General Manager

Position objective and summary

• Overall responsible for the planning and operations of production plant, workshop, yards and facilities, including oversight on day to day activities.
• Develop the operation, production and yard team to support the company’s growth plan.
• Ensure compliance to all regulatory requirements, including manpower, work permits, HSE, etc.
• Manage, including planning, preparation, execution of projects delivery to meet all customer requirements, product assurance and quality.

Main tasks / activities / responsibilities

• Accountable for integrated fabrication yard operations and the associated financial and commercial management of the yard. Planning and coordination of fabrication yard business activities.
• Coordinate and liaise internally with various departments to ensure project completions and externally with clients for project deliveries.
• Manage and lead project construction management, such as sub-contracting, initiation, auditing and execution control.
• Ensure the complete delivery of projects, end-to-end, from presales engineering support, production, manpower and equipments allocation to the final delivery of projects with assured quality
• Monitor market activity for the operations of yard, production workshop and water front facilities
• Work with business leaders and senior sales managers to achieve production optimization for project flows
• Maintain effective client management interface to meet project turnaround and completion

Key performance measures (KPIs by which the person holding the job should be evaluated)

• OPERATIONS: Manpower and equipments productivity, project planning, yard and water front operations
• PROJECT DELIVERY: Resource allocation, customer timeline, project specs and quality requirements
• CLIENT MANAGEMENT: Claims payment, effective client relationships

Job requirements (education, linguistic ability, professional experience, leadership qualities, soft skills etc.)

• Degree from an accredited institution preferred but not essential
• A minimum of 10-15 years operation experience in fabrication plant, yard and water front facilities
• Be able to demonstrate highest delivery standards in management of quality assurance and HSE
• Wide exposure in the offshore, marine and oil & gas sector with in-depth understanding of the operation mechanics to achieve timely delivery of projects
• Able to manage, engage and mentor across nationalities, including overseas workers and local staff
• Good interaction skills with senior management, with ability to articulate and defend recommendations made
• Excellent project management skills
• Self-starter. Business maturity. Ability to work independently
• Solid team player and strong leadership skill