Job Overview:

The Operations Manager position demands a comprehensive understanding of Welding principles, leadership in workforce management, recruitment and assessment, and familiarity with a broad range of disciplines including compliance, risk management, and logistics. The Operations Manager must leverage extensive industry experience to enhance productivity, mentor others, influence company-wide processes and policies for workforce management, and resolve multifaceted technical, operational, and organizational issues that affect project delivery and success.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Play a leadership role in the development of the safety culture on the project, making safety a natural part of all work performed

• Recruit, train, assess and manage a team of welding personnel for deployment for onshore and offshore Pipeline and Construction projects globally.

• Create, manage and publish rotational plans for all work sites, ensuring personnel with correct experience and skills are deployed and rotated out as required.

• Establish and maintain stringent quality control standard for welding operations and welding personnel.

• Recommend measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and product quality, and suggest changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase efficiency.

• Analyze and resolve work problems or assist supervisors and foremen in solving work problems

• Approve personnel actions, such as promotions, transfers, terminations, and disciplinary actions

• Adopt company health, safety, and environment programs and ensures implementation.

• Ensure that company objectives, policies, programs, and procedures are consistently adhered to

• Use available reports to manage project scope and ensure the appropriate steps are taken to build the project successfully in the field

• Emphasize a culture of safety throughout the project and ensures the safety plan is executed relentlessly

• Ensure project control activities and costs are managed daily and that appropriate actions are taken to ensure consistent deliverables and successful project execution

• Demonstrate business acumen within area of responsibility

• Understand the change management process

• Complete all daily reporting requirements in a timely and accurate manner

• Conduct risk management analysis daily working with project leaders to ensure timely mitigation and documentation

• Oversee, direct, and coordinate manpower, equipment, material, and subcontract activities to the project schedule

• Oversee, direct, and coordinate welder training, assessment and testing and handover to completions

• Ensure the material management plan is followed as well as any change control processes

• Understand and support the development of a detailed schedule for specific areas of responsibility

• Ensure scheduling, sequencing of activities, and all changes are incorporated, developed, controlled, managed, and communicated as required and actions are taken to ensure timely execution

• Ensure the quality management plan is followed and verifies the quality of work being installed meets and/or exceeds expectations

• Ensure compliance with all relevant welding codes and standard

Essential Qualifications and Education:

• 10+ years construction experience with 7+ years supervisory experience and preferably 2+ years in Management / Leadership position.

• A previous welding supervision role preferably with Automatic Pipeline Production experience

• Experience in all relevant aspects of on-site and offshore pipeline construction, as well as Offshore Marine Construction

• Familiarity with company scheduling programs

• Computer literate with extensive experience in project and production reporting and management

• Manpower planning experience is essential

• Industrial construction background

• High focus on ensuring that all aspects of the construction work is performed safely and within budget and schedule.

• Planning and organizing

• Quality Work standards

• Quality orientation

• Working knowledge of energy efficiency industry

• Respected for uncompromising integrity, work ethic, and professionalism

• Energetic with a positive and enthusiastic disposition, possessing a can-do attitude Project focused, values oriented, and results driven

Preferred Qualifications and Education:

• Global vessel pipeline operations management

• Personnel and rotational planning

• Welder training and assessing capabilities

• Offshore structural fabrication oversight

• Management of Firing Line subcontractors

• Expertise in welding, AUT, and coating processes

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