Our client is an upstream North Sea operator currently recruiting for the position of Project Delivery Manager, based in Aberdeen.
This is a PAYE contractor position so you need to have ful rights to work in the UK. 


Responsibilities:
As part of the Decommissioning Management team you will be responsible for:
Contracting Strategy Development

• Develop and execute an integrated contracting strategy for decommissioning activities, ensuring alignment with company objectives, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
• Engage with the supply chain to assess market capabilities, drive innovation, and identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Ensure competitive and transparent tendering processes, supported by robust contract management plans.

Project Delivery & Interface Management

• Lead and manage key interfaces between internal teams (e.g., Asset operations, HSE, P&A) and external contractors to ensure seamless project execution.
• Coordinate activities across engineering, HLV, platform P&A, and subsea decommissioning workstreams to achieve project milestones and deliverables.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate interface risks between various decommissioning scopes and stakeholders.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Work closely with the Decommissioning Manager to provide strategic input into project planning and decision-making.
• Support cross-functional teams by providing leadership in resolving interface challenges and addressing evolving project needs.
• Build strong relationships with JV partners, contractors, and regulators to ensure alignment and compliance.

Performance Management

• Monitor contractor performance, ensuring delivery meets or exceeds agreed safety, environmental, and quality standards.
• Support project teams in adapting to changing circumstances while maintaining focus on cost, schedule, and risk management.
• Ensure lessons learned from previous projects are incorporated into ongoing and future decommissioning activities.

 
Safety Leadership

• Role-models compliance with HSE policy . Ensures that all activities are planned and conducted in compliance with HSE policy
• Manages the team to produce results through effective supervision, coaching and allocation of work. Communicates effectively and consistently role models the company’s values. Readily accepts accountability and insists on it from others. Coaches team members to develop personal capabilities and enhance the technical capability of the team. Supports the personal development of individuals and demonstrates a personal commitment to lifelong learning
• Manages the team in order to deliver budgeted outputs and costs. Effectively manages resources within their control, minimises waste, and risk, and raises potential budgetary issues as soon as they are identified

 
Specific Requirements:
You are:

• An exceptional communicator, with the ability to influence at all levels.
• A strong problem-solver with a proactive approach to risk identification and mitigation.
• A strategic thinker with the ability to align project activities with broader business objectives.
• A collaborative thinker, fostering teamwork and partnership between internal teams and external stakeholders.
• Committed to the highest standards of health, safety, and environmental performance.

 
At a minimum, you have:

• Proven leadership experience in decommissioning, construction, or project delivery, preferably in the offshore oil and gas sector.
• Significant management experience, ideally from an EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) contractor background.
• Strong understanding of contracting strategies and supply chain dynamics within the decommissioning environment.
• Extensive knowledge of UKCS decommissioning regulations and industry best practices.
• Experience managing complex interfaces across multidisciplinary teams and contractors.

 

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As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.