Senior Construction Manager

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• Promote and lead in the implementation of Santos Ltd policies and procedures, including Safety, health, environment, process, people and planning
• Develop and lead the safe, efficient and cost-effective planning and execution of the Completions operations services of the Company's well program and activities in Alaska
• Develop construction execution plan for summer and winter seasons based on project schedule •Support engineering planning by providing need dates for all engineering work packages to achieve the schedule outlined in the execution plan. •Support the engineering process through coordination of constructability reviews to ensure facilities are designed in accordance with the planned construction methodology. •Lead the Construction Readiness process to ensure all Contractors and Santos support functions are ready for execution. •Lead the overall effort of the site teams to review and approve all contractors' execution plans. •Lead constructability process and provide feedback to the relevant functions. •Lead construction support strategies and processes. Assist in the definition and development of the best contract strategy to deliver the execution plan. •Aid in identification of qualified vendors to support the different fabrication and construction packages. Actively participate in pre-qualification process of fabrication and construction contractors. •Ensure completion of construction permits and stipulations, engineering drawings, identify execution constraints, hazards, and finalize the field construction plan for each year's work scope. •Ensure a comprehensive site communications plan is developed and implemented for all Company and non-Company stakeholders. •Ensure delivery is aligned with Santos Management Systems (SMS) and support internal/corporate compliance audits. •Actively promote Company knowledge sharing; apply best practices, synergies, integration across disciplines and teams.
• Execute construction campaigns •Plan and monitor all construction and fabrication activities against agreed safety, quality, schedule and cost performance metrics. •Ensure compliance of work to project specifications and contract requirements. •Facilitate Company and Contractor planning meetings, ensure Company and Contractor deliverables are reviewed and approved by the accountable function. •Lead all construction activities including management of Contractors and site superintendents. •Lead site construction issue troubleshooting, develop contingency plans and provide recommendations on triggers to move an alternative approach. •Support commissioning activities including handover to operations. •Oversee and supervise all assigned construction resources to ensure key project milestones are achieved and all company execution standards are met for scope, cost, quality, and ESH. •Manage interfaces between field construction contractors. •Coordinate overall project execution including SIMOP's activities with Drilling, Completions and Operations. •Ensure implementation of the agreed upon execution strategy with respect to key priorities and milestones.