Willow Construction Field Planner Lead - Contract

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ConocoPhillips is hiring for a Willow Construction Field Planner – Lead contract role, based in Alpine, AK. The position is responsible assisting the Field superintendent with coordination and prioritization of work scope.

Alaska Overview

ConocoPhillips is Alaska’s largest crude oil producer and largest owner of exploration leases, with approximately 1.2 million net undeveloped acres at year-end 2022. The company produced an average of 200 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2022. ConocoPhillips has major ownership interests in two of North America’s largest legacy conventional oil fields, both located on Alaska’s North Slope: Kuparuk, which the company operates, and Prudhoe Bay. Additionally, ConocoPhillips operates several fields on the Western North Slope. The company has an ownership interest in the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) and owns/operates the Polar Tankers fleet.

Willow Overview

Located on Alaska’s North Slope in the National Petroleum Reserve (NPR-A), the Willow project is estimated to produce 180,000 barrels of oil per day at its peak. During construction, Willow is expected to create around 2,500 jobs with the development estimated to create 300 permanent jobs. The initial phase of Willow development will include a new Willow Central Processing Facility (WCF), three drill site pads, pipelines, roads, bridges and supporting infrastructure. The Drilling and Completion portion of the Willow project includes ~200 wells and over $2B of capital. Pre-drilling begins in 2027.

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 drill sites.

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 drill sites. 2028 (Year 6) completes pipeline and facility construction for the initial development phase.

The Willow project is approximately 9 million labor hours with a peak labor force of approximately 2000 FTE’s. The project scope includes the delivery of the following: roads, pads, bridges, airstrip, above ground pipelines/power cables/fiber optic cables, horizontally directionally drilled under river pipeline bores, housing, utilities, warehouses and shops, process modules, piperacks, and all interconnection scope.

Position Summary

The Willow Construction Field Planner reports to the Willow Field Superintendent and is a core member of the Willow construction team. The position is responsible assisting the Field superintendent with coordination and prioritization of work scope, analyzing contractor progress against the plan, recommending recovery plans, developing reporting documents, coordinating and prioritizing materials deliveries and supporting Technical Query responses.

The Construction Field Planner Lead is a specialist, knowledgeable in all aspects of construction installation methodology and contract management. The Construction Field Planner Lead possesses a specialized skillset in at least one aspect of the construction industry: Civil (Ice, Gravel, Bridge erection, & VSM/Piling), Pipelines, Structural Steel Erection, Mechanical (Piping, HVAC Systems, & Rotating Equipment), or Electrical, Instrumentation and controls.

Key Roles And Responsibilities

As part of the Willow Construction Team the Willow Construction Field Planner supports field construction activities as listed below:

Planning & Execution

• Review construction permits and stipulations, engineering drawings, identify execution constraints, hazards, and provide input to the field construction plan for each year’s work scope.
• Participate in the constructability process and provide feedback to the Willow construction engineers.
• Provide input to the construction support strategies and processes (bedspace needs, aviation, ground transportation, construction equipment, fuel forecast, material delivery, and laydown requirements).
• Analyze contractor performance of work, evaluate recovery plans, coordinate with discipline superintendents to establish critical path scopes, develop bedspace priorities in support of critical path
• Identify and participate in interface management activities. Ensure all interfaces are clearly communicated to the installation contractor.
• Implement COP lessons learned processes, maintain the lessons learned log, and facilitate formal lessons learned meeting after each construction season.
• Coordinate with external resources as required to support installation scope activities (i.e., Subject Matter Experts, Operations, Technical Authorities, etc).
• Actively promote Company knowledge sharing; apply best practices, synergies, and lessons learned from other projects and operations.
• Develop and maintain priority lists of materials to be delivered to contractor staging areas, coordinate needs with the Company logistics team
• Validate required on site dates for owner supplied materials and fabricated components meet the contractor installation requirements
• Support the Construction Engineer with input to Technical Queries (TQ’s) responses
• Responsible for summarizing daily and weekly reports for the field team as well as distribution of the reporting
  
  

HSE

• 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.
• Participate in the COPA adopted Behavior Based Safety (BBS) observation system.
  
  

Qualification Requirements

Basic / Required:

• Must possess a valid driver’s license
• 10+ years of construction industry experience
  
  

Preferred

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Construction, or foreign equivalent
• 5+ years of construction in Arctic conditions
• 3+ years of experience with ConocoPhillips Capital Projects Management System (CPMS)
• 3+ years of experience on ConocoPhillips North Slope construction or maintenance projects
• Advanced level interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated performance as part of a team working on a large project and interfacing with project leadership
• Advanced level multi-tasking skills with ability to manage multiple ongoing activities
• 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
  
  

ConocoPhillips contract opportunities are for project-based or other short-term engagements that require specialized skills. Successful candidates for contract opportunities will not be considered employees of ConocoPhillips or any of its subsidiaries nor will candidates be eligible for employment benefits. Candidates looking for regular full-time employment opportunities should begin their search here: https://careers.conocophillips.com/