1. Company Information:

In March 2015 the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) and KBR announced an agreement to establish a new engineering and support Services Company in Azerbaijan. The legal entity name of the new company is SOCAR-KBR LLC and provides design, engineering, technical, procurement, construction supervision and project management services for projects across the upstream, midstream and downstream oil and gas sectors, in the Azerbaijan – Georgia – Turkey (AGT) region. The key objective of this strong partnership is to create a world class Azerbaijan-based EPCM services company that will utilize the strengths of both organizations and deliver top quality results by utilizing, developing and promoting Azerbaijani national content. The company has a long-term commitment from both organizations.

2. Position Title: Project Controls Manager

Work Location: Baku

3. Role synopsis:

Play key role in establishment of and management to Project Control Process of the “subject” Project

4. Key accountabilities:

– Provide project controls and management support for SOCAR-KBR at “subject” Project.
– Work closely with project management team in development of fully integrated project schedule including levelling of work within agreed priorities, resource levels, milestones and targets (Master Control Schedule).
– Maintain the Master Control Schedule with periodic updates.
– Work closely with contracts, finance and accounting teams in development of fully integrated project cost estimate including cost loading, CAPEX, OPEX, cash flow and similar details (Master Control Estimate).
– Maintain the Master Control Estimate with periodic updates.
– Develop and maintain agreed and approved KPI list for the project.
– Analyse and monitor the plan against KPI and major deliverables on regular basis.
– Maintenance and production of high level and detailed plans on weekly basis.
– Preparation of weekly and monthly planning progress reports, cost reports, respective registers (such as project milestones, interim payment certificates) and dashboards. Identifying and communicating any variances/delta to the baseline.
– Preparation of project s-curve and resource tracking tables.
– Establish interface between “subject” Project and other projects of the SOCAR-KBR to get alignment of key milestones.
– Develop daily, weekly and monthly reporting structure and produce these reports.
– Develop and produce required presentation and leadership reporting upon requests.
– Develop and maintain project risk register.
– Support and manage the invoicing and cash flow of the “subject” project.
– Support assurance and verification processes for following processes:
– Contract and amendment reviews and approvals.
– Project milestones, interim payment certificates and invoices reviews and approvals.
– Other commercial or scope of work-related reviews and approvals.
– Coordinate communication between SOCAR-KBR management with other parties and any other teams (including keeping the required meeting minutes).

5. Essential education, experience and job requirements:

– Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Business or commerce.
– Minimum 12 years with relevant work experience.
– Fluent in Azerbaijani and English.
– Proficient in the use of; Excel, Word, Outlook, Visio, PowerPoint, MS Project and Primavera P6.
– Demonstrates an understanding of the principles of planning, cost estimating and overall project management.
– Previous major oil & gas project experience in similar role.

6. Desirable criteria & qualifications:

– Preference on the candidates with MBA or similar MSc. Degrees.
– Preference on the candidates that possesses formal project management training.
– Previous major oil & gas full field development project experience in similar role.

CVs to be submitted to: [email protected]
(Please indicate the position “Project Controls Manager” in the subject line of the e-mail).