This is a key project position and it’s a relatively unique cross-project role.  The Project Services Lead will work closely with the Project Manager, the project management team and other key project stakeholders.  This role would be suited to a candidate who has a strong project engineering background within an Operator environment.    

Reporting to the Project Manager, the Project Services Lead would have the following main duties and responsibilities:

• Facilitating and maintaining the Project Change Control and Risk Management processes.
• Ensuring risks, opportunities and associated mitigation activities are identified and managed.
• Ensuring project compliance with the Major Project Governance and Assurance framework.
• Maintaining project execution plan.
• Ensuring relevant project progress reports are maintained and distributed in accordance with project reporting requirements.
• Responsible for the coordination and close-out of Concession / Deviation Requests, ensuring Concession / Deviation Requests are closed out within an acceptable timeframe.
• Responsible for the coordination and close-out of Technical Queries (TQs), ensuring TQs are closed out within an acceptable timeframe.
• Responsible for the coordination of Interface Management Requests (IMRs) and ensuring IMRs are closed out within an acceptable timeframe.
• Responsible for performance management reporting for the assigned project.
• Coordinating lessons learned and knowledge transfer within the assigned project.
• Continuously monitoring the practicability and the benefit of processes and tools included in the project management system and suggest improvements.
• Proactively contributing to the ongoing development of Project Services and Information Management (IM) processes, tools and IT systems to meet the ongoing requirements of the project.
• Supporting internal audits and project reviews, as required.
• Expediting project close out activities.
• Possibly providing support in the successful delivery of brownfield modifications.

Experience / Qualifications:

• Previous project engineering experience, within an Oil and Gas Operator environment, is essential.
• Extensive experience within the Oil and Gas industry is essential.
• Experience with formal project management and information management systems is essential.