--- title: U.S. Operations Manager (Commissioning Talent Solutions) date: 2026-08-20T10:12:00+01:00 canonical_url: "https://kentplc.com/u-s-operations-manager-commissioning-talent-solutions" section: Career --- ![Global0footprint kent](https://kent.imgix.net/images/global0footprint-kent.jpg?q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&w=1800&ar=4%3A3&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5) Kent Recruitment ## U.S. Operations Manager (Commissioning Talent Solutions) Location Houston, United States Category Date Published 20/08/26 Status Open About you: **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 own potential and are not afraid to use it. We know that together, we’re far more than the sum of our parts. So, we celebrate people who want to grow and develop as we work together on some of the largest projects on the energy world stage. We are committed to our diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. From day one, we offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities. We’re a disability-friendly employer and can make adjustments to support you to perform at your best during the recruitment process. Our purpose and beliefs: As Kent, we’re tackling the greatest challenge of our time - to bring our world the energy it needs in the most responsible way 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 recognise that diversity & inclusion are catalysts for success. We’re heightening awareness on the benefits of people diversity, diversity of experiences and diversity of our perspectives. Creating a culture of inclusivity where all employees feel a sense of belonging. Our combined energy is fueled by different nationalities, across 6 continents and 24 countries. Our commitment is to celebrate character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability.**About the job:** *Kent is looking for a U.S. Operations Manager – Commissioning Talent Solutions, to lead the growth and market expansion of our commissioning resources business line in the U.S. region.* *You will be responsible for developing and executing a strategy to win new projects, build strong relationships with operators, identify upcoming project opportunities and ensure the organization has the manpower, technical resources and operational capability required to successfully execute the work.* *The ideal candidate is a proven industry leader who understands the complete project lifecycle from identifying opportunities and developing relationship, through estimating and contracting, to mobilization, execution, commissioning and start-up.* *If you enjoy being a hands-on leader who can open doors, develop business, understand client needs, build the right teams and turn opportunities into successfully executed projects this role is for you.* Skills and Responsibilities:**Responsibilities:** **Business Development & Market Growth** - Develop and execute a strategic business development plan focused on operators and other key clients within the oil & energy industry. - Identify upcoming capital projects, facility expansions, turnarounds, brownfield projects, and other opportunities requiring completions, commissioning, start-up, and field execution services. - Establish and maintain strong relationships with decision-makers, project executives, construction managers, commissioning managers, and procurement organizations. - Develop a robust pipeline of qualified opportunities and maintain visibility into upcoming client requirements. - Lead client presentations, capability discussions, proposal development, negotiations, and contract pursuits. - Identify opportunities to expand existing client relationships and increase the company's share of client project spend. - Monitor market trends, competitive activity, project awards, and customer needs to identify new growth opportunities. **Project Pursuit & Commercial Leadership** - Evaluate potential projects and determine strategic, commercial, and operational fit. - Work closely with operations to ensure proposed manpower, schedule, productivity, and execution strategies are realistic and achievable. - Develop project pursuit strategies that balance revenue growth, profitability, risk, and resource availability. - Maintain accurate forecasts for backlog, revenue, manpower requirements, and upcoming project awards. **Workforce & Resource Development** - Develop a scalable manpower strategy aligned with the company's anticipated project pipeline. - Build and maintain relationships with experienced commissioning, completions, start-up, project management, construction, and field personnel. - Establish a reliable network of qualified personnel that can be mobilized quickly as projects are awarded. - Forecast manpower requirements based on anticipated project awards and execution schedules. - Partner with recruiting and operations to ensure the company can rapidly mobilize the right personnel for new projects. - Develop strategies for retaining high-performing field personnel and building a strong company reputation within the industry. - Ensure the organization has the leadership depth and technical capability necessary to support growth. **Operations & Project Execution** - Work closely with project and field leadership to ensure successful project mobilization and execution. - Support project teams in resolving client issues, resource constraints, schedule challenges, and commercial concerns. - Maintain visibility into project performance, client satisfaction, manpower utilization, and profitability. **Leadership & Organizational Development** - Serve as a senior leader and key representative of the company in the marketplace. - Help define the company's long-term growth strategy and market position. - Establish measurable goals and accountability for business development, project awards, manpower readiness, utilization, revenue, and profitability. - Work closely with executive leadership to develop annual budgets, growth plans, and strategic initiatives. In addition to the responsibilities listed herein, the employee may be required to perform other ad-hoc tasks as needed or directed by the supervisor or management. These tasks will be within the reasonable scope of the employee's skills, capabilities, and role within the organization. The intent of this provision is to allow for flexibility and adaptability in meeting the dynamic needs of the organization, ensuring that operational requirements can be met efficiently. All such tasks will be assigned considering the employee's current workload and with respect to their professional development. Your knowledge/skills, education, and experience:**Knowledge/ Qualification/ Training/ Certification:** - 10+ years of progressive experience in oil & gas, energy, petrochemical, refining, LNG, midstream, or related industrial construction/commissioning environment. - Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, construction management, or a related field is preferred. - Demonstrated success in business development and client relationship management. - Strong understanding of completions, commissioning, start-up, construction, or related project execution services. - Established relationships with operators, contractors, and other industry stakeholders. - Demonstrated ability to develop and close significant project opportunities. - Experience developing project proposals, estimates, staffing plans, and commercial strategies. - Strong understanding of project manpower requirements and field resource planning. - Experience leading or managing project execution teams. - Strong commercial and financial understanding, including project margins, labor costs, utilization, forecasting, and profitability. - Ability to operate at both the strategic and tactical level. **Communication:** - Excellent communication, negotiation, presentation, and relationship-building skills. **Behavior/ Core Competencies:** - Existing relationships with major oil & gas operators. - Experience with large-scale capital projects, turnarounds, brownfield projects, or greenfield developments. - Experience building and scaling field organizations. - Existing network of commissioning, start-up, completions, and project personnel. - Experience with master service agreements, staffing agreements, and project-based contracts. **HSSEQ:** The Employee shall observe the Health, Safety, Sustainability, Environment and Quality rules of the Company; it’s clients and the governing authorities of the host country. Details about the role:**Location: Houston, TX****Relocation required: N/A****Travel required: Meet clients and visit project sites as required.****Contract type: Regular, Full-Time****Experience level: 10+ years** [Apply Today](https://fa-emqh-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/jobs/preview/6853/apply/email?mode=location) Share this job [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https://kentplc.com/u-s-operations-manager-commissioning-talent-solutions) [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://kentplc.com/u-s-operations-manager-commissioning-talent-solutions) [X](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://kentplc.com/u-s-operations-manager-commissioning-talent-solutions&text=U.S.%20Operations%20Manager%20(Commissioning%20Talent%20Solutions))