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    Wood Plc

    Engineering & Construction

    Operations Manager

    Aberdeenshire-Aberdeen, United KingdomOn-SiteFull-timePosted 1mo ago
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    Job description

    Overview / Responsibilities

    Wood is currently looking for an Asset Operations Manager. 

    Wood is currently recruiting for an Asset Operations Manager within the Operated Asset Service Line to support preparatory services and pre-operations readiness for a greenfield field development with first gas targeted early 2023. The Operations Manager will work as part of an integrated team with the client.

    The Operations Manager will povide operational leadership and be accountable for the growth, development and delivery performance on behalf of the client. The role will be Wood accountable for HSSEA and technical performance, demonstrating clear safety and ethical leadership and embedding company values.

    They will directs and leads operational delivery and support team(s) to deliver services to Turkish petroleum ensuring Woodis working to the highest possible standards of integrity, safety, quality and operational excellence.

    Operational Delivery

    • Ownership of HSSEA matters across assigned area: ensure HSSEA values are delivered and adheredto at all times, proactively leading and demonstrating safety behavioural values. Lead and focus theteam to attain all HSE plans, supporting continuous improvement and ensuring legislativecompliance.
    • Provides tactical direction to operational delivery team(s) in order to meet business plan goal
    • Ensures robust business continuity and disaster recovery plans are in place
    • Carries out significant operational administrative functions, staffing activities and managing day-todayemployee relations and operational Issues
    • With direction and within set parameters, establishes annual business goals and strategies andprepares business plan for assigned location
    • Serves as consultant or project manager as appropriate.
    • Ensures financial, safety, and quality controls and compliance to company policies
    • Maintain operational integrity and excellence, ensuring robust governance, subcontractormanagement, and performance reporting. Work with leadership and peers to improve deliveryperformance and maximise delivery opportunities throughout wider business where required.
    • Establish and implement policies, and ensure appropriate governance mechanisms for continuousmonitoring of their proper implementation
    • Ensure our people and the worksites at which they operate are safe and well managed.
    • Support resolution of any legal claims in collaboration with legal and other relevant functions.
    • Pursue and develop opportunities for innovation, such as digitalisation and technology use, workshare and high value engineering centres, to bring value to Wood and customer
    • Participate in technical audits and peer reviews as required

    Leadership

    • Is a champion and role model for ethical behaviour and compliance with applicable laws andpolicies.
    • Support and lead a delivery and support team including accountability for recruitment, selectionand development of talent, ensuring effective performance and capability management, acting as acoach/mentor and encouraging and supporting open and effective communication to optimisedelivery of objectives, maximise team performance and achieve continuous performanceimprovement.
    • Responsible for ensuring competence of employees in area of responsibility to carry out assignedduties
    • Ensure day-to-day operations maintain a continued alignment with overall corporate policy,strategy and direction.

    Responsibilities:

    • Deliver growth in the areas of responsibility through close collaboration with Business Development. Develop and own business plan, and drive sales, bid and tender activity.
    • Assist with developing and delivering a robust business plan to support customer's field development, whilst driving and supporting corporate initiatives, ensuring company values are at the core of all activities.
    • Expands the company’s business in the area served, directs local business development programs,proactively identifies new opportunities and supports / leads bid and tender activity as appropriate
    • Oversees proposals and call-offs (may be individual projects) within delegation of authority,ensuring compliance with contracting policy and standards of ethical conduct.

    Skills / Qualifications

    Qualifications:

    Degree qualification in Engineering, Scientific Discipline, or related technical field OR degree qualified ina commercial/business discipline with significant experience in a technical organisation.

    Knowledge, skills and experience:

    • Track record of successful operational delivery within relevant industry sector
    • Broad understanding of the industry and networking capability
    • Experience of customer facing communication
    • Strong relevant technical expertise or commercial/business leadership of a technical organisation
    • Understanding of management systems
    • Knowledge of current QHSE and other legislation as applicable in the industry
    • Team building skills – motivating people, proactively enabling cross functional best practice
    • Ability to lead change programme

    Personal attributes:

    • Safety focused with an uncompromising approach to risk management. Places the welfare ofboth internal and customer employees at the top of the agenda.
    • Passionately pursues and supports, demonstrate and embed company values.
    • Strong influencer, negotiator and mediator
    • Flexible to respond and adapt in agile ways to changing internal and external context andcustomer needs
    • Decisive, with ability to make decisions and follow through, ensuring learnings are captured
    • Exceptional communicator both verbally and written

    Company Overview

    Wood is a global leader in engineering and consultancy across energy and the built environment, helping to unlock solutions to some of the world’s most critical challenges. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in more than 60 countries, employing around 40,000 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.

    Job details are sourced from the employer's original posting.

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