Project Services Manager
- Location
- Port Harcourt
- Type of Employment
- Permanent
- Time Commitment
- Full time
Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, (“Renaissance”) is a leading integrated energy company committed to advancing energy security and industrialisation across Nigeria and the African continent through sustainable and innovative solutions. We are seeking highly performing, experienced and skilled professionals with the drive to create significant business impact.
The Project Services Manager is responsible for leading, aligning, and integrating the full suite of Project Services activities Estimating, Cost Engineering, Planning Engineering, Risk Management, and Benchmarking across all project phases to ensure effective project delivery and decision-making. As a key member of the Project Leadership Team and the broader Project Services network, the role drives standardization, continuous improvement, and collaboration while providing accurate, validated data and credible forecasts to support business and project outcomes. The position ensures robust project controls, quality deliverables at decision gates, and alignment of cost, schedule, and risk with project objectives, complexity, and local requirements, including carbon reduction considerations. It also oversees contractor integration, contract evaluation, and reporting processes, providing early warning of deviations and supporting investment and budgeting activities. Additionally, the role is accountable for developing Project Services capability by coaching and motivating team members to achieve excellence in project delivery, HSSE, and quality performance.
Responsibilities
§ Deliver, align, and integrate a full suite of Project Services (PS) activities and deliverables i.e., Estimating, Cost Engineering, Planning Engineering, Risk Management, Benchmarking, and Project Services Management. The scope covers pre-DG3 and post-DG3 projects.
§ Member of Renaissance Project Services Network. Collaborate with Project Services and other functions for standardization, tools calibration, data collection, benchmarking, continuous improvement, and Regional/Global support.
§ Represent PS in the Project Leadership Team and participate in internal meetings, reviews, assurances, audits, and external engagements
§ Supply accurate and verified data to the Business Opportunity Manager/Project Manager on which to base decisions.
§ Present a credible and competitive outcome to Senior Leadership.
§ Incorporate project complexity factors and local requirements into project planning, cost and risks and assemble key input data such as project objectives, value drivers, scopes, contracting strategy, execution strategy, and embed carbon reduction & abatement.
§ Lead quality integrated-PS inputs into decision gates and into all PS deliverables.
§ ·Ensure application of lessons learnt from ongoing and completed projects into PS activities/deliverables.
§ Lead strategic planning for PS activities/deliverables and map out internal/external stakeholders.
§ Establish, implement, monitor, and improve project controls process, system, and plan.
§ Ensure that the contractors’ delivery is comprehensive and complimentary to PS requirement. Lead the development of project work breakdown structure, cost breakdown structure, estimates, activities, logic, resources, and progress of the integrated project schedule.
§ Lead the development of Cost, Time and Resource sheets, validation of VOWD, payment milestones completion certificate, and Contractors invoices.
§ Prepare reconciliations between earlier cost estimates and the current cost forecast, and similarly apply for schedule and risk.
§ Review scope change requests for cost & schedule impact.
§ Provide Business Opportunity Manager/ Project Manager with accurate overall monthly reports covering progress updates, forecast completions, together with the critical path and trend analyses for cost, planning and risk.
§ Analyse the trends and provide early warning of any deviations.
§ Ensure quality and timely submission of cost, schedule, and risk assessment into investment documentation, annual budget, and cash calling submissions.
§ Develop contract pricing and administration instructions for alignment with the cost breakdown structure, bid evaluations and company counter estimates to support contract award recommendations.
§ Develop the contract key dates, milestones and company plan dates for alignment with the overall integrated plan, in evaluating bid schedules and in reviewing contractor plans to support contract award recommendations.
§ Apply probabilistic techniques to determine and communicate the possible range of cost and schedule outcomes for the project, interacting with partners whenever required to jointly conduct those risk analyses.
§ Motivate, coach, and develop PS Engineers towards improving Project Services Management Functional Excellence, Project Delivery, HSSE, and Quality culture and behaviours
Requirements
§ A University Degree in Engineering or the Sciences (B. Sc., B Eng.), with a minimum 15 years of broad Oil and Gas experience
§ At least 10 years’ experience in Projects: Have significant experience in a role with direct responsibility for the management of Project Services/Project Engineering scope for post-DG3 projects.
§ Demonstrate good team leadership capability. Significant experience in managing multi-discipline of engineers with ability to coach people. Proven interpersonal and relationships skills in complex environments with ability to collaborate with personnel of diverse backgrounds.
§ Core competencies – possess skill level understanding of Project Services Management/Project Engineering, and knowledge level for Cost Estimating, Cost Engineering, Planning Engineering, Risk Management and Benchmarking principles.
§ Demonstrate skill level understanding of local contracts & procurement requirements.
Scam Alert:
Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited does not request monetary payments (e.g. insurance policy, visa/work permit, HUET or HSSE training, special job offer, etc.) for employment.
Individuals who are interested in opportunities within our organization will find open positions listed on the company websites Careers – Renaissance when available.
Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited does not make use of employment forms; neither does the Company process CVs that have not been submitted through the proper websites: Careers – Renaissance.
All successful applicants who receive an offer of employment from Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited would have been required to go through a formal and transparent recruitment process.
Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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