Project Manager

BH-553410
  • Depends on Experience
  • United States Texas Houston
  • Contract
  • Oil & Gas
About the role:

A leading global lubricants organization is transitioning into a standalone company following a corporate separation. This contract Project Manager will coordinate post–Day 1 transition and stabilization activities across the U.S. and Canada, ensuring operational continuity, alignment to global workstreams, and progress toward independence—including tracking Transition Services Agreement (TSA) milestones and exit readiness.
What you’ll do
  • Coordinate U.S. and Canada post–Day 1 transition activities and maintain alignment with global functional workstreams.
  • Build and maintain integrated project plans, milestones, action trackers, RAID logs, and executive dashboards.
  • Track and manage cross-functional dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, TSA deliverables, and exit readiness.
  • Facilitate governance routines (status meetings, reviews), stakeholder communications, and escalations.
  • Monitor stabilization and readiness metrics; drive handoff of work into business-as-usual ownership.
  • Prepare clear, concise status reports, presentations, and leadership updates.
What we’re looking for
  • 5–10 years of project/program management experience.
  • Experience supporting separations, carve-outs, acquisitions, TSAs, and/or large-scale transformations.
  • Strong capabilities in planning, governance, risk/issue management, stakeholder alignment, and executive reporting.
  • Proven success coordinating across regional and global teams.
  • Advanced skills in Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint.
Success measures
  • On-time delivery of transition and TSA milestones.
  • Risks/dependencies identified early, managed effectively, and escalated appropriately.
  • Strong U.S.–global coordination with accurate, consistent executive reporting.
  • Operational stability achieved and transition objectives met.


With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.

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