Project Manager- America

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The Project Manager (America) is MDL’s sole project delivery authority in North America. The role leads all regional projects from award to close-out, owns the commercial performance of each project, and is the primary MDL delivery interface with North America clients. The PM establishes and professionalizes localized project delivery in a region currently served from a new US base, reducing reliance on UK-based project management and the time‑zone dependency that comes with it.

The Project Manager directs the Operations Coordinator (America), who manages in‑country mobilization, equipment logistics and customs clearance, local procurement, the Houma yard interface, and the UK project‑controls interface on their behalf. Together, the two roles form the core of MDL’s North America delivery capability, scaling with the regional pipeline.

• Lead delivery of all North America projects from award to close‑out; maintain a live Project Execution Plan (PEP) for each active project.
• Manage all project personnel in region — MDL technicians, subcontractors, and vessel operators — ensuring they are correctly briefed, equipped, and supported.
• Direct the Operations Coordinator (America) to maintain accurate project controls data across cost, schedule, procurement, and action tracking; use those outputs to actively manage project performance.
• Own mobilizations and demobilization through the Operations Coordinator, including the Houma yard interface, ensuring equipment and personnel arrive on time, on budget, and correctly cleared through US customs.
• Monitor project progress against PEP commitments; take corrective action promptly when schedule, cost, or quality is at risk — do not hold problems.
• Maintain the monthly Project Management Report (PMR) to the standard required for UK Global project delivery (GPD) review and, where applicable, client submission.

• Own margin delivery for all North America projects — accountable for project‑by‑project commercial performance against agreed targets and the FY Americas Plan.
• Apply MDL’s change control discipline without exception: identify, document, price, and submit all scope changes; no unpriced scope is accepted.
• Operate within agreed commercial authority limits; elevate decisions above threshold to Head of Global Projects proactively — not retrospectively.
• Work with Senior Contracts & Commercial Specialist on contract terms, variations, disputes, and risk items, and on the inter‑company flow between MDL US Inc and the UK.
• Review and approve cost reports and forecasts prepared by the Operations Coordinator; challenge cost drift at the earliest opportunity.
• Ensure invoicing is submitted within contractual time frames on all projects — zero late client invoices.

• Serve as MDL’s primary project delivery interface with all North America clients across active and pipeline projects.
• Maintain strong, credible working relationships with key accounts: C‑Innovation (Chouest), DOF Subsea, Oceaneering, TechnipFMC, Saipem, Subsea7, Helix, and others as the pipeline develops.
• Represent MDL in project meetings, client progress reviews, and site visits; ensure MDL’s technical and commercial position is clearly and professionally articulated.
• Ensure all client deliverable registers and reporting commitments are met — zero late submissions.
• Manage client feedback, concerns, and delivery‑level…