Project Information Manager

• Assess the current information management environment, priorities, risks and outstanding commitments, implementing recovery and improvement actions where required.
• Maintain and improve the Project Information Management Plan, procedures, systems strategy, responsibilities, controls and delivery schedules.
• Translate contractual and client information requirements into clear deliverables, validation rules and acceptance criteria.
• Lead Document Control, Data Management and Engineering Systems activities across home office, workshare locations, site, suppliers and subcontractors.
• Govern engineering documents, structured data, tag registers, drawings, models, supplier information and engineering databases.
• Oversee SmartPlant Foundation publishing, retrieval, consolidation, correlation, validation, exception management and reporting.
• Coordinate engineering database consolidation and merges, including conflict resolution, integrity checks, reconciliation and project-to-as-built transfer.
• Manage information interfaces between engineering, EDMS, procurement, materials, project controls, Advanced Work Packaging, construction and commissioning systems.
• Establish effective material information controls, aligning MTOs, requisitions, purchase orders, supplier data, packing lists, inspection and receipt records, piece marks, material status and construction work packages.
• Support Advanced Work Packaging by aligning engineering data, documents, models, materials and schedules with CWAs, CWPs, EWPs and IWPs.
• Lead progressive as-building, ensuring redlines, field changes, technical queries, surveys and construction records are incorporated into controlled drawings, intelligent models and engineering databases.
• Manage geospatial surveys, laser scanning, LiDAR, drone surveys and point-cloud information, including coordinate control, scan-to-model workflows, validation and model integration.
• Lead document and drawing data mining to extract, classify and validate information from legacy records for use in intelligent engineering databases and models.
• Ensure construction teams receive current, approved and complete information, with effective control of revisions, field changes and superseded content.
• Coordinate commissioning information, including systems and subsystems, completions records, turnover packs, punch lists, commissioning data and startup readiness.
• Lead progressive handover and project closeout, including final as-built validation, database delivery, client acceptance, exception management, archiving and system closure.
• Establish and report information management KPIs covering quality, completeness, timeliness, supplier compliance, construction readiness and handover status.
• Ensure project systems, integrations, access controls, data transfers and third-party connections comply with Wood, client and project cybersecurity 

What makes you remarkable

At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world’s most critical challenges. 

Expected:

• Degree-level qualification in engineering, information management, computer science or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• Extensive Project Information Management experience on major oil and gas EPC/EPCM projects.
• Demonstrated ability to take over, stabilise and improve information delivery on a large, complex, in-flight project.
• Experience across engineering, procurement, materials, construction, commissioning, handover and closeout.
• Strong knowledge of engineering information systems, EDMS, structured engineering data, intelligent models and digital handover.
• Practical experience with SmartPlant Foundation publishing and engineering database consolidation or merge processes.
• Strong understanding of material information controls, supplier information, Advanced Work Packaging and commissioning information.
• Experience with brownfield as-building, legacy document data mining, geospatial surveys, laser scanning or point-cloud information is highly desirable.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles relating to project systems, access, integrations, cloud environments and controlled information exchange.
• Understanding of data engineering, data platforms, automated data-quality controls, document intelligence and responsible AI applications is preferred.
• Strong client-facing, leadership, communication and problem-solving skills.
• Previous experience delivering major projects for a UAE national energy company is strongly preferred. Comparable experience with other Middle East national oil companies will also be considered.

Working Relationships

Internal 
Leads Document Control, Data Management and System Administration groups on the project.
Works as a part of the Project Management Team

External:
May interact with client technical and information management teams

Level of Influence & Decision-Making Authority

• Develops and manages a project man-hour budget related to project information management staffing
  Receives general instructions on deadlines and priorities, but independently defines what is to be done and methodologies expected to perform day-to-day assignments.
  Responsible for the delegation of activities and supervision of project information staff dedicated to the project.
• Personal Attributes:
• Ability to pay close attention to detail and handle confidential or sensitive information.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with departmental co-workers and project
  personnel.
• Good communication skills both written and verbal: effective acting as Wood's discipline representative and liaison with other companies and individuals including client, partners, suppliers, and subcontractors.
• Willing and able to resolve team conflict