JOB DESCRIPTION

Wood is currently looking for a Project Manager to lead multi‑discipline project delivery from initiation through close‑out. The role carries commercial and delivery accountability across scope, schedule, cost, quality, and HSSE, ensuring compliant, efficient, and customer-focused outcomes.
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• Own project P&L including revenue delivery, margin protection, overhead management, and forecasting.

• Implement cost controls, change valuation, invoicing/billing accuracy, cash collection, and WIP management.
• Lead risk & opportunity reviews to protect margin and improve outcomes.
• Contribute to proposals and project baselines (scope, schedule, cost, resources).
• Develop and maintain the Project Execution Plan (PEP), scope of work, deliverables register, master schedule, budget, org charts, and risk register.
• Drive delivery to approved schedule and budget, intervening early to prevent slippage.
• Manage change control: scope/specifications, cost, schedule, and quality impacts per Change Management process.
• Maintain ongoing risk identification, assessment, and mitigation throughout execution.
• Participate in assurance activities and peer reviews; ensure audit actions are closed.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead a multidiscipline team (including external specialists; multi-office/site) and ensure competency and clear role assignment.
• Foster a performance improvement culture within the project and supply chain
• Provide visible HSSE leadership; implement initiatives, audits, and proactive issue resolution.
• Ensure adherence to quality management requirements and timely closure of NCRs.
• Serve as principal point of contact for the customer; manage expectations and relationships.
• Report progress and performance to senior management and the client (schedule, cost, risk, change, HSSE, quality).
• Negotiate and agree changes, claims, and variations as required.
• Promote innovation and digitalisation (e.g., workshare, high-value engineering centres, tools/technology) to add value.
• Set up and manage information management systems/applications across project phases.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Required Qualifications & Experience
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Project Management, or related discipline (Master's a plus).
  • 8-12+ years of project delivery experience in energy/EPC/EPCM or industrial sectors (adjust years for level).
  • Demonstrated commercial acumen with P&L responsibility on projects of comparable size/complexity.
  • Strong command of planning tools (Primavera P6/MS Project) and enterprise systems (Oracle/SAP).
  • Certifications: PMP®, PRINCE2®, APM (preferred).
  • Solid understanding of HSSE and quality systems; incident-free leadership track record.
  • Excellent stakeholder management, negotiation, and communication skills.
  Key Performance Indicators (examples)
  • Schedule Performance Index (SPI), Cost Performance Index (CPI)
  • Approved change vs. baseline; margin variance
  • Cash collection/DSO; forecast accuracy
  • HSSE metrics (TRIR/LTI-free performance)
  • Quality/NCR closure timeliness; client satisfaction

ABOUT US

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 45 countries, employing around 25,000 people. www.woodplc.com

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.