Airswift is recruiting a General Manager, to be based in Porto Amboim, Angola.
Description
- We are looking for an experienced manager who will be the focal point for all interfaces with locals yards, Sub-Contractors, and vendors and ensure group governance, compliance, and consistency between all local/regional activity. The candidate will also be managing local in-country entity in the legal capacity of a company representative, providing a local support infrastructure comprising HSSE, HR, Finance & Accounting, Project Controls, IT support and general administrative duties
Duties
- Develop and maintain a local infrastructure to support both proposal activity and subsequent project execution undertaken in-country
- Ensure local staff is recruited and managed appropriately
- Ensure financial control and reporting of the local entity
- Ensure the cascading of group compliance expectations, both internally and externally
- Ensure the implementation of group policies and processes
- Development and maintain site specific policies and processes
- Support the development of frame agreements with key vendors/agencies
- Establishing and managing relationships with all local stakeholders
- Provide local logistic support to all official visitors
- Support the development of yard farming
- Act as focal point for all Commercial inquiries and local engagement with yards, Sub-contractors, and vendors
- Support the proposals group and Product Line with obtaining the timely receipt of robust and competitive proposals from local yards and Sub-Contractors
- Support the proposals group and Product Line with analysis and normalization of yard proposals
- Support audits of newly identified yards and the maintenance audits of established and approved facilities
- Provide Group HSSE governance and ensure the implementation of all current HSSE, policies, and processes
- Ensure timely engagement of construction supervision and local PMT in accordance with prescribed ramp-up plans
- Provide HR support to all in-country resource and ensure compliance with (and administration of) current HR Policy
- Provide local project control functions to all projects, including the recruitment and management of local QS' and liaison/support to RC PMT
- Provide finance and administrative support during project execution
- Provide IT infrastructure and IT support to the Site Teams during project execution
- Ensure the cascading of Group Compliance expectations, both internally and externally
Requisites
- Local Angolan citizen
- Preferably a university degree in a related subject
- Previous oil & gas and construction background from the previous role
- Knowledge in HSSE, HR, Finance & Accounting, Project Controls, IT support and general administrative functions
- You are a strong leader and can manage and develop people
- An excellent decision maker who can make good quality and timely decisions that can keep the organization going forward
- The result is driven and consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances
- Able to build formal and informal relationships networks inside and outside the organization
Notes
- Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted
How to Apply