Join us. Unleash your energy within.

If you have world-class ambitions to reach the stars while keeping your feet on the ground, we’re the team for you. We've created a new breed of company – future-focused with reimagined ambition across all disciplines within the energy sector.

We love people who know their potential and are not afraid to use it. We know that we’re far more than the sum of our parts together. So, we celebrate people who want to grow and develop as we work together on some of the most significant projects on the energy world stage.

Our purpose and beliefs:

As Kent, we’re tackling the greatest challenge of our time - to bring our world the energy it needs most responsibly ever imagined.

It’s the energy of every member of our team driven by our beliefs that is making this happen. Whatever our skill, our language, or our culture. These beliefs define and direct us every day to be the very best - for ourselves, our clients, our key stakeholders, the communities we operate in and the planet:

We PLAY BIG

We thrive on EMOTIONAL AGILITY

We are FANATICAL ABOUT PERFORMANCE

We are built on INFINITE THINKING

Read more about the Purpose, Beliefs and Guiding Principles that drive us: https://kentplc.com/who-we-are/purpose-beliefs.

Our vision for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging:

We recognize that diversity & inclusion are catalysts for success. We’re heightening awareness of the benefits of people diversity, diversity of experiences and diversity of our perspectives and creating a culture of inclusivity where all employees feel a sense of belonging.

Our combined energy is fueled by different nationalities across six continents and 24 countries. Our commitment is to celebrate character regardless of ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability.

About the job:

Kent is looking for a Project Manager to support our clients from our Canada offices.

You will oversee execution of projects up to $200M across EPCM. You will act as the primary contact for clients regarding performance or non-performance of assigned projects and foster strong relationships leading to growth in project portfolios.

You will create and maintain an attitude of leadership towards the project team with respect to overall management activities including; quality assurance, engineering, procurement, planning and controls, construction management, pre-commissioning and safety to achieve a quality project while respecting the established budget and schedule objectives.

Roles and responsibilities:

• Be a champion for Health, Safety, Sustainability and Environment.
• Lead role as proposal manager in coordinating development of proposals, inclusive of evaluating scope, cost, and schedule as part of a project execution strategy and bid that meets/exceeds the Owners objectives.
• Manage and comply with complex master and professional service agreements and contracts with Owner and Legal Department.
• Meet key project indicators developed as part of the execution of a project.
• As owner of the change management process, ensure that changes from initial project objectives and scope of work are properly and timely identified, clarified, documented, and formally communicated to the Client.
• Be accountable for scope, cost, schedule, quality, safety, and procurement on projects which you are managing.
• Develop bi-weekly and monthly management reports for Client and Kent Executive Leadership.
• Provide guidance on design processes and/or construction methods.
• Participate in review and improvement of company’s project management best practices.
• Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders.
• Perform risk management to minimize project risks.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or other related technical degree from a four-year college or university required.
• Minimum 15 years direct work experience in a project management capacity.
• Prior direct experience in managing EPCM projects up to $200 million.
• In depth understanding of the Oil & Gas industry.
• Understanding of the engineering and construction industry by way of experience in past employment with EPC companies or clients.
• Self-starter with hands-on approach and out-of-the-box thinking in development of project execution strategies that win projects.
• Experience and proficient in stage gate process.