Principal Flowline Leader

Job Requirements

• Lead business development and operational delivery across a regional portfolio of flowlines (or a major single client where scale requires).

• Act as an Architect for 90% of the role, designing operating models, flowline structures, governance, and maturity plans; act as Executor for 10%, handling escalations and targeted interventions.

• Apply Lean principles and continuous improvement to drive productivity, flow, OTD, and performance (Green/Black Belt‑level competence desirable).

• Use data‑driven decision making, gathering and interpreting fragmented or complex data to create clear insights and improvement actions.

• Operate as a systems thinker with strong commercial understanding—focused on outcomes, not traditional engineering detail.

• Demonstrate excellent communication, teamwork, curiosity, and the ability to influence at all organisational levels, including the Executive Board.

Role Purpose

The Principal Flowline Manager is responsible for the strategic architecture, performance, and growth of a portfolio of operational flowlines. This role blends business development, operational delivery leadership, and systems‑level design to ensure the flowlines operate efficiently, profitably, and in alignment with customer and business expectations.

Approximately 90% of the role focuses on being an Architect—designing the operating model, shaping the flowline structure, aligning capabilities, and driving continuous improvement. The remaining 10% focuses on execution, providing leadership on escalations and targeted intervention when necessary. The role may span a regional portfolio of clients, or—where scale requires—be dedicated to a single strategic client.

This is a role for a systems thinker, commercially minded and delivery‑focused—not a traditional engineer—capable of turning complex data, fragmented information, and business needs into clear operational strategies and results.