Area 3 Manager
CR/079082
Posted: 11/09/2025
- Competitive
- Mozambique, Maputo
- Contract
Area Manager – Underground Pipelines & Utilities
Location: Mozambique (28/28 rotation)
Contract Type: 12-month renewable contract
Day Rate: Competitive (USD NET)
The Role
An international operator is seeking an experienced Area Manager (Underground Pipelines & Utilities) to take responsibility for a major onshore oil & gas development in Mozambique. This is a senior site-based leadership position, reporting on a 28/28 rotation.
The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering construction activities safely, to the required quality, and within schedule, while providing oversight of EPC contractors and managing a multi-discipline site team.
Key Responsibilities
Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
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.
Location: Mozambique (28/28 rotation)
Contract Type: 12-month renewable contract
Day Rate: Competitive (USD NET)
The Role
An international operator is seeking an experienced Area Manager (Underground Pipelines & Utilities) to take responsibility for a major onshore oil & gas development in Mozambique. This is a senior site-based leadership position, reporting on a 28/28 rotation.
The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering construction activities safely, to the required quality, and within schedule, while providing oversight of EPC contractors and managing a multi-discipline site team.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and coordinate all site construction within the Underground Pipelines & Utilities scope.
- Provide assurance and oversight of EPC contractor performance.
- Champion HSE standards and participate in site emergency management.
- Manage multi-discipline teams and interface with stakeholders across construction, commissioning, and operations.
- Support handover to pre-commissioning/commissioning teams.
- Identify schedule risks, review progress, and propose corrective measures.
- Degree in Engineering (or equivalent qualification).
- 15+ years’ construction experience in oil & gas, petrochemical, or related sectors.
- Minimum 5 years in a senior leadership/management position.
- Proven background in greenfield mega-projects (LNG, GTL, gas processing or refinery experience highly advantageous).
- Strong HSE leadership track record.
- Excellent communication skills in English; additional languages beneficial.
Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
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.
Gary Chapman
Recruitment Manager
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