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In this role, you will collaborate across the full Riser product lifecycle-including customers, engineering, programs, and operations-to ensure seamless execution, standardisation, and continuous improvement. You will also work closely with the Western Hemisphere region to drive global alignment, share best practices, and enhance service delivery. Your responsibilities will span both Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) and non-CBM riser inspection, repair, and related service scopes, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality project execution.\nCore Responsibilities:\nLead the coordination, and technical alignment of Riser inspection and repair activities across the Eastern Hemisphere.\nProvide technical support and guidance on inspection findings, repair recommendations, and engineering solutions to ensure consistent regional execution.\nCollaborate with customers, engineering, operations, and program teams to define project scopes, deliver effective solutions, and maintain strong stakeholder relationships.\nDrive continuous improvement initiatives by identifying trends, implementing best practices, and supporting new technologies, processes, and tooling.\nSupport commercial and operational success by reviewing inspection and repair proposals, resource planning, and project execution strategies.\nDevelop and maintain technical documentation, procedures, and work instructions to promote standardisation and operational excellence.\nIdentify opportunities for business growth and product life extension, working closely with Product Engineering to enhance customer value.\nMonitor regional activities, providing updates, capturing lessons learned, and supporting quality and corrective action initiatives.\nCoordinate regional communication and operational alignment, including leading regular operational meetings and supporting sites without dedicated Riser facilities.\nEnsure compliance with NOV's HSE, quality, and corporate governance standards, promoting a strong safety culture and adherence to company policies.\nQUALIFICATIONS:\nTertiary qualifications in Engineering are preferred but other technical qualifications coupled with the desired experience will also be considered.\n\nEXPERIENCE:\nA minimum of 5 years experience in a Service/Repair/Operations environment is preferred.\n\nExperience in the Oil & Gas industry and more specifically Marine Risers would be ideal for this position.\n\nPrevious travel experience is essential.\n\nSKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:\nHighly detail orientated and organized in work, good communication and interpersonal skills, Ability to act and operate independently, good understanding of the Oilfield business and customer requirements.\n\nGood financial acumen and customer focus.\n\nComputer literacy (including good command of Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook\n\nThis role requires regular international travel across the Eastern Hemisphere to support project execution, customer engagements, operational alignment, and business needs.","description_format":"text","description_chars":3198,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Petroleum & Mining Engineering","Oil & Gas"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-28T09:05:02Z"}],"liveness":{"score":51,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.571,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":11,"expected_fill_days":31,"reasons":["conf:1","stale_co","win:mid","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-09-29T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/nov-riser-project-manager-eastern-hemisphere","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/nov-riser-project-manager-eastern-hemisphere.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-30T05:09:22Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":3532,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":1468,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-01T00:00:00Z"}}}