Project Manager

Job description / Role

Kentz currently has a requirement for a Project Manager, with an Electrical & Instrumentation, and Control Systems background. This position will be based in the UAE.

Responsibilities:
- Validates Tenders and proposals and prepares report
- Client Management to ensure continuity and repeat orders on a negotiated basis. Discuss further proposals with the client and possible future projects and partnerships where feasible.
- Develops and implements plans of action to meet clients needs. Developing the client relationship/ developing a partnership as to meet clients needs.
- Take responsibility of any special engineering, design, location or scale factors affecting the project, by monitoring projects and solving problems proactively.
- Scruitinise contract documents and identify and interpret the implications of any special features. Ensuring the content of the contract is fully understood and eliminating any areas of risk by setting up procedures to do so.
- Set up contractual documents for approval in accordance with procedures and authority of responsibility.
- Producing contractual documents for any variations, sub-contractors and future prospects.
- Establish budgets and controlling of such budgets to meet maximum profitability.
- Hold on site meetings to establish any deviations and problems and take action to solve such.
- Control total services on site.
- Ensure that all information is available to planners and detailed plan is drawn up. Set up procedures to ensure information is channeled to planning department and monitor such procedures and reports.
- Monitor performance.
- Responsible for anticipating, or identifying, all circumstances justifying special evaluations.
- Ensure that all contract close-out arrangements are honored.
- Liaise with and ensure co-ordination with other divisions and departments.
- Interpret the limits and requirements for insurance cover and ensure the minimum risk to the company is maintained.
- Responsible for the development of his subordinates and their training to ensure maximum performance by evaluating subordinates and ensuring their development by training them or sending them on training that is required.

Requirements

Education and Skills:
- Degree qualified - must be either Electrical or Instrumentation.
- 10+ years experience required.
- Brownfield Control Systems experience necessary.
- Project Management and execution experience.
- Electrical, instrument and control engineering experience.
- Vendor and Contract Management experience.
- Excellent communication, team building and mentoring skills.

Key Benefits:
- Well supported by this global engineering and construction organisation.
- Long term rewarding career on offer.
- Excellent salary package with benefits.
- On-going professional and personal development.
- Gain valuable experience on major resource projects.

About the Company

Founded in 1911, SNC-Lavalin is one of the leading engineering and construction groups in the world and a major player in the ownership of infrastructure. From offices in over 50 countries, SNC-Lavalin\\\\'s employees are proud to build what matters. Our teams provide engineering, procurement construction, completions and commissioning services together with a range of sustaining capital services to clients in our four industry sectors, oil and gas, mining and metallurgy, infrastructure and power. SNC-Lavalin can also combine these services with its financing and operations and maintenance capabilities to provide complete end-to-end project solutions.

SNC-Lavalin maintains exceptionally high standards for health and safety, ethics and compliance and environmental protection, and is committed to delivering quality projects on budget and on schedule to the complete satisfaction of its clients.