Project Manager

KBR is a global provider of differentiated, professional services and technologies delivered across a wide government, defense and industrial base. Drawing from its rich 100-year history and culture of innovation and mission focus, KBR creates sustainable value by combining engineering, technical and scientific expertise with its full life cycle capabilities to help our clients meet their most pressing challenges today and into the future.

KBR employs approximately 29,000 people worldwide (including our joint ventures), with customers in more than 80 countries, and operations in 40 countries, across two synergistic global businesses.

KBR is currently looking for the project managers to support its project management team in Leatherhead. The role will support projects including carbon capture, biorefinery, hydrogen, refinery, petrochemicals, gas processing, LNG and upstream oil and gas.

Based in Leatherhead, reporting to the Director of Projects for the region the candidate will have the primary responsibility for the delivery of individual scopes and support development of multi office execution between London, Chennai and SMEs in the wider KBR.

The qualified candidate will have prior experience across one or more of the product lines outlined above with the capability to support projects from initial pursuit to closeout. Candidate needs be based in London or be able to relocate to London.

Key responsibilities to include:

• Assuring safe project execution to the client's satisfaction, consistent with cost, schedule and contractual requirements while maintaining bottom line responsibility for financial success.
• Delivery of expected results for financial, HSE, client satisfaction, budget, and schedule performance.
• Serving as day-to-day point of contact between the client and company, building strong working relationships.
• Serving as a proposal leader on pursuits, gaining executive approvals where required, through to final contractual negotiations.
• Assuring project execution is in accordance with policies, procedures, systems, and requirements approved by the company.
• Risk management alternatively input to overall programme risk to avoid delays or reputational damage.
• Accountability for financial performance of project
• Reporting of status / forecast
• Delivering as sole project manager or as part of a larger delivery team
• Planning execution and maintaining the plan as necessary.
• Keeps the client and/or programme manager and wider company advised of project status.
• Train, develop & mentor the next generation of Project Engineers / Study Leads.

Key Attributes / skills:

• Strong personal drive and credibility with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Proficient oral and written communications skills. Collaborates well in a team environment.
• Track record of project delivery in Europe (strong preference), Middle East or Africa.
• Demonstratable flexibility and ability to adapt to changing project-related priorities and deliver high quality, accurate work within required deadlines.
• Ability to works things through with clients to resolve issues, including conflicting demands, sensitive situations, and conflicts with other groups.
• Abides by the KBR Code of Business Conduct and business ethics.
• Skills typically acquired through the completion of an undergraduate degree in Engineering and possession of a Professional Engineering qualification and / or project management qualification (for example PMP or AMP).
• Engagement and influencing skills, with the ability to gain the confidence of senior and executive management as well as multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural peers/subordinates.
• Excellent awareness of environmental and sustainability issues.

KBR Company Information

When you become part of the KBR team, your opportunities are endless. Through collaboration with our customers, we’re defining tomorrow’s challenges, then providing the solutions and services to overcome those challenges, always maintaining our commitment to total safety and reliability.

At KBR, we partner with government and industry clients to provide purposeful and comprehensive solutions with an emphasis on efficiency and safety. With a full portfolio of services, proprietary technologies and expertise, our employees are ready to handle projects and missions throughout their entire lifecycle, from planning and design to sustainability and maintenance. Whether at the bottom of the ocean or in outer space, our clients trust us to deliver the impossible on a daily basis.

Working at KBR means being rewarded for your contributions. In addition to competitive benefits and professional development, our people are empowered to use all their potential, creating meaningful change for themselves and our clients. We attract the best minds in the world because our expertise thrives on creativity, resourcefulness and collaboration. That is how we supply our clients with cutting-edge solutions and services.

As the needs of the world change, we’re ready to respond and guide the way forward with strategic, sustainable, and technological advancements grounded in more than a century of practical application and execution.