PMC Manager OR&A
by Wood Plc GCC in Energy (Oil, Gas & Renewables)
The PMC Manager OR&A (Operations Readiness) is responsible for leading, planning, coordinating, and managing all Operational Readiness (OR) and Transition to Operations activities throughout the complete project lifecycle for an ADNOC project in Abu Dhabi. Working on behalf of the Owner within a Project Management Consultancy (PMC) environment, the role ensures facilities, plant systems, personnel, operational documentation, maintenance strategies, and operational processes are fully prepared for safe, efficient, and seamless pre-commissioning, commissioning, start-up, handover, and ongoing operations. The position develops and implements the Operational Readiness strategy, execution plans, milestones, readiness criteria, dashboards, KPIs, and reporting frameworks while integrating operational requirements into engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and project execution activities. Responsibilities include participating in design reviews, HAZOP, constructability, operability, and maintainability reviews; coordinating commissioning readiness; supporting integrated start-up planning; preparing and reviewing Operating Procedures, Maintenance Procedures, Emergency Procedures, Isolation Procedures, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs); verifying as-built drawings, equipment manuals, vendor documentation, maintenance manuals, and spare parts documentation; developing operations training plans; coordinating vendor and OEM training; completing competency assessments; establishing preventive and predictive maintenance programs; ensuring CMMS and EAM systems are populated; validating equipment hierarchy, asset registers, spare parts strategies, utilities readiness, plant system readiness, punch list closure, inspections, turnover dossiers, and acceptance criteria. The role manages Construction-to-Commissioning and Commissioning-to-Operations handovers, maintains Operational Readiness risk registers, develops mitigation strategies, interfaces with Client Operations, EPC Contractors, Commissioning Teams, Maintenance Teams, HSE Teams, Vendors, and Regulatory Authorities, facilitates Operational Readiness workshops, ensures compliance with HSE standards, Process Safety Management (PSM), and regulatory requirements prior to start-up, and prepares Operational Readiness Reports, Readiness Dashboards, KPI Reports, Risk Reports, and Management Presentations. The position requires extensive experience in major capital projects within Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Energy, Mining, Industrial, Infrastructure, or Utilities sectors, supported by strong knowledge of commissioning, facility handover, operational readiness, and Owner's Engineer or PMC project execution environments.