The Hawk Group
The Hawk Group | Project Lead | anchorage, ak
The Hawk Group, Anchorage, Alaska, United States,
Job Summary
The Project Lead is accountable to integrate the functions of the project team to successfully deliver the facilities project beginning at the AFS gate through Closeout. This role will effectively plan and guide the project through funding gates, phases, and milestones to meet project objectives. The Project Lead will ensure effective stakeholder alignment throughout the project and manage performance status in cost, schedule, risk management and HSE through engagement with the Functional Managers.
Responsibilities Demonstrate active and visible support for Incident-Free Culture (IFC) principles. Conduct IFC workshops, as needed. Support the Human Performance principles and Becoming a Better Learning Organization by understanding/learning from the employees who conduct the work. Participate in assigned Contractor’s weekly craft safety, and daily toolbox meetings while on site. Steward and integrate the functions to ensure focus on an individual project’s objectives. Influence and communicate with all functions to keep a project on track and escalate roadblocks to leadership early. Work with Integrated Planning, Operations, and other stakeholders to ensure project plans are robust and supported. Communicate to the team, management, partners, suppliers, and customers. Keep all stakeholders informed of decisions (management and technical) progress and issues. Communicate project staffing requirements to Functional Managers. Ensure all project team members understand the project scope, their roles’ scope, responsibilities, and accountabilities. Integrate required activities of and provide effective team leadership for all project resources. Ensure alignment and agreement on project objectives, statement of requirements, FEL 2 execution plan, and deliverables handover from Development Engineering Work with the functions to deliver a P50 cost estimate and schedule with documented assumptions and scope. Utilize the CPMS AK Project Categorization to determine the project category and follow the proper roadmap to implement CPMS AK project management standards and practices commensurate with project size and risk. Facilitate project team kick-off meetings at the commencement of each project phase. Engage with Project Assurance Director to complete Project Maturity Assessment at the beginning and end of each project phase as appropriate. Work with the PIM and Project Assurance Director to develop assurance engagement and funding plans for each phase of the project. Ensure all funding gate support documents are developed and delivered to funding and technical reviewers. Revise the Project Execution Plan (PEP) for each phase and each area of activity required to deliver the project in the execution phase. Review Lessons Learned from similar projects and efficiently apply as appropriate. Coordinate project work activities according to schedule, budget, quality of work product, and work scope of the planning phases. Work with Engineering Manager and Construction Manager to set proper priority for project deliverables and activities according to the premised schedule. Engage and support Project Engineer, Construction Supervisors, Completion & Commissioning Lead, and Ops Representative to resolve project issues and technical challenges. Bring forward changes in conjunction with Engineering for change board review prior to proceeding. Monitor cost and schedule performance, ensuring trends are raised to reflect changes in premises and assumptions. Monitor contingency drawdown in conjunction with Project Services. Maintain Risk Register and continue to update on periodic basis. Ensure data/documentation is handed over to operations in a timely manner to support start-up. Define project-specific scopes of work and ensure Supply Chain sourcing procedures are followed to evaluate and select vendors from the portfolio’s strategic vendor list. Elevate contractor disputes, compliance, and performance issues to the Engineering Manager or Construction Manager, as appropriate. Develop a plan and resource requirements to close the execution phase of the project and set priorities such that activities can be executed according to the close-out plan. Celebrate the project completion and recognize and reward the team. Conduct Lessons Learned workshops.
Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering 5+ years engineering experience with oil & gas facilities Willing and able (with or without reasonable accommodation) to travel up to 10% of the time for project support Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook and familiarity with Office 365 web applications
Responsibilities Demonstrate active and visible support for Incident-Free Culture (IFC) principles. Conduct IFC workshops, as needed. Support the Human Performance principles and Becoming a Better Learning Organization by understanding/learning from the employees who conduct the work. Participate in assigned Contractor’s weekly craft safety, and daily toolbox meetings while on site. Steward and integrate the functions to ensure focus on an individual project’s objectives. Influence and communicate with all functions to keep a project on track and escalate roadblocks to leadership early. Work with Integrated Planning, Operations, and other stakeholders to ensure project plans are robust and supported. Communicate to the team, management, partners, suppliers, and customers. Keep all stakeholders informed of decisions (management and technical) progress and issues. Communicate project staffing requirements to Functional Managers. Ensure all project team members understand the project scope, their roles’ scope, responsibilities, and accountabilities. Integrate required activities of and provide effective team leadership for all project resources. Ensure alignment and agreement on project objectives, statement of requirements, FEL 2 execution plan, and deliverables handover from Development Engineering Work with the functions to deliver a P50 cost estimate and schedule with documented assumptions and scope. Utilize the CPMS AK Project Categorization to determine the project category and follow the proper roadmap to implement CPMS AK project management standards and practices commensurate with project size and risk. Facilitate project team kick-off meetings at the commencement of each project phase. Engage with Project Assurance Director to complete Project Maturity Assessment at the beginning and end of each project phase as appropriate. Work with the PIM and Project Assurance Director to develop assurance engagement and funding plans for each phase of the project. Ensure all funding gate support documents are developed and delivered to funding and technical reviewers. Revise the Project Execution Plan (PEP) for each phase and each area of activity required to deliver the project in the execution phase. Review Lessons Learned from similar projects and efficiently apply as appropriate. Coordinate project work activities according to schedule, budget, quality of work product, and work scope of the planning phases. Work with Engineering Manager and Construction Manager to set proper priority for project deliverables and activities according to the premised schedule. Engage and support Project Engineer, Construction Supervisors, Completion & Commissioning Lead, and Ops Representative to resolve project issues and technical challenges. Bring forward changes in conjunction with Engineering for change board review prior to proceeding. Monitor cost and schedule performance, ensuring trends are raised to reflect changes in premises and assumptions. Monitor contingency drawdown in conjunction with Project Services. Maintain Risk Register and continue to update on periodic basis. Ensure data/documentation is handed over to operations in a timely manner to support start-up. Define project-specific scopes of work and ensure Supply Chain sourcing procedures are followed to evaluate and select vendors from the portfolio’s strategic vendor list. Elevate contractor disputes, compliance, and performance issues to the Engineering Manager or Construction Manager, as appropriate. Develop a plan and resource requirements to close the execution phase of the project and set priorities such that activities can be executed according to the close-out plan. Celebrate the project completion and recognize and reward the team. Conduct Lessons Learned workshops.
Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering 5+ years engineering experience with oil & gas facilities Willing and able (with or without reasonable accommodation) to travel up to 10% of the time for project support Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook and familiarity with Office 365 web applications