Willow Civil Construction Coordinator - Contract

ConocoPhillips•Alpine, AK

16d

About The Position

Willow Civil Construction Coordinator Alaska Overview ConocoPhillips Alaska and its heritage companies have more than 50 years of business history in Alaska. As Alaska's largest oil and gas producer, the company produced an average 182 thousand barrels of oil 2017. ConocoPhillips, with about 1,100 Alaska employees, holds major ownership interests in the Prudhoe Bay Unit, the Kuparuk River Unit, and the Colville River Unit (Alpine). ConocoPhillips operates the Kuparuk and Alpine oil fields on the North Slope. The company has an ownership interest in the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) and owns/operates the Polar Tankers fleet. Asset Description Willow is an oil discovery located within the Bear Tooth Unit (BTU) in the National Petroleum Reserve of Alaska (NPR-A) approximately 30 miles west-southwest of the Alpine Central Facility (ACF) on the North Slope of Alaska. The Willow Development is expected to contain greater than 600 MMBOE gross recoverable resource. The initial phase of Willow development will include a new Willow Central Processing Facility (WCF), three drill sites, pipelines, roads, bridges, and supporting infrastructure. The second phase of development will include at least one additional drillsite. Scope Summary The Project will require six (6) years of field construction commencing in 2023 and completing in 2028. Early construction work focuses on establishing infrastructure, gravel roads, bridges, airstrip, pipelines, and temporary and permanent camps. Later construction work focuses on the installation of process facilities on WCF and 3 drillsites. Field construction commences in 2023 (Year 1) with limited civil construction. 2024 (Year 2) continues with civil construction and begins pipeline construction. 2025 (Year 3) continues civil and pipelines and on pad facility work starts with the installation of the permanent camp and infrastructure at the Willow Operations Center (WOC). 2026 (Year 4) completes civil construction, continues pipeline construction, and starts facility construction on the WCF. 2027 (Year 5) continues pipeline and facility construction work and work begins on the drillsites. 2028 (Year 6) completes pipeline and facility construction for the initial development phase. The Willow Civil Program consists of a new mine site, ~25miles of gravel road, ~135 acres of gravel pads, and 5 multi-span bridges. The work will be executed as a 4-year program with 2023 (Year 1) being a pilot and 2024-2026 (Years 2-4) mining, hauling, and placing ~1MM C/Y’s of gravel annually. Approximately 1.8MM North Slope contractor labor hours are estimated to complete the civil work scope inclusive of contactor direct, indirect craft and staff hours. Position Summary The Willow Construction Coordinator is a functional report to the Willow Civil Construction Supervisor. The position is a core member of the Willow Construction Team and it supports the safe and successful delivery of the Willow Civil Program. The Construction Coordinator assists the Construction Supervisor with day-to-day oversight of field activities spending the majority of the workday in the field overseeing construction contractor progress, helping identify execution issues, proposing solutions to complex problems, and supporting various interfaces between the Willow project, Company operating areas and the civil contractor. Upon mobilization the Construction Supervisor is accoutable for monitoring construction progress, identifing and resolving SimOps issues, providing input on the priortization of critical activities to the Construction Supervisor, and ensuring the health and safety of all field personnel.

Requirements

10+ years of civil construction or related construction experience
Proven ability to manage interfaces involving multiple field construction contractors
Must possess a valid driver’s license
Competent in Microsoft Office applications (Word/Excel)

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Construction, or relevant field experience
5+ years of construction in Arctic conditions
5+ years of construction supervision/construction management.
Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
Demonstrated performance as part of a team working on a large project and interfacing with project leadership.
Strong multi-tasking skills with ability to manage multiple ongoing activities.
Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with other disciplines and across organizational boundaries.
Listens actively and invites dialogue for shared understanding, then influences and acts to drive performance and achieve results.
Builds strong relationships based on trust and seeks collaboration across organizational boundaries to achieve goals.
Drives thoughtful and pragmatic change, encourages innovative thinking and continuous improvement, and models adaptability through resourcefulness, flexibility, and positivity.

Responsibilities

Review construction permits and stipulations, engineering drawings, identify execution constraints, hazards, and review the contractor field work plans for each year’s work scope.
Participate in the constructability process and provide feedback to the planning team members and supervisor.
Provide input to the construction support strategies and processes (camps, aviation, ground transportation, construction equipment, fuel forecast, material delivery, and laydown requirements).
Actively promote Company knowledge sharing; apply best practices, synergies, and lessons learned from other projects and operations.
Support a smooth transition of the Construction Plan to the field.
Provide oversight and supervise all assigned construction resources to ensure key project milestones are achieved and all company execution standards are met for scope, cost, quality, and HSE.
Monitor Contractor performance of work and provide feedback to the construction supervisor on performance improvement opportunities.
Support interface management between field construction contractors and company operating entities.
Manage day-to-day activities for all construction contracts to deliver requirements of contracts.
Provide input to overall project execution including SIMOP’s activities with Drilling, Completions and Operations.
Support implementation of the agreed upon execution strategy with respect to key priorities and milestones.
Proactively lead HSE performance by communicating, fostering, supporting, and enforcing HSE policies, procedures, guidelines, requirements, and objectives.
Perform jobsite walk-downs, review contractor THA/JHA, provide recognition for safe work execution and task planning.
Participate in onsite Contractor toolbox and safety meetings, reinforce COPA safety processes.
Validate adherence with permit stipulations issued by regulatory agencies.
Participate in safety engagement meetings with Company and Contractor field leadership teams.
Participate in the COPA adopted Behavior Based Safety (BBS) observation system.
Participate in and support the COPA Incident Free Culture (IFC) program with contractors through participation in IFC workshops, field engagements, and IFC instruction/training.