Project Manager - Decom Project
Location: Aberdeen
Permanent Position, 5 days a week in office
Key Responsibilities
- Manage full project lifecycle accountability, including budgeting, cost tracking, forecasting and financial reporting
- Ensure projects are delivered within agreed financial parameters while identifying opportunities to enhance value
- Administer contract requirements and ensure commercial interests are maintained throughout delivery
- Identify scope changes and manage variations, ensuring proper documentation, pricing and client agreement
- Collaborate with finance functions to maintain accurate and timely reporting
- Apply strong technical understanding to oversee offshore operations and challenge proposed solutions where required
- Review engineering outputs including procedures, risk assessments and technical documentation
- Support selection of equipment, tools and methodologies to ensure safe and effective delivery
- Provide guidance to engineering and offshore teams when technical issues arise
- Develop detailed execution plans covering scheduling, resourcing and logistics
- Coordinate mobilisation of personnel, equipment and third-party suppliers
- Drive project execution from planning through offshore operations to final close‑out
- Promote and enforce high standards of health, safety and environmental compliance at all stages
- Act as the primary liaison with clients, maintaining clear and professional communication
- Lead multidisciplinary teams, fostering collaboration across functions and locations
- Manage stakeholder expectations through proactive communication and problem‑solving
- Maintain risk registers and ensure mitigation strategies are actively managed
- Conduct post‑project reviews to capture lessons learned and improve future performance
Skills & Experience
- Background in a relevant technical discipline such as subsea, mechanical, electrical, hydraulic or marine operations
- Degree in engineering or a related field is advantageous
- Professional project management qualification (e.g. PMP, PRINCE2, APM or equivalent)
- Demonstrated experience managing projects within offshore, energy or heavy industrial sectors
- Track record of delivering technically demanding projects within cost and schedule constraints
- Experience working within matrix organisations and leading teams without direct authority
- Familiarity with project planning tools such as MS Project or Primavera
