Offshore Construction Manager

Key Responsibilities

Construction & Contractor Management

• Oversee the HUC Support Services Contractor and construction-led offshore activities.
• Ensure safe, compliant, and efficient execution aligned with approved work plans, procedures, and company standards.
• Provide leadership across multi-discipline construction scopes including mechanical, piping, structural, welding, E&I, HVAC, scaffolding, coatings, insulation, PFP, rope access, and rigging.
• Monitor contractor performance, productivity, quality, and resource utilization.
• Drive accountability for schedule, execution quality, and scope delivery.

Planning & Execution

• Readiness Support fabrication yard activities in Ulsan, Korea, including bag-and-tag reviews and construction carry-over identification.
• Review execution plans, workpacks, procedures, resource forecasts, and schedules for offshore readiness.
• Validate construction scope, materials, access, lifting plans, temporary works, permits, and documentation before execution.
• Coordinate construction activities with commissioning, marine operations, logistics, and SIMOPS requirements.
• Identify and remove execution constraints while managing emergent scope and schedule risks.

Offshore Execution & Interface Coordination

• Lead offshore construction activities including hook-up, tie-ins, reinstatement, transport-aid removal, temporary systems, and construction closeout.
• Coordinate interfaces between construction contractors, commissioning teams, SURF installation contractors, vendors, and operations personnel.
• Resolve field execution challenges, sequencing conflicts, and scope boundary issues.
• Ensure engineering deviations, defects, and changes are managed through appropriate MOC processes.

HSE, Quality & Completions

• Promote strong field leadership and adherence to HSE requirements, PTW, LOTO, SIMOPS, lifting operations, confined space, and work-at-height controls.
• Verify compliance with drawings, specifications, ITPs, welding, NDT, flange management, pressure testing, coatings, insulation, and PFP requirements.
• Oversee quality inspection activities and ensure timely closure of non-conformances and punch-list items.
• Ensure construction documentation, A-ITRs, test records, redlines, and completion dossiers are accurately maintained.
• Confirm completed construction scope is ready for commissioning acceptance.

Materials, Logistics & Reporting

• Monitor contractor management of materials, tools, equipment, preservation, and offshore mobilization.
• Coordinate personnel and material movements with logistics and marine teams.
• Review progress reports, productivity metrics, resource forecasts, and schedule performance.
• Provide regular updates on project status, risks, constraints, and recommended actions to project leadership.

Required Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or equivalent technical/trade qualification.
• 15+ years of experience in offshore construction, hook-up, fabrication yard operations, or major capital projects.
• Proven experience in an Owner/Operator oversight role managing offshore construction contractors.

Strong knowledge of:

• Offshore HUC planning and execution Mechanical, piping, structural, E&I, welding, NDT, scaffolding, coatings, insulation, and PFP Workpacks, ITPs, A-ITRs, punch-list management, and completions processes PTW, LOTO, SIMOPS, confined space, lifting, and work-at-height requirements Contractor performance management, reimbursable contracts, productivity tracking, and resource planning Construction, commissioning, engineering, logistics, and operations interfaces

Preferred Experience

• Floating production facilities (FPSO/FPU), deepwater developments, and offshore commissioning support.
• Experience with temporary offshore systems and marine installation activities.
• Spanish language skills.
• Offshore certifications such as BOSIET (with CA-EBS), offshore medical, and seaman's book, or ability to obtain them.

Key Competencies

• Construction Leadership
• Contractor Management
• Planning & Readiness
• Interface & Stakeholder Management
• Technical Assurance
• Commercial Awareness
• Decision-Making & Problem Solving
• Safety Leadership & Operational Integrity

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