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Wood is currently looking for Project Manager I to support our Projects business in Al Khobar.
Create delivery excellence across assigned project / portfolio, provide certainty and confidence to the customer / project sponsor, and robust control of project scope, schedule, cost and risk. Specifies and coordinates the implementation and completion of a moderate sized project, portfolio of small projects, or a major component of a large project. This includes responsibility for safe delivery, ensuring that quality, schedule, and cost targets are met and for managing the associated risk. Responsible for delivery of project to agreed specifications, for managing change and customer relationships, and ensuring appropriate reporting and governance is adhered to and controlled.
What makes you remarkable?
At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.
Qualifications :
- University degree in relevant discipline
- Project Management Professional (PMP), associate in project management (APM) or equivalent certification is preferred
Knowledge, skills and experience :
Typically requires more than 7 years of pertinent experience including minimum 2-3 years’ experience managing projects or part of projects, mastering their area and knowledgeable about impacts on other areasGood level of experience in the related field, industry, and locations of the workProven project management experience as well as a good understanding of business issuesThorough understanding of project management techniques and practicesThorough understanding of project goals, drivers and strategiesExperience of developing and implementing measures of success and benefits on several projectsKnowledge of prioritizing stakeholders and the development of stakeholder management plansHas interfaced with key stakeholders on projects to obtain, create and maintain requirements and acceptance criteria on several occasionsGood knowledge of industry and company risk management processes. Well versed in qualitative assessment methods and some knowledge of quantitative assessment techniquesAble to use common estimating techniques to derive estimates and costs on standard projectsGood knowledge of contract models, conditions, types and their suitability in different situationsAble to deliver effective project initiation on multi-phase projects and produce project execution plansWell versed in international and company quality assurance standardsKnowledge of commercial and contract conditions applicable to the procurement of various types of goods and servicesIn-depth knowledge of scheduling techniques, their properties and usesGood knowledge and experience in project monitoring and forecastingAbility to manage change control process on project with several sub-contractors and interfacesIn-depth knowledge of all types of project information (deliverables) and its uses and capable of managing information management project teamGood knowledge of all handover and close-out activities required for customer, company and suppliersUnderstanding of Cash Flow management as well as projection / forecast of cost at completionPersonal attributes :
Safety focused with an uncompromising approach to risk management. Places the welfare of both internal and customer employees at the top of the agendaPassionately pursues and supports, demonstrates and embeds company valuesAble to motivate, engage and influence a diverse group of people, many without a direct reporting relationshipCustomer focused – develops sincere and open relationships with customers, current and potential; constantly striving to exceed expectations and add value. Able to develop and maintain strong customer relationships, including ability to influenceAbility to effectively manage resources (personnel, equipment, materials etc)Exceptional negotiation skills and ability to handle sensitive communicationsExcellent verbal, written and presentational communication skillsStrong influencer, negotiator and mediatorFlexible to respond and adapt to changing internal and external contextDecisive, with ability to make decisions and follow through, ensuring learnings are capturedStrong team builder capable of identifying and adopting best practices, engendering a spirit of cooperation and energizing people towards optimum performance enabling cross functional best practicePragmatic in approach with a strong commercial bias and ability to balance commerciality with operational excellenceEntrepreneurial approach - ability to identify opportunitiesFlexible to respond in agile ways to changing customer needsA motivated self-starter, who can self-direct when required, able to use own initiative and have autonomy to make appropriate decisions but also know when escalation is requiredCritical thinker with problem solving abilitiesundefined