Project Leader - Oil & Gas

Quest Global; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Quest Global in Bengaluru is seeking an experienced Project Leader to oversee the delivery of engineering projects. You will manage customer relations, ensure compliance with project standards, and lead teams focused on quality and operational efficiency.

The ideal candidate should have 2-3 years of experience in project leadership, particularly within the Oil & Gas sector, along with strong communication and leadership skills. Quest Global offers a challenging yet rewarding environment that emphasizes doing things differently to achieve exceptional results.

Qualifications

• At least 2-3 years of experience as Project Leader.
• Experience in design, development, and engineering.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of engagements.
• Ensure compliance with project management processes.
• Drive customer technical meetings and governance forums.

Skills

Oil & Gas Domain experience

Project Management

Excellent Communication

Technical Proposal Decision-Making

Leadership Experience

Tools

Project Management Tools

Job description

Job Overview

At Quest Global, it’s not just what we do but how and why we do it that makes us different. With over 25 years as an engineering services provider, we believe in the power of doing things differently to make the impossible possible. Our people are driven by the desire to make the world a better place—to make a positive difference that contributes to a brighter future.

We bring together technologies and industries, alongside the contributions of diverse individuals who are empowered by an intentional workplace culture, to solve problems better and faster.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end to end delivery of assigned engagements within defined scope, timeline, cost, and quality standards
• Own day-to-day delivery, including task planning, monitoring, and issue resolution.
• Ensure On Time Delivery (OTD) and First Pass Yield (FPY) targets.
• Track delivery performance and proactively identify and mitigate risks, bottlenecks, and dependencies.
• Ensure compliance with Project Management System and internal governance processes.
• Drive delivery excellence and continual improvement initiatives
• Hire and develop high performing technical talent with a particular focus on delivering values.
• Organize cross-functional activities, manage customer, onsite resources, fulfilment of requirement.
• Provide management oversight to several activities running in parallel, address issues/concerns with speed, and enable coarse corrective actions.
• Customer interaction, project reporting
• Team handling onsite and offshore teams. Resource management, progression planning and development.
• Maintains operational metrics and measures. Quality management
• Business Development – delivery led growth, cross selling, upselling.
• Drive customer technical meetings and governance forums.

Required Skills

• Experience in Oil & Gas Domain or upstream oil drilling industry (Wireline, Drilling, Production Enhancement/Solutions, Testing & Subsea, MWD, LWD) is desired.
• Act as the primary interface with Customers, Technical Leaders, and Leadership.
• Build and maintain strong Customer Technical Lead relationships.
• Lead weekly, monthly, and quarterly customer connects/reviews.
• Manage and align expectations across business and technical stakeholders
• Should have at least 2 - 3 years of prior experience as Project Leader
• Experience in design/ development/ sustenance/ engineering/ documentation support
• Excellent Communication and Interpersonal skills are a must. Should have track record of customer interaction, identify business opportunities.
• Should have demonstrated consistent business growth/head count addition over the last years.
• Should have demonstrated strong hold on technology development / Continuous improvement and productivity improvement leading to higher contribution margin and new business initiation
• Strong process management, project management, stakeholder management, requirement management and team handling skills
• Hands‑on experience in Project Management Tools (Scheduling, Tracking, Employee engagement, Metrics)
• Ability to understand and take decisions on technical proposals.
• Ability to quickly ramp up new technologies.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, debugging skills interpretation skills.
• Self‑motivated, good verbal and written communication.
• Self‑driven and proactive

Standards & Process Improvement

• Develop, update, and enhance engineering standards, procedures, and checklists based on customer and project needs.
• Drive continuous improvement in quality, productivity, and operational efficiency.

Leadership & Behavioral Skills

• Proven experience leading engineering teams of 10–20 resources.
• Strong ownership mindset with ability to manage multiple engagements independently.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem‑solving skills.
• Customer‑centric approach with high accountability and execution focus.