Construction Lead

Role synopsis
The Azerbaijan Site Projects Team is seeking an experienced individual with a strong performance capability for the role of a Construction Lead supporting the delivery of a major project for bp at Sangachal Oil & Gas Terminal. The Construction Lead for Site Projects will be responsible, as part of an integrated team, for all aspects of construction including managing safety, strategy, administration of the construction technical details, schedule and budgetary performance for an assigned brownfield project, while efficiently maximizing the use of bp's capital. The Construction Lead will serve as the Site Projects team's construction focal point, working closely with EPC contractor, facility contractors, and third-party stakeholders to ensure safe and effective project delivery.

BASIC SKILLS

• Strong organizational, teamwork, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with an awareness of agile ways of working.
• Demonstrated leadership, critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
• Strong planning, interpersonal, communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.
• Highly motivated, self-directed, and able to deliver results under challenging schedules and competing priorities.
• Ability to identify, prioritize, and resolve issues through effective collaboration and networking across multidisciplinary teams.

TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS
 
Essential Education

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Piping/Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
• Chartered Engineer (CEng), Professional Engineer (PE), or equivalent professional accreditation is preferred.
• Formal training or certification in Project Management (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2) is desirable.
• Relevant construction, HSE, and contractor management certifications are advantageous

Essential experience and job requirements

• Extensive experience managing construction activities in the Oil & Gas industry or a comparable heavy industry environment.
• Experience managing and coordinating EPC contractors, facility contractors, and third-party stakeholders throughout project execution.
• Experience monitoring and managing contractor performance in relation to safety, quality, cost, schedule, and productivity.
• Knowledge of and experience working within a stage-gated project execution process.
• Strong knowledge of construction safety, including risk identification, assessment, mitigation, and assurance during both project development and execution phases.
• Experience in the planning and execution of projects, shutdowns, turnarounds, and brownfield modifications.
• Experience in contracting strategies, contractor management, and long-term resource planning.
• Thorough understanding of construction planning, constructability reviews, construction readiness, and execution methodologies.

 
Desirable criteria

• Previous experience supporting bp projects, AGT assets, or major brownfield facilities.
• Experience working within operating facilities and managing interfaces between Projects, Operations, Maintenance, and Contractors.
• Knowledge of Azerbaijan regulatory requirements and contractor management practices is advantageous

 
SECTION 4.3:  EXPERIENCE
Essential experience and job requirements
• Extensive experience managing construction activities in the Oil & Gas industry or a comparable heavy industry environment.
• Experience managing and coordinating EPC contractors, facility contractors, and third-party stakeholders throughout project execution.
• Experience monitoring and managing contractor performance in relation to safety, quality, cost, schedule, and productivity.
• Knowledge of and experience working within a stage-gated project execution process.
• Strong knowledge of construction safety, including risk identification, assessment, mitigation, and assurance during both project development and execution phases.
• Experience in the planning and execution of projects, shutdowns, turnarounds, and brownfield modifications.
• Experience in contracting strategies, contractor management, and long-term resource planning.
• Thorough understanding of construction planning, constructability reviews, construction readiness, and execution methodologies.
 
Desirable criteria
• Previous experience supporting bp projects, AGT assets, or major brownfield facilities.
• Experience working within operating facilities and managing interfaces between Projects, Operations, Maintenance, and Contractors.
• Knowledge of Azerbaijan regulatory requirements and contractor management practices is advantageous.


Key accountabilities

Construction Lead will be accountable for safe and successful delivery of assigned scope of the project on time and within budget, with the designed performance characteristics through close collaboration with bp Operations and Contractors.

Accountabilities for the role include but are not limited to:

• Provides visible safety leadership throughout the project construction activities
• Responsible for overall construction safety, construction strategy, administration of the construction technical details, schedules and budgetary performance
• Ensures that construction activity is safely executed. Including assuring compliance with Health, Safety, Security and Environmental policies and BP safe working principles/standards
• Provides a key focal point for site teams and contractors for support and escalation of HSE concerns and requirements
• Promotes safe working practices for site execution within projects throughout the project life cycle and ensures lessons learned are captured and embedded into future projects.
• Ensure SIMOPs reviews are updated throughout schedule development to ensure operational safety is embedded into the plan.
• Ensures the construction execution strategy is developed and supports its implementation to all stages of Site Projects lifecycle.
• Ensure self-verification and contractor oversight plans are in place throughout project life cycle to embed high quality, predictable, safe and efficient execution solutions, including management of EPC/EPCm contractor where utilized.
• Monitors safety leading and lagging indicators and supports proactive interventions
• Plays a key role in construction contract performance management and sets/implements the agreed construction key performance indicators
• Ensures construction framework includes project/constructability reviews to identify and mitigate project construction risks
• Ensure readiness reviews are undertaken for all scopes to identify and ensure mitigation of project execution risks in advance of them presenting onsite.
• Implement guidance for technical assurance associated with discipline’s activities within the project and ensure work is executed to agreed technical standards.
• Plays a key role in construction contract performance management and sets/implements the agreed construction key performance indicators. Such as Non-Productive Time and productivity.
• Ensures construction reviews, work packages, method statements and risk assessments are of appropriate standards
• Strong stakeholder management skills across Operations, Engineering, Projects, and Contractors.
• Reviews of any deviations from agreed construction strategies are properly and timely documented through the established process
• Monitor all construction activity performed by construction contractors to ensure that cost and schedule performance targets are met as planned and that their work is in accordance with work packages, specifications, and good practices
• Ability to lead site teams, coordinate multiple disciplines, and resolve field issues under schedule pressure.
• Interface as necessary with Contractor Field Supervisors to ensure safety, quality and efficient delivery of project
• Looks for execution efficiencies that can be safely adopted to increase predictability of site execution and minimize excess spend
• Actively challenges proposed technical solutions to ensure construction options are feasible and are advocates for a construction driven engineering philosophy. Seek out new safer and more efficient technologies for construction.
• Support risk reviews to identify risks and work with action owners to close out risk mitigation plans
• Contributes to and ensures that certification, commissioning and handover plans are in place for all scopes along with a change management process.
• Validate reporting and analysis of construction performance indicators
• Accountable for the Construction Execution Plan and provides input as needed into any other construction aspects of the Project Execution Plan.
• Accountable for quality management of the project delivery through implementation of the Right First-Time approach


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