Addax Petroleum Job for a Project Manager in Lagos

Addax Petroleum is a subsidiary of the Sinopec Group, one of the largest oil and gas producers in China, the biggest oil refiner in Asia and the third largest worldwide.
Addax Petroleum was founded in 1994 upon leading petroleum industry expertise and a deep-rooted understanding and respect for African cultures. Over the years, Addax Petroleum has evolved from a young pioneer into an established international oil and gas exploration and production company focused on Africa, the Middle East, and the North Sea.

We are recruiting to fill the below position of:

Job Title: Project Manager
Job Number: 002045
Location: Lagos
Job Description

• Responsible for the management of all project execution activities, from Conceptual Engineering through to handover to Production of the Project, including securing regulatory approvals.
• It is intended to extend the existing field by the drilling of 12 additional wells. The Facilities project work scope includes the associated flow line and umbilical installations to tie the associated subsea wells back to the existing FPSO. In addition, due to the number of flow lines already tied back to the FPSO and the associated congested flow line corridors, the Facilities work scope also includes the installation of 3-off subsea manifolds in order to accommodate all the additional flow lines. It will also be required to increase the throughput of the FPSO and carry out various maintenance-related works, such that the vessel has the capacity to accommodate the additional production forecast.
• The projects is to be executed on a fast track basis within 2 years with an estimated cost exceeding $US 500 million.

• Minimum 20 years of experience in project, engineering and construction management, with at least 15 years recently at project management level in the offshore upstream oil and gas industry.
• Managed multidisciplinary teams of diverse cultural backgrounds
• Computer literate
• Previous experience of working in Nigeria is preferred but not essential.
• Membership of a relevant Professional Institution preferred but not essential
• Minimum of a University 2nd class honours degree in an engineering or relevant technical discipline.
• Participated at a management level in subsea and FPSO related projects
• Previous experience working internationally

• Formulate and carry out all tasks needed to ensure the successful execution of the project on tim, within budget and with due regard to HSES and quality, including:
• Manage the execution of the project via the corporate ADS stage gate approval process.
• Establish basis of Design in agreement with all stakeholders.
• Ensure project design adequately caters for Production requirements in terms of operability and obtain production acceptance of same.
• Liaise closely with Production department on all aspects of the offshore execution including permit to work, shodwons, and work coordination to ensure that the project is completed and formally handed over on schedule.
• Provide input to Technical Work Programs and annual budgets as part of the annual business cycle.
• Provide monthly reports in accordance with departmental reporting requirements.
• Prepare project close out and "lessons learned" report.
• Review existing Project Management procedures to identify adequacy for this project, amend where required and seek internal approval of all changes. In particular establish, monitor and maintain up to date HSES and Quality plans
• Identify and assemble appropriate Project Management Team to successfully manage and execute the project whilst taking due regard of the current alliance organisation and support services available.
• Establish and maintain a project risk register and develop mitigation plans for all major identified risks.
• Establish and maintain project budgets, identify and raise AFE requests, and monitor the same.
• Carry out monthly Forecast at Completion (FAC) cost estimation exercises.
• Coordinate constructability reviews for offshore installation and hook up.
• Coordinate commissioning planning.