Project Delivery Manager

Orion Engineering Services Limited; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Project Delivery Manager based in Aberdeen to oversee decommissioning activities. The role involves strategic planning, managing interfaces between teams, and ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards. Ideal candidates will have strong leadership and problem-solving skills, along with extensive experience in the offshore oil and gas sector.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership experience in decommissioning or project delivery.
• Significant management experience, ideally from an EPC contractor background.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute an integrated contracting strategy for decommissioning activities.
• Lead and manage key interfaces between internal teams and external contractors.
• Monitor contractor performance, ensuring delivery meets safety and quality standards.

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Strategic Thinking

Collaboration

Education

Leadership experience in decommissioning

Management experience from EPC contractor

Understanding of contracting strategies

Knowledge of UKCS decommissioning regulations

Job description

Our client is an upstream North Sea operator currently recruiting for the position of Project Delivery Manager, based in Aberdeen.

This is a PAYE contractor position, so you need to have full rights to work in the UK.

Responsibilities:

As part of the Decommissioning Management team, you will be responsible for:

Contracting Strategy Development

• Develop and execute an integrated contracting strategy for decommissioning activities, ensuring alignment with company objectives, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
• Engage with the supply chain to assess market capabilities, drive innovation, and identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Ensure competitive and transparent tendering processes, supported by robust contract management plans.

Project Delivery & Interface Management

• Lead and manage key interfaces between internal teams (e.g., Asset operations, HSE, P&A) and external contractors to ensure seamless project execution.
• Coordinate activities across engineering, HLV, platform P&A, and subsea decommissioning workstreams to achieve project milestones and deliverables.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate interface risks between various decommissioning scopes and stakeholders.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Work closely with the Decommissioning Manager to provide strategic input into project planning and decision-making.
• Support cross-functional teams by providing leadership in resolving interface challenges and addressing evolving project needs.
• Build strong relationships with JV partners, contractors, and regulators to ensure alignment and compliance.

Performance Management

• Monitor contractor performance, ensuring delivery meets or exceeds safety, environmental, and quality standards.
• Support project teams in adapting to changing circumstances while maintaining focus on cost, schedule, and risk management.
• Ensure lessons learned from previous projects are incorporated into ongoing and future decommissioning activities.

Safety Leadership

• Role-models compliance with HSE policy. Ensures that all activities are planned and conducted in accordance with HSE standards.
• Manage the team to produce results through effective supervision, coaching, and work allocation. Communicate effectively and model the company’s values. Accept accountability and promote it among team members. Coach team members to develop skills and enhance technical capabilities. Support personal development and demonstrate commitment to lifelong learning.
• Manage resources to deliver budgeted outputs, minimize waste and risks, and escalate potential budget issues promptly.

Specific Requirements:

You are:

• An exceptional communicator, able to influence at all levels.
• A strong problem-solver with a proactive approach to risk management.
• A strategic thinker, aligning project activities with business objectives.
• A collaborative team player, fostering partnerships internally and externally.
• Committed to high standards of health, safety, and environmental performance.

At a minimum, you have:

• Proven leadership experience in decommissioning, construction, or project delivery, preferably in offshore oil and gas.
• Significant management experience, ideally from an EPC contractor background.
• Strong understanding of contracting strategies and supply chain dynamics in decommissioning.
• Extensive knowledge of UKCS decommissioning regulations and industry best practices.
• Experience managing complex interfaces across multidisciplinary teams and contractors.

Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion

As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflect the diversity and values of our client base and Orion Group. We welcome diverse experiences and viewpoints, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, age, job classification, and religion. In our inclusive workplace, everyone is assured the right to equitable, fair, and respectful treatment regardless of employment status as staff or contractor.