Offshore Construction Manager

NMDC Energy; Eastern Province; On-site; SAR 400,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

NMDC Energy seeks an experienced offshore project lead for our Saudi Arabian operations. You will act as Deputy SPM on high-weight offshore projects, coordinating with PEM, PMT, and client teams to ensure timely delivery, safety, and quality.

Required 12+ years in offshore ops, strong commercial and contractual acumen, and excellent English communication. You will oversee scope, interfaces, and risk, while driving cost-effective offshore execution.

Qualifications

• 12 years’ offshore operations experience.
• Strong commercial and contractual awareness.
• Excellent negotiation and decision making skills.
• Excellent written and spoken English language skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare load register and AFC drawings coordination with PEM.
• Coordinate marine spread requirements with VPOO/OOD and survey.
• Supervise offshore installation procedures and review installation drawings.
• Lead meetings with LME, OOD, PEM, NBM and client reps to discuss installation philosophy.
• Review subcontractor invoices and approve payments under PD authority.

Skills

Offshore operations

Negotiation

English proficiency

Job description

** This position is for our projects in KSA.

** ONLY Candidates who are currently based in KSA or are willing to relocate to KSA will be considered.

** Candidates with experience working on Aramco projects will be given priority.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare list of construction aids (load register) required for the job. Finalize the relevant AFC drawings with PEM after receiving comments from various department
• Prepare a list identifying the marine spread requirement for the project and finalize with VPOO/OOD.
• Coordinate with survey section and advise survey requirements for the project.
• Prepare the scope of work for pipe coating activity and follow-up closely the pipe-coating progress with the PMT fabrication engineer.
• Review Engineering documents / drawings and analyses from construct-ability point of view. Consolidate relevant comments from LME / OOM /NBM and pass it to PEM.
• Follow-up with PEM on timely submission of deliverables and with client for review and approval.
• Prepare detailed work scope, schedules for offshore subcontracted works
• Coordinate with subcontracts section for technical & un-priced commercial evaluation and clarifications.
• Issue Purchase Requisition for offshore project material in coordination with SPM in PMT
• Initiate all the correspondences (letters / faxes) with the client related to offshore scope or work.
• Initiate the offshore project risk and opportunities in coordination with planning and cost manager ,
• Coordinate with all departments within the company for all offshore-related scope of the project.
• Function as a focal point for all communication and functions pertaining to the offshore scope of the project within the company.
• Attend / chair the meetings initiated by LME and attended by OOD/OCD/PEM/NBM (and on case by case bases by AVP-OCS/ VPOO) to discuss the philosophy for preparation of specific installation procedure
• Review technical procedures, anchor patterns, installation drawings. Follow-up with LME/OOD/NBM and ensure timely submission to client.
• Supervise and assess the performance of the OCE /Sr OCE /LOCE & the Project Material Coordinator for timely delivery of offshore material (including line pipe material), receipt at stores and approval of MRV.
• Coordinate with the client representative for all aspects of the offshore work, from start of project until completion.
• Provide input for weekly and monthly report and attend meetings with client whenever required.
• Analyze any major change in offshore execution plan that may occur during the execution of the project.
• Liaise with third party agency on offshore execution related issues.
• Liaise with marine warranty surveyors on all issues related to marine / construction aspects of the work
• Attend weekly meetings with AVP-OCS / OCD / VPOO to discuss progress and areas of concern.
• Conduct regular meetings with the Project Director and PMT and keep the project management team updated on all aspects of offshore works.
• Ensure implementation of the project safety plan and the company HSEMS.
• Ensure and enhance quality of the work.
• Capture / issue lessons learnt and good practices at any stage during the execution of the project.
• Provide input to the exception report prepared by planning section, related to offshore scope.
• Participate in project quality audits and follow-up for closeout of inadequacies as determined by the audit findings.
• Initiate the variation orders / claims related to offshore work.
• Review subcontractor’s invoices, provide all clarification as may be required by finance department for processing the invoices, and certify these invoices prior to its approval by PD.
• Shall be authorized by PD to approve main store SDIV’s, project store SDIV’s, MRV’s, Service Requisition’s and invoices related to offshore scope.
• Shall assume the capacity of Deputy SPM on all projects with high offshore weight factor of more than 40%. In all cases, SOCM shall deputize for the offshore-related activities.

Qualifications

• 12 years’ experience with proven offshore operations experience.
• Strong commercial and contractual awareness.
• Excellent negotiation and decision making skills.
• Excellent written and spoken English language skills.