Senior Works Manager

This client is a world leader in dredging, offshore energy solutions, infra marine, and environmental works. As a Senior Works Manager, you will be responsible for the operational execution of offshore installation projects, leading a team of site superintendents and project engineers. Your role involves communicating with project stakeholders, organizing works according to method statements, monitoring progress, assisting in coordination, and reporting on budget and cost control. The ideal candidate will have a strong engineering and installation background with at least 7 years of relevant offshore experience.

Must Have

• Communicate clearly with project engineers, project management and Clients.
• Take the responsibility towards organization of the works and ensure they are carried out in accordance to the method statement and in a safe way.
• Accurately monitor the progress of projects.
• Assist in the coordination of the work on site, optimize and correct if necessary.
• Report about budget and cost control in close collaboration with the project manager.
• 7 Years of relevant (offshore) work experience.
• Strong project management and planning skills.
• Extensive experience working in Highsafety environments.
• Good communication skills.
• Able to take a critical view towards the works to be carried out.
• Work well in teams, where you are able to support the other persons in your team and lead the workforce in the field.
• Bachelor or Master degree in Engineering.
• Full GWO.
• Fluent proficiency in English (written and spoken).

Good to Have

• Proficiency in other languages is a plus.

Description

Client information

This client is a world leader in the highly specialised fields of dredging, solutions for the offshore energy market, infra marine and environmental works. With more than 140 years of experience and 5,200 highly skilled professionals, we bring tailor-made solutions, innovation and new technologies to our customers’ projects, ensuring that they are performed safely, efficiently and cost-effectively.

Department Description and responsibilities

As a Works Manager, you are responsible for the operational execution of the works on site. You can rely on a team of site superintendents and project engineers. You report directly to the project manager. You focus on the bigger scheme of things whereas the superintendents deal with day to day issues. We are currently looking for an an experienced Works Manager who can manage (large) offshore installation projects, having both a strong engineering but also installation background.

Primary Tasks and responsibilities

• Communicate clearly with project engineers, project management and Clients.
• Take the responsibility towards organization of the works and ensure they are carried out in accordance to the method statement and in a safe way.
• Accurately monitor the progress of projects.
• Assist in the coordination of the work on site, optimize and correct if necessary.
• Report about budget and cost control in close collaboration with the project manager.

Technical profile requirements

• 7 Years of relevant (offshore) work experience.
• Strong project management and planning skills.
• Extensive experience working in Highsafety environments.

Non-Technical profile requirements

• Good communication skills and able to take a critical view towards the works to be carried out.
• Work well in teams, where you are able to support the other persons in your team and lead the workforce in the field.

Methodology/Certification requirements

• Bachelor or Master degree in Engineering.
• Full GWO.

Language proficiencies

• Fluent proficiency in English is required (written and spoken).
• Proficiency in other languages is a plus.