Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Hobark International Limited (HIL)

Hobark International Limited (HIL) is the parent company of the Hobark group operating in the oil and gas industry. The company was incorporated in 1998, starting as a staffing agency based in Port Harcourt. Currently we have offices in 4 countries with our head office in Lagos.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job Type: Permanent

Description

• Responsible for the day-to-day management of group and company operations.
• Work with the board to develop strategic direction across the group and update the board regularly on progress and escalate critical business issues/risk.
• Oversee the development of relevant project proposals and budgets and recommend approval of them before submission to clients.
• Ensure Client relationship development / management.
• Ensure completion of deliverables and adherence to timelines; track milestones and timelines across projects and institute necessary work flow, personnel and financial resource allocations, making alterations when necessary to meet expectation of clients; analyze and resolve issues that have the potential to jeopardize performance and or to meet agreed upon deliverables; analyze financial and operational reports.

Requirements

• Minimum of 20 years cumulative experience, 8 of which must have been in a managerial role (Preferably in Nigeria).
• Bachelor’s Degree – Engineering / Management / Finance and preferably an MBA.
• Must possess strategic perspective and strong analytical skills.
• Financial / commercial management exposure.
• Engineering project management experience.
• Must have experience of working in dynamic and fast-moving environment.
• Manpower management.
• Business development.
• Client relation management.
• Problem solving skills and the ability to assess and resolve technical issues in a timely manner.
• Review and amend operational procedures.
• Knowledge of codes and standards as well as safety and regulatory requirements applicable to the business needs.
• Collaborative approach.
• Reliability, sound judgement and discretion.  

Primary Skills:

• B.Sc. Engineering/Management/Finance preferably MBA, Business development, Client relation management, Engineering project management, Financial / commercial management, Manpower management.