Offshore Construction Manager Job Houston area,Texas USA,Construction

Key Responsibilities Construction & Contractor Management

Oversee the HUC Support Services Contractor and construction-led offshore activities.
Ensure safe, compliant, and efficient execution aligned with approved work plans, procedures, and company standards.
Provide leadership across multi-discipline construction scopes including mechanical, piping, structural, welding, E&I, HVAC, scaffolding, coatings, insulation, PFP, rope access, and rigging.
Monitor contractor performance, productivity, quality, and resource utilization.
Drive accountability for schedule, execution quality, and scope delivery.

Planning & Execution

Readiness Support fabrication yard activities in Ulsan, Korea, including bag-and-tag reviews and construction carry-over identification.
Review execution plans, workpacks, procedures, resource forecasts, and schedules for offshore readiness.
Validate construction scope, materials, access, lifting plans, temporary works, permits, and documentation before execution.
Coordinate construction activities with commissioning, marine operations, logistics, and SIMOPS requirements.
Identify and remove execution constraints while managing emergent scope and schedule risks.

Offshore Execution & Interface Coordination

Lead offshore construction activities including hook-up, tie-ins, reinstatement, transport-aid removal, temporary systems, and construction closeout.
Coordinate interfaces between construction contractors, commissioning teams, SURF installation contractors, vendors, and operations personnel.
Resolve field execution challenges, sequencing conflicts, and scope boundary issues.
Ensure engineering deviations, defects, and changes are managed through appropriate MOC processes.

HSE, Quality & Completions

Promote strong field leadership and adherence to HSE requirements, PTW, LOTO, SIMOPS, lifting operations, confined space, and work-at-height controls.
Verify compliance with drawings, specifications, ITPs, welding, NDT, flange management, pressure testing, coatings, insulation, and PFP requirements.
Oversee quality inspection activities and ensure timely closure of non-conformances and punch-list items.
Ensure construction documentation, A-ITRs, test records, redlines, and completion dossiers are accurately maintained.
Confirm completed construction scope is ready for commissioning acceptance.

Materials, Logistics & Reporting

Monitor contractor management of materials, tools, equipment, preservation, and offshore mobilization.
Coordinate personnel and material movements with logistics and marine teams.
Review progress reports, productivity metrics, resource forecasts, and schedule performance.
Provide regular updates on project status, risks, constraints, and recommended actions to project leadership.

Required Qualifications

Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or equivalent technical/trade qualification.
15+ years of experience in offshore construction, hook-up, fabrication yard operations, or major capital projects.
Proven experience in an Owner/Operator oversight role managing offshore construction contractors.

Strong knowledge of:

Offshore HUC planning and execution Mechanical, piping, structural, E&I, welding, NDT, scaffolding, coatings, insulation, and PFP Workpacks, ITPs, A-ITRs, punch-list management, and completions processes PTW, LOTO, SIMOPS, confined space, lifting, and work-at-height requirements Contractor performance management, reimbursable contracts, productivity tracking, and resource planning Construction, commissioning, engineering, logistics, and operations interfaces

Preferred Experience

Floating production facilities (FPSO/FPU), deepwater developments, and offshore commissioning support.
Experience with temporary offshore systems and marine installation activities.
Spanish language skills.
Offshore certifications such as BOSIET (with CA-EBS), offshore medical, and seaman's book, or ability to obtain them.

Key Competencies

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