Principal Project Manager

Job ID:40121
 

Principal Project Manager

Location: Houston

What we’re looking for 

We are seeking an experienced professional to manage high-complexity projects or a portfolio of projects across one or more client contracts.

In this role, you will serve as the primary point of contact for clients, fostering and managing strong relationships between the clients and LR to ensure successful project outcomes.

What we offer you 

• Competitive Salary
• The opportunity to work for an organization that has a strong sense of purpose, is values driven and helps colleagues to develop professionally and personally through our range of people development programmes.

The role 

• Oversee all aspects of project performance, strategy, delivery, and safety for complex projects, ensuring effective management in a client-facing capacity.
• Identify, source, and manage resources (full-time and part-time) for assigned projects in alignment with contractual and budgetary requirements.
• Act as the primary interface with the client’s project team to ensure efficient and effective project delivery in line with commercial, contractual, and financial contract requirements.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships.
• Provide expert guidance by leading and managing assigned technical personnel, including Project Teams.
• Develop and monitor project schedules, financial tracking, risk management, and issue resolution, while ensuring compliance with all legal, statutory, and regulatory requirements applicable to project jurisdictions.
• Contribute to and influence the development of delivery standards and policy in your area of expertise.
• Aid in creating reference and resource materials for project management.
• Mentor and train others in Project Management practices.
• Manage bid and tender development processes for project management team contracts.
• Pursue Continuing Professional Development, keeping up-to-date with technical and discipline knowledge.
• Complete additional reasonable tasks as assigned by the Line Manager.

What you bring 

• A degree in Engineering, Project Management, or a related Science field.
• Considerable years of offshore industry experience, with strong general engineering knowledge and a proven record of delivering high-complexity projects successfully.
• Chartered or Professional qualification and membership in a relevant professional institution (preferred).
• Thorough understanding of Classification Rules and Certification Schemes and their practical application.
• Ability to provide technical and commercial leadership within assigned responsibilities.
• Proficiency in using project management tools and processes (e.g., APM, PMI) while ensuring compliance with legal and commercial standards.
• Highly adaptable, organized, and practical, with the capability to meet tight deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills, including proficiency in technical report writing.
• Demonstrated experience in coordinating budgets and financial processes efficiently across multiple projects.
• Pragmatic, empathetic, and credible when engaging with clients, with a polished professional demeanor.
• Strong influencing and motivational abilities, effectively providing advice, counsel, or support to others.

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About us 

We are a leading international technical professional service provider and a leader in classification, compliance, and consultancy services to the marine and offshore industry, a trusted advisor to our customers helping to design, construct and operate their assets to the highest levels of safety and performance. We are shaping the industry’s future through the development of novel and innovative technology for the next generation of assets, while continuing to deliver solutions for our customers every day.

Be a part of 

Lloyd’s Register is wholly owned by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation, a politically and financially independent global charity that aims to engineer a safer world through promoting safety and education. For a thriving ocean economy, Lloyd’s Register colleagues and Lloyd’s Register Foundation work together to fund research, foster industry collaboration and develop action-oriented solutions to make the world a safer place. 

Want to apply. 

Here at Lloyd’s Register, we care, we share and we do the right thing in every situation. It’s ingrained in our culture and everything we do. We are committed, and continually strive, to lead with our values that empower and enable an inclusive environment conducive to your growth, development and engagement. It doesn’t matter who you are, what you have experienced, how you identify, how old you are, where you are from, what your beliefs are or how your brain or body works – the diversity of our colleagues is fundamental to our futures and the changes we can make together. Our inclusive culture allows us to connect together authentically and to be courageous and bold. We don’t just talk about our differences, we celebrate them! 

We are committed to making all stages of our recruitment process accessible to all candidates. Please let us know if you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments throughout your application and we will do everything we possibly can to support you. 

 If you don't tick every box in these ads, please don't rule yourself out. We focus on hiring people who share our goal of working together for a safer, sustainable, thriving ocean economy. 

We care, we share, we do the right thing.

If you have further questions about this role, please contact us at careers@lr.org and we will respond to you as soon as possible.

Diversity and Inclusion at Lloyd's Register:

Together we are one Lloyd’s Register, committed to developing an inclusive and safe workplace that embraces and celebrates diversity. We strive to ensure that all applicants to LR experience equality of opportunity and fair treatment, because we believe it is the right thing to do. We hope you do too.

   As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we have committed to:

• ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible.
• communicating and promoting vacancies offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.
• anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
• supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long-term health condition, enabling them to stay in work.
• at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people.

Find out more about Disability Confident at: www.gov.uk/disability-confident

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