Head of Handover & Completion
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About the Role
Airswift is seeking a Head of Handover & Completion for a mega-project in Doha, Qatar. The role leads data and reporting functions for handover and completion, requiring expertise in data strategy, governance, analytics, and digital transformation in the oil and gas industry.
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Responsibilities
- Define and lead the Data & Reporting Strategy for Handover & Completion, aligned with digital transformation objectives
- Establish and enforce data governance frameworks, standards, and quality controls across all systems and stakeholders
- Oversee development and delivery of enterprise dashboards, KPIs, and executive reporting packs
- Lead integration of system completion databases, data repositories, and enterprise systems to ensure seamless data flow and accessibility
- Direct the design, development, and deployment of digital applications and automation tools to enhance workflow efficiency
- Provide strategic insights and advanced analytics to senior leadership to support project performance and risk management
- Manage and optimize data architecture, pipelines, and system interfaces across internal and contractor platforms
- Drive data standardization across EPC contractors, ensuring consistency in reporting and handover deliverables
- Build, lead, and develop a high performing data and reporting team, including capability development and succession planning
- Champion digital innovation, automation, and AI driven opportunities within Handover & Completion processes
- Act as the single point of accountability for all Handover & Completion reporting deliverables and ensure compliance with corporate policies, cybersecurity, and data management frameworks
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Applied Sciences or Engineering
- Minimum 10 years' experience across engineering, procurement, and construction phases within large scale commissioning projects in Oil & Gas
- Minimum 2 years in a supervisory capacity, including oversight of service/vendor personnel
- Experience with Oil & Gas operators, contractors, or service companies
- Knowledge of project execution, engineering, operations, pre commissioning, commissioning, and systems completion
- Proven track record in data strategy and governance implementation, enterprise reporting and analytics, and digital transformation initiatives in project environments
- Advanced expertise in Power BI, data modeling, ETL, data warehousing, SQL, and large scale database management
- Strong experience with system completion databases, Data Lake, cloud architectures, Power Apps/low code platforms, and API based architectures
- Strategic thinker with ability to translate data into executive level insights
- Strong leadership and team management capability in multidisciplinary environments
- Expertise in data visualization, storytelling, and performance reporting
- Excellent stakeholder engagement skills at senior and executive levels
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Job Purpose
- Lead and govern the end to end Data & Reporting function for Handover & Completion, establishing a robust digital ecosystem that enables accurate, real time, and insight driven decision making across the project lifecycle.
- Accountable for data strategy, governance, analytics, visualization, and digital applications, ensuring seamless integration of systems, enterprise platforms, and reporting tools in alignment with corporate digital standards.
Job Context & Major Challenges
- Oversight of a mega project data environment (>5 million records) across multiple platforms.
- Ensuring a single source of truth for all Handover & Completion data.
- Integration of systems, data repositories, reporting tools, and contractor systems.
- Driving digital transformation and automation across traditionally manual workflows.
- Delivering executive level dashboards and reporting under tight project timelines.
- Enforcing data governance, standardization, and compliance across stakeholders.
Key Accountabilities
- Define and lead the Data & Reporting Strategy for Handover & Completion, aligned with digital transformation objectives.
- Establish and enforce data governance frameworks, standards, and quality controls across all systems and stakeholders.
- Oversee development and delivery of enterprise dashboards, KPIs, and executive reporting packs.
- Lead integration of system completion databases, data repositories, and enterprise systems to ensure seamless data flow and accessibility.
- Direct the design, development, and deployment of digital applications and automation tools to enhance workflow efficiency.
- Provide strategic insights and advanced analytics to senior leadership to support project performance and risk management.
- Manage and optimize data architecture, pipelines, and system interfaces across internal and contractor platforms.
- Drive data standardization across EPC contractors, ensuring consistency in reporting and handover deliverables.
- Build, lead, and develop a high performing data and reporting team, including capability development and succession planning.
- Champion digital innovation, automation, and AI driven opportunities within Handover & Completion processes.
- Act as the single point of accountability for all Handover & Completion reporting deliverables and ensure compliance with corporate policies, cybersecurity, and data management frameworks.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Applied Sciences or Engineering.
- Minimum 10 years' experience across engineering, procurement, and construction phases within large scale commissioning projects in the Oil & Gas industry.
- Minimum 2 years in a supervisory capacity, including oversight of service/vendor personnel.
- Experience with Oil & Gas operators, contractors, or service companies.
- Knowledge of project execution, engineering, operations, pre commissioning, commissioning, and systems completion.
- Proven track record in data strategy and governance implementation, enterprise reporting and analytics, and digital transformation initiatives in project environments.
Technical Expertise
- Advanced expertise in Power BI (enterprise dashboard development, governance, deployment), data modeling, ETL processes, data warehousing, SQL, and large scale database management.
- Strong experience with system completion databases or equivalent platforms, Data Lake and cloud based architectures, Power Apps / low code platforms and automation tools, and system integrations and API based architectures.
Business & Leadership Skills
- Strategic thinker with the ability to translate data into executive level insights.
- Strong leadership and team management capability in multidisciplinary environments.
- Expertise in data visualization, storytelling, and performance reporting.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement skills at senior and executive levels.
- Ability to manage complex interfaces across contractors and functions.
- Strong governance mindset with a focus on quality, compliance, and standardization.
- Proven ability to drive innovation, continuous improvement, and digital adoption.
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