Head of Project Management

5 months ago

Aberdeen, United Kingdom Wood PLC Full time

The UK Head of Project Management is responsible for the governance and assurance of the Project Management function within UK Operations. This is a strategic role, providing leadership of the Wood Way using our people, processes, procedures, systems and capability driving a high standard of delivery to clients. The role supports the Project Management teams undertaking Project and Contract / Portfolio execution throughout the UK Operations business.

The role must ensure constant functional adherence to the Wood Standards driving a common excellence for predictable delivery in the UK. The role has accountability for functional competence and personnel development utilising both internal training processes including the Project Management Academy and external professional bodies. There is also responsibility to lead resourcing of the UK Project Management roles.

The role must lead by example with a dynamic attitude, consistently displaying and enforcing the Wood values and behaviours to the highest standards ensuring safe and ethical behaviours creating an inclusive work environment. Knowledge and Experience through their career should include Contract or Large Project Start Ups, FEEDs and EPCC execution while having managed large teams of both technical and non-technical personnel.

The role is expected to participate in proposal and tender opportunities to support business growth by providing innovation and best practices to each opportunity aligning to the processes, procedures and systems being used in Wood.

**Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities**
- Deputising for the EMEA Head of Project Management.
- Developing and retaining motivated and competent people.
- Active participation in UK graduate & trainee recruitment and development programme.
- Responsible for provision of project management requirements for contract and projects while supporting internal promotions
- Manage performance of all direct reports
- Attendance to monthly UK Project Reviews as representation of Project Management
- UK Project Management representative for PEER reviews and audits
- Where concerns arise regarding project performance consult with Technical Directorate to deploy the correct level of governance reviews
- Champion Start Up and provide a level of support when required
- Responsible for competence of project management personnel in UK
- Ensuring compliance to the Wood 6 Golden Standards and associated Wood processes and procedures
- Support BMS Project Management improvements ensuring alignment to a common and predictable delivery
- Deployment of Wood Project Management induction pack for all new starts
- Represent Operations UK Project Management Function
- Manage succession planning and assured delivery on behalf of the company.
- Drive HSSEA culture and performance through safe project delivery
- Ensure that risk management process is followed across the function
- Support EMEA Head of Project Management and Operations Director in the delivery of Technical Improvement Road Map (TIRMs)

**Working Relationships**

Internal:

- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with UK Contract Managers, Senior Project Managers and Project Managers to understand team competence and forthcoming resource requirements
- Work alongside and collaborate with other key functions to ensure project delivery alignment and business priorities
- Functional and / or line management of Senior Project Managers and Project Managers
- Monitors effectiveness of current relationships, and counsel others to take action when required
- Ensures effective interfaces with Global Execution Centre (GEC)
- Ensures alignment with EMEA and UK business requirements
- Engagement with PMA team and alignment of data held against Oracle People
- Engage and promote GTEN to the function ensuring SMEs are being used

External:

- Engage with professional bodies and academia to ensure alignment and awareness of good practice in project management
- Represent Wood externally showing best in class standards with clients and vendors
- Attendance to relevant conferences and external meetings

**Qualifications**:

- Degree in Project Management or other relevant technical discipline is preferred
- Project Management Professional (PMP : PMI ), Chartered Project Professional (ChPP : APM) or equivalent certification is preferred

**Knowledge, skills and experience**:

- Extensive project management experience in relevant industry sector(s) having held senior project management roles with P&L experience
- Significant experience with multiple project delivery types including frameworks, portfolios and projects: Pursuits, Start-Up, FEED, EPCC and Close Out
- Experience and understanding of project execution tools, processes and procedures.
- Expert level ability to build and lead a team of technical and non-technical people
- High level of experience on varying commercial KPI models and change management with the ability advise how to drive margin impro

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