Head of Topsides Execution

Key Accountabilities

• Provide leadership and expertise to team, while overseeing performance of EPCI contractors, vendors and subcontractors, to ensure alignment of Offshore Facility’s needs, objectives, and requirements.
• Ensure Contractor’s Topsides and Sensor Tower Platform (STP) engineering and designs comply with the contract requirements including relevant codes and standards. Provide guidance to ensure contractor compliance with management of change procedures relating to changes in contractor’s design or deviations from company directives.
• Supports NFXP Offshore Topsides & STPs Package Manager in monitoring the contractor’s progress on delivery of the required documents, reviewing relevant data (narrative, charts, graphs, etc.) for monthly progress reporting and developing recovery plans as required to ensure that project costs, schedule and deliverables are met.
• Manage Offshore Facilities engineering design in accordance with the project's change management program and own the Offshore Facilities engineering schedule and critical milestones (LLI procurement, engineered equipment procurement; ROS dates, etc.); develop and steward recovery plans to address any schedule delays and resolution of EPCI contractor’s engineering claims, if any. 
• Responsible for sharing previous lessons learned and capturing lessons learned from the current project, ensuring these are shared within the organisation for future reference.
• Coordinate preparation for the call for tenders in line with Senior Project Management approved contractual strategy, support the preparation, coordination and negotiation of the Topsides & STPs EPCI contracts in accordance with the contract and procurement strategy approved by Senior Project Management.

• Examines contractor activities relating to Offshore Facilities ensuring plans, procedures, objectives and overall job requirements adhere to appropriate Offshore Facilities specifications, standards and design verification processes.
• Champion initiatives with the Contractor to deliver on the project objectives, safety, quality, cost and schedule.