Offshore Construction Manager

**Job Overview**

The Construction Manager (Offshore) has overall responsibility for managing and directing all construction related activities for an entire project or worksite, or one or more assigned area(s) within a larger project or worksite. This includes delivering completion of the work on schedule and meets design, budget, quality standards and specifications. Depending on the project or worksite size, the incumbent may be one of several Construction Managers onsite or may be the Company’s primary client liaison about all onsite activities or coordinate with the Company’s primary client liaison to address job site activities in their assigned area(s). The Construction manager uses best practices and knowledge to mitigate construction risks, ensuring assigned job site operations, personnel, subcontractors, and visitors comply with applicable laws and Company policies and procedures.

**Key Tasks and Responsibilities**
- Oversees all aspects of assigned offshore construction project or assigned area(s) within an offshore construction project, ensuring work continuity and on-time completion within budget, and meets all quality requirements.
- Develops construction execution strategy, including site preparation, equipment installation, and commissioning.
- Plans and directs construction activities, including human and physical resources planning and scheduling to meet budget-aligned milestones and ensure effective asset and high value equipment use.
- Monitors construction workhours to relevant cost codes and interact with Project Controls to prepare weekly construction progress reports.
- Liaises with engineering and procurement teams to ensure design and material specifications are met.
- Supervises the overall safe installation of the project and ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations, the Project Installation Procedure, and all Company policies and procedures, including but not limited to established Quality, Health, Safety, Environmental and Security standards and work practices.
- Monitors project progress, identifies risks, and implements mitigation strategies.
- Responsible for reviewing, evaluating, determining the appropriateness of, approving, and issuing all work permits.
- Directs project closeout activities, including punch list completion and turnover to operations.
- Manages subcontractor construction management and installation team, as well as other vendors, to ensure work continuity they meet milestones, KPI’s, safety, quality, and contract terms.
- Ensures all subcontractor actors are knowledgeable of and adhere to work specifications, and McDermott Safety, industrial relations, management and construction Procedures and expectations.
- Liaises with the client and client’s onsite representative on all contract and project completion issues.

**Required Experience and Qualifications**
- 10-15 years' experience in the offshore construction industry
- Knowledge of McDermott’s operational guidelines and marine construction practices
- Knowledge of McDermott’s HSE guidelines
- Extended knowledge and experience in Marine and Subsea operations with at least 5 years' experience in a similar role
- DOIM or DOCM Certificate/Training/DP Awareness/OVM
- Ability to lead teams with strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Valid Offshore Medical
- BOSIET Training or Equivalent (OPITO approved)
- Fluent both in spoken and written English
- The Woodfibre LNG project requires onsite supervision in Squamish, BC, Canada during the Marine Terminal installation campaigns that run from August 15, 2024 - Q1 2026. The assignment will be a rotation at a duration TBC. The business justification to McDermott is utilizing project personnel familiar with the scope to manage day to day activities vs third party personnel unfamiliar with the scope. We will utilize Philip Gaudet for this position who is already a MCD employee. We will globally transfer him to the go international payroll.