Job Description:Wood has an immediate requirement for a
Regional Operations Manager to join our Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Consulting team based in Australia. This position reports to the Global Director Digital Operations - O&M and is an immediate requirement.The ideal candidate for this position will have a comprehensive background in delivering Operations Readiness services, in particular, Operations documentation development (Operations Procedures, Manuals, Process Descriptions etc.) for major clients in Oil & Gas and Mining sectors.The Wood O&M Operations team deliver a wide range of projects to global clients to help support successful start-up and restart of greenfield and brownfield facilities. The Wood O&M Operations team specialise in producing world class Operations documentation as well as a wide range of broader Operations Readiness services.In this role you will direct and guide the growth, development and delivery performance across Asia Pacific (APAC), supporting the development of strategy and delivering O&M business plans. You will pprovide client interfacing for O&M consulting, working collaboratively with Growth & Development function in winning work and promoting Wood's wider service lines. You will also manage ongoing business, under the direction of the Global Director - responsible for budget setting and delivery, contracts, capacity and resource management, and capability management.Wood is an inclusive and diverse global community of inquisitive minds and recognised industry innovators, partnering to create new possibilities.Join a culture of innovation, pushing the boundaries of what is possible to seek the best solutions for our clients.
Responsibilities:Operational Delivery
- P & L responsibility with associated commercial and financial accountability including revenue delivery, margin and overhead management, budget and forecast determination and attainment, risk and opportunity reviews, cost controls, accounts payable/billing and cash collection
- Deliver performance management objectives, agreed business plans, budget and targets and report on both opportunities and risks impacting on the business
- Provide mid-term direction to operational management team(s) in order to meet business plan goals
- Maintain operational integrity and excellence, ensuring robust governance, subcontractor management, and performance reporting. Work with business grouping leadership teams and operational managers to improve delivery performance and maximise delivery opportunities throughout APAC and wider business where required
- With broad strategic direction, establish annual business goals and strategies and prepare business plans
- Ensure financial, safety, and quality controls and compliance to company policies
- Establish and implement policies, and ensure appropriate governance mechanisms for continuous monitoring of their proper implementation
- Participate in technical audits and peer reviews
- Actively identify, pursue and develop opportunities for innovation, such as digitalisation and technology use, work share and high value engineering centres, to bring value to Wood and customers
- Track risks and opportunities via registers and mitigation of current or emerging risks to maximise performance
- Ensure our people and the worksites at which they operate are safe and well managed
- Ownership of HSSEA matters across assigned area: ensure HSSEA values are delivered and adhered to at all times, proactively leading and demonstrating safety behavioural values
- Lead and focus the team to attain all HSE plans, supporting continuous improvement and ensuring legislative compliance
- Support resolution of any legal claims in collaboration with legal and other relevant functions
- Ensure robust Management of Change and build a learning culture
Business Growth
- Deliver growth in the areas of responsibility through close collaboration with Business Development
- Develop and own business plan, and drive sales, bid and tender activity
- Support continued growth, ensure that the organisation develops responsive, dependable and cost-effective services, servicing target markets, collaborating across business units and business groupings, and actively leveraging Wood solutions to address customer needs
- Foster and enhance customer relationships with open, honest and effective communications. Work with customer-facing teams to improve scope of work/offering, understand and deliver customer required level of services
- Oversee proposals and call-offs (may be individual projects) within delegation of authority, ensuring compliance with contracting policy and standards of ethical conduct
Leadership- Is a champion and role model for ethical behaviour and compliance with applicable laws and policies
- Ensure operations maintain a continued alignment with overall corporate policy, strategy and direction
- Responsive to customer needs whilst ensuring the Company operates with the utmost integrity, in line with Code of Conduct, Company values and all applicable laws and policies
- Facilitate open and effective communication to optimise delivery of objectives, maximise team performance and achieve continuous performance improvement, working closely with other areas of operation outwith assigned country/region to promote and enhance collaboration
- Generate team spirit, enthusiasm and passion and pursue the eradication of unproductive practices and negative mind-sets to create a vibrant culture of positive thinking and attitudes
- Overall accountability for effective recruitment, selection and retention of talent within assigned area
- Identify and support development of talent, effective performance and capability management of teams and direct reports, dealing with underperformance in a prompt, professional manner
- Responsible for ensuring employees within remit are competent to carry out assigned duties
- Assume directorship appointments of legal entities within remit, executing Directorship accountabilities and responsibilities
- Passionately pursue and support, demonstrate and embed company values
Please note that we will only consider applications from Australian citizens or those who hold Permanent Residency (PR) and do not requirement company sponsorship to work lawfully in Australia.
Qualifications:- Degree qualification in Engineering, Scientific Discipline, or related technical field OR degree qualified in a commercial/business discipline with significant experience in a technical organisation
- Recognised and accredited management qualification
- Extensive track record of successful operational and strategic delivery within the Oil & Gas industry sector
- Broad and deep understanding of the industry and strong networking and relationship building Capability
- Experience of customer facing communication
- Strong relevant technical expertise or commercial/business management applied in a similar organisation
- Understanding of management systems
- Knowledge of current HSSEA and other legislation as applicable in the industry
- Team building skills - motivating people, proactively enabling cross functional best practice
- Ability to lead change programmes
- The ability to influence and challenge others to behave in ways consistent with the interest of the organisation
- Business awareness and commercial acumen to contribute to the competitive advantage of the business
Wood encourages Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply.Consulting business unit overviewOur global specialist consultancy business encompasses 3,700+ professionals with industry-leading expertise in areas including decarbonisation, hydrogen, carbon capture and storage, renewables advisory, asset optimisation, and digital solutions.A multi-sector business unit, we are focused on providing technical consulting during the planning, design, building, operation and optimisation of assets, facilities, and infrastructure across a range of end markets including energy, industrial, power, mining, and life sciences.
About Us:Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people.
Diversity StatementWe are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.
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