Kent Recruitment
USA FEED Director
Location
USA - Houston Texas
Category
Technical
Date Published
27/07/23
Status
Open
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.
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 recognize 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 seeking a USA FEED Director to lead FEED engineering and FEED project delivery efforts and to substantially grow our FEED capabilities and our portfolio of FEED projects.
This role will work closely with Engineering, Project Management, and Business Development and will report to the VP Projects USA. This is a high profile, high visibility position with P/L accountability of the FEED project portfolio which is a subset of the Kent USA Project’s business. Addressable markets include conventional energy and low carbon (e.g. petrochemical, refining, plastics, etc.).
The role is based in Houston, TX.
Your responsibilities:
Assess
Your knowledge/skills, education, and experience:
Qualification / Certification:
Communication:
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.
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 recognize 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 seeking a USA FEED Director to lead FEED engineering and FEED project delivery efforts and to substantially grow our FEED capabilities and our portfolio of FEED projects.
This role will work closely with Engineering, Project Management, and Business Development and will report to the VP Projects USA. This is a high profile, high visibility position with P/L accountability of the FEED project portfolio which is a subset of the Kent USA Project’s business. Addressable markets include conventional energy and low carbon (e.g. petrochemical, refining, plastics, etc.).
The role is based in Houston, TX.
Your responsibilities:
Assess
- Assess FEED opportunities in the USA market and identify short term and medium-term targets.
- Assess current FEED capabilities in both engineering execution and project delivery.
- Provide gap analysis and business case for growth of FEED capabilities (engineering and project management).
- Continuously assess FEED engineering capabilities and adjust by providing feedback to engineering discipline leads and engineering department managers as required.
- Continuously assess project delivery capabilities and adjust by providing feedback to project managers and project controls as required.
- Collaborate with business development and proposal teams for FEED enquiries:
- Meet with potential clients.
- Assist in presentation preparation.
- Review ITB (invitation to bid) documents submitted in the proposal stage and prepare and / or review workhour estimates.
- Provide input to project execution plan.
- Support project managers in leading teams of multi-discipline engineers to deliver FEED projects and interface with clients as necessary.
- Support multi-discipline engineering teams in delivery of FEED design and deliverables:
- Drive quality and schedule.
- Monitor engineering progress.
- Participate in design reviews and resolve design challenges.
- Develop recovery plans if needed.
- Ensure compatibility and conformance with client specifications.
- Project manage FEED projects.
- Collaborate with Kent’s SME network and integrate our Global Engineering Centers to deliver differentiated and competitive propositions to our clients.
- Identify and lead training for successful FEED delivery (e.g. for engineering teams, project managers, project controls, business development).
Your knowledge/skills, education, and experience:
Qualification / Certification:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
- Minimum 15 years of relevant FEED and detailed design projects experience.
- A demonstrable network of client relationships and the ability to attract talented technical resources.
- Broad knowledge of engineering discipline activities.
- Project management, project engineering, or engineering lead experience required.
- Demonstrated knowledge of international equipment specifications and codes.
- Demonstrated knowledge of safety and quality procedures.
- Ability to plan project execution interfaces and take corrective action with regards to engineering design.
- Strong track record of experience successfully delivering for engineering and / or client organizations in the oil and gas and low carbon industry.
- Demonstrated excellent leadership and communication skills.
- Must be self-motivated and able to perform duties with little direct supervision.
- Must demonstrate good interpersonal skills and be capable of analyzing and solving complex problems through innovative thought and experience.
- Demonstrate problem solving skills and ability to resolve technically challenging issues with support from discipline engineers.
Communication:
- Effective communication skills particularly with clients and senior management demonstrating a people-forward and business-minded proactive approach.
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