Project Start Up & Intervention Leader

Baker Hughes; Aberdeen City; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Life insurance

Disability programs

Tailored financial programs

Flexible working patterns

Job summary

Baker Hughes is seeking a Project Start Up & Intervention Leader to drive PMO standards and deliver project startup excellence across the SP&S portfolio in the UK. You will guide start-up activities, manage project risks from bid to execution, and lead cross-functional teams to ensure readiness and governance adherence.

With strong project management experience in oil and gas, you will influence stakeholders, develop best practices, and ensure compliant, timely project delivery while

Qualifications

• Project management and project control experience within the oil and gas industry.
• Experience and understanding of project execution tools, processes and procedures.
• Experience in the project supply chain with expertise in managing suppliers and customers and understanding the internal and external needs and demands of fulfilling execution projects.
• Knowledge in understanding and delivering contract and project start up requirements and critical activities.
• Engaging communicator, able to influence, inspire and change behaviour.
• Strategic mindset, able to think long-term and transfer into short-range plans.
• Problem solver, able to identify issues and apply professional judgement to select solutions.
• Have permanent work permit in UK.

Responsibilities

• Defining the start-up schedule and resource plan to deliver the start-up activities working with designated project teams.
• Leading the start-up team with a focus on compliance to critical deliverables as per the SP&S Project Start Up Standard; and the identification and confirmation of project risks from the bid phase into execution.
• Leading the execution project director, the project team and relevant functional support groups and stakeholders to ensure the project is set up for success and lead the readiness assessment.
• As an output of Project Governance Reviews lead independent interventions to establish causes, mitigations and/or corrections – and create and own the Corrective Plan.
• Support defining and developing PMO best practices, processes, and minimum standards to ensure alignment with SP&S PMO strategy; and delivery to SP&S standards.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Strategic thinking

Problem solving

Influence

Leadership

Tools

PMO tools

Job description

Would you like the opportunity to develop your career with a global energy company?

Be part of a team that keeps moving

The Project Start Up & Intervention Leader will lead and drive the adherence to SP&S PMO minimum standards by providing project management leadership and expertise, project delivery assurance and discipline guidance across SP&S projects to enable the consistent delivery of project execution excellence.

Partner with the best

As the Project Start Up & Intervention Leader you will support the design and implementation of PMO minimum standards across the global SP&S project portfolio. You will be responsible for:

• Defining the start-up schedule and resource plan to deliver the start-up activities working with designated project teams


• Leading the start-up team with a focus on compliance to critical deliverables as per the SP&S Project Start Up Standard; and the identification and confirmation of project risks from the bid phase into execution


• Leading the execution project director, the project team and relevant functional support groups and stakeholders to ensure the project is set up for success and lead the readiness assessment


• As an output of Project Governance Reviews lead independent interventions to establish causes, mitigations and/or corrections – and create and own the Corrective Plan


• Support defining and developing PMO best practices, processes, and minimum standards to ensure alignment with SP&S PMO strategy; and delivery to SP&S standards

Fuel your passion

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Project management and project control experience within the oil and gas industry, strong range of project delivery and execution roles


• Experience and understanding of project execution tools, processes and procedures


• Experience in the project supply chain with expertise in managing suppliers and customers and understanding the internal and external needs and demands of fulfilling execution projects


• Knowledge in understanding and delivering contract and project start up requirements and critical activities


• Engaging communicator, able to influence, inspire and change behaviour


• Strategic mindset, able to think long-term and transfer into short-range plans


• Problem solver, able to identify issues and apply professional judgement to select solutions


• Have permanent work permit in UK

Work in a way that works for you

We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

• 4 days from office


• 1 day from home ( remote)

Working with us

Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all our people are developed, engaged and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.

Working for you

Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we must push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace challenge with a package that reflects how much we value their input. Join us, and you can expect:

• Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities


• Comprehensive private medical care options


• Safety net of life insurance and disability programs


• Tailored financial programs


• Additional elected or voluntary benefits

The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Project Management Senior Advisor - Project Leadership

About Us:

We are an energy technology company that provides solutions to energy and industrial customers worldwide. Built on a century of experience and conducting business in over 120 countries, our innovative technologies and services are taking energy forward – making it safer, cleaner and more efficient for people and the planet.

Join Us:

Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company that values innovation and progress? Join us and become part of a team of people who will challenge and inspire you! Let’s come together and take energy forward.

Baker Hughes Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.