
Project Director - LNG Projects
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Project Director - LNG ProjectsKBR is a global provider of differentiated, professional services and technologies delivered across a wide government, defense and industrial base. Drawing from its rich 100-year history and culture of innovation and mission focus, KBR creates sustainable value by combining engineering, technical and scientific expertise with its full life cycle capabilities to help our clients meet their most pressing challenges today and into the future.
KBR employs approximately 29,000 people worldwide (including our joint ventures), with customers in more than 80 countries, and operations in 40 countries, across two synergistic global businesses.
KBR is looking for a Project Director - LNG Projects.
The successful candidate will be responsible for technical and commercial delivery of projects within KBR’s LNG Project Portfolio. Reporting to Director of Projects to deliver FEED and Detailed Design projects across the LNG value chain.
The successful candidate will have a demonstrable track record of technical and commercial roles on LNG projects; preferably in both greenfield/grassroots and brownfield environments. Typical assignments will be leadership roles on single large project (such as a detailed design or grassroots FEED) or portfolio of smaller projects (single or multiple clients).
Key responsibilities to include:
- Assuring safe project execution to the client's satisfaction, consistent with cost, schedule and contractual requirements while maintaining bottom line responsibility for financial success.
- Delivery of expected results for financial, HSE, client satisfaction, budget and schedule performance.
- Serving as prime point of contact between the client and company, building strong working relationships.
- Build and sustain project delivery teams across multiple locations / time zones.
- Support in the pursuit of new work (client meetings, presentations and proposal work).
- Assuring project execution is in accordance with policies, procedures, systems, and requirements approved by the company.
- Management of project risk to avoid delays or reputational damage.
- Accountability for project financial performance
- Reporting of project status / forecast
- Identification of resource requirements and co-ordination with resource managers
- Delivering single projects or a broader portfolio including across multiple clients
- Planning project execution and maintaining the plan as necessary and assures adherence to the plan. Keeps the client and company advised of project status.
- Train, develop & mentor the next generation of LNG Project professionals.
Key attributes / skills / experience:
- Excellent awareness of environmental and sustainability issues, particularly with respect to the LNG supply chain and opportunities for decarbonisation.
- Track record of shaping delivery teams
- Knowledge and experience of C3MR process and preferably multiple other LNG process technologies / licensors
- Senior professional with strong personal drive and credibility with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to influence and lead a broad team, located across multiple projects.
- Experience of working with construction subcontractors, including pre-enquiry engagement, enquiry, evaluation, commitment, and execution management.
- Proficient oral and written communications skills.
- Collaborates well in a team environment.
- Track record of project delivery in a range of global locations
- Demonstratable flexibility and ability to adapt to changing project-related priorities and deliver high quality, accurate work within required deadlines.
- Reporting and tracking of progress and key technical concerns.
- Management of progress against schedule, including Earned Value reporting
- Implementing technical corrective actions as necessary (lessons learned)
- Ensure focus on internal changes as well as change to KBR’s scope.
- Contract administration including change orders / contract amendments / risk management.
- Ability to works things through with clients to resolve issues, including conflicting demands, sensitive situations, and conflicts with other groups.
- Abides by the KBR Code of Business Conduct and business ethics.
- Skills typically acquired through the completion of an undergraduate degree in Engineering and possession of a Professional Engineering qualification and / or project management qualification (for example PMP or AMP)
- Engagement and influencing skills, with the ability to gain the confidence of senior and executive management as well as multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural peers/subordinates.
KBR Company Information
When you become part of the KBR team, your opportunities are endless. Through collaboration with our customers, we’re defining tomorrow’s challenges, then providing the solutions and services to overcome those challenges, always maintaining our commitment to total safety and reliability.
At KBR, we partner with government and industry clients to provide purposeful and comprehensive solutions with an emphasis on efficiency and safety. With a full portfolio of services, proprietary technologies and expertise, our employees are ready to handle projects and missions throughout their entire lifecycle, from planning and design to sustainability and maintenance. Whether at the bottom of the ocean or in outer space, our clients trust us to deliver the impossible on a daily basis.
Working at KBR means being rewarded for your contributions. In addition to competitive benefits and professional development, our people are empowered to use all their potential, creating meaningful change for themselves and our clients. We attract the best minds in the world because our expertise thrives on creativity, resourcefulness and collaboration. That is how we supply our clients with cutting-edge solutions and services.
As the needs of the world change, we’re ready to respond and guide the way forward with strategic, sustainable, and technological advancements grounded in more than a century of practical application and execution.
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