Business Operations Specialist

Job description / Role

Summary

We are seeking a highly capable and driven individual to join our team as business manager to the senior director of operations. This is a unique development role, well-suited to a high-potential graduate in engineering or a related discipline, with 3 to 5 years of experience in areas such as business finance, bidding, procurement, or operations.

This position offers direct exposure to senior leadership and the opportunity to work across a multi-site, multi-country operation. The successful candidate will play a critical role in supporting operational delivery, business growth, and executive-level decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Executive support: Support the senior director in the coordination and follow-up of key operational and strategic initiatives across the business.
• Progress chasing: Track and chase actions with project and functional managers to ensure timely delivery of priorities.
• Financial analysis: Understand, interrogate, and interpret financial data and management reports. Support cost reviews, forecasts, and planning cycles.
• Business metrics: Create, analyze, and report meaningful business dashboards.
• Presentation development: Prepare high-quality, executive-level presentations and reports for internal and external audiences, including board members and clients.
• Business development: Assist in bid preparation, client engagement activities, and internal reviews of commercial proposals.
• Stakeholder engagement: Work independently to progress issues and initiatives, often engaging with individuals more senior than yourself.
• Travel & site engagement: Undertake regular travel to project sites in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Iraq to support project operations and gather on-the-ground insights.

Qualifications, education, experience, & skills

• Bacheloru2019s degree in engineering, business, MIS, or related discipline.
• Minimum of 3 to 5 years of relevant experience in a business-facing function such as finance, procurement, operations, or bidding.
• Strong commercial acumen and the ability to interpret and challenge financial information.
• Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills, with confidence to engage and challenge senior stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including report and presentation development.
• Highly organized and proactive, with a u201ccan dou201d attitude, strong attention to detail, and a completer/finisher mindset.
• Comfortable working independently and managing multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Willingness and ability to travel regularly within the Middle East.

Whatu2019s on offer to the successful candidate

• High exposure to senior leadership and strategy.
• Opportunity to develop fast-tracked experience in operational leadership.
• Hands-on involvement in high-impact business decisions.
• A collaborative, fast-paced, and technically dynamic environment focused on decarbonization, energy transition, and sustainability.

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