written and oral communication/negotiation skills.
• Project performance monitoring and reporting.
• Experience in delivering projects in accordance with structured lifecycles.
• Experience in project reviews and governance activities.
• Being highly mobile with the ability to travel extensively.

Preferred

• Greater than ten years project management experience in at least one significant EPC/EPCM and exposure to all areas of Project Controls.
• Greater than ten years experience in the Mining and Metals sectors.
• Working knowledge of engineering project control systems and construction management.
• Business development skills.
• Strong multidisciplinary engineering experience, preferably engineering management experience related to design, construction, and handover of mining and metals projects.
• Project portfolio management experience.
• Formal project management qualification.

Why join us

• Work with great people to make a difference.
• Collaborate on exciting projects to develop innovative solutions.
• Top employer.

What we offer you

• Flexible work environment.
• Long term career development.
• Think globally, work locally.

Don't meet every single requirement? You don't need to. At Hatch, we are building a diverse, inclusive workplace that fosters innovation. If you're interested in this role, we encourage you to apply even if your past experiences don't perfectly align with the skills we've listed.

We're committed to fostering a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities in which we operate and serve. Hatch is an Equal Opportunity Employer that considers applicants without regard to age, race, color, national origin, citizenship, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other protected status. If you have any accommodation requirements, please let us know. We'll do our best to meet your needs in accordance with applicable local legislation.

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