Project Manager, RZR Deployment

About the role

Nabors is a leading provider of advanced technology for the energy industry. With operations in about 20 countries, Nabors has established a global network of people, technology and equipment to deploy solutions that deliver safe, efficient and responsible hydrocarbon production. By leveraging its core competencies, particularly in drilling, engineering, automation, data science and manufacturing, Nabors aims to innovate the future of energy and enable the transition to a lower carbon world. The Project Manager plans, coordinates, and drives execution of RZR deployments and the supporting readiness work required to move RZR from Canrig Engineering validation and initial field commissioning into sustained Drilling Operations ownership. Working day to day with the project managers embedded in Canrig Engineering, Rig Engineering, Manufacturing, Drilling Operations, Service Delivery, and Quality, and with HSE, Commercial, and customer teams, this role converts the deployment strategy set by the Director into one integrated schedule, readiness gates, action plans, and clear owners. The Project Manager also owns the status reporting and presentations that give the Director, VP Drilling, and senior leadership a consistent view of RZR deployment health. This role delivers the disciplined project execution that customers have asked for: trusted timelines, a repeatable process, visible risks, and closed-loop follow-through on training, spares, documentation, and test-rig activity. The Project Manager does not hold technical design authority (retained by Canrig Engineering) or sustained field operating ownership (held by Drilling Operations); the role owns the plan, the coordination, and the evidence that each deployment is ready.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain integrated deployment plans, work breakdown structures, milestones, and critical-path schedules for each RZR deployment, from readiness planning through mobilization, operational acceptance, and stabilization.
• Drive execution against plan across Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Service Delivery, and customer commitments; adjust sequencing as constraints change and communicate schedule impacts early.
• Coordinate rig, crew, equipment, test-rig, and critical-spares availability so deployment dates are based on confirmed readiness rather than assumed dates.
• Maintain a single source of truth for deployment status, dependencies, owners, and due dates that leadership and customers can rely on.
• Run deployment kickoffs, working sessions, and post-deployment retrospectives with clear agendas, decisions, and tracked actions.
• Administer the readiness gates and transition criteria defined by the Director, collecting evidence from Engineering, Quality, HSE, Operations, and Training and confirming completion before handoff.
• Track completion of commissioning punch-list items, procedures, operating documentation, training, support coverage, and escalation paths for each deployment.
• Facilitate the handoff from Canrig Engineering commissioning to Drilling Operations, documenting accountability, open items, and acceptance decisions.
• Escalate readiness gaps to the Director with a clear recommendation, impact assessment, and proposed owner rather than carrying unresolved risk forward.
• Maintain risk, issue, and dependency registers for active deployments; assess schedule, safety, quality, cost, and customer impact; and drive mitigations to closure.
• Support root-cause analysis and corrective and preventive actions for deployment issues, repeat failures, and field escalations, coordinating technical input from Engineering and Operations.
• Manage scope and schedule change through a documented change-control process, including impact analysis and stakeholder approval.
• Capture lessons learned from every deployment and track assigned improvements through to completion.
• Serve as the day-to-day coordination point with the project managers in Canrig Engineering, Rig Engineering, Manufacturing, Drilling Operations, and Service Delivery, aligning their departmental plans, milestones, and dependencies into one integrated RZR deployment schedule.
• Run a recurring cross-departmental PM working session to review progress, surface cross-team dependencies and conflicts, confirm owners and dates, and track decisions and actions to closure.
• Resolve conflicting priorities and resource requests with peer project managers at the working level and escalate those that require leadership decisions.
• Create and issue recurring status reports on RZR deployment progress, covering schedule, milestones, readiness-gate status, risks, issues, decisions needed, and customer impact.
• Consolidate inputs from departmental project managers into consistent, accurate reporting, validating data and resolving discrepancies before it reaches leadership.
• Develop executive-ready presentations and dashboards for the Director, VP Drilling, and senior leadership reviews that lead with the message, the risk, and the ask.
• Prepare customer-facing deployment updates and supporting materials in coordination with the Director and Commercial teams.
• Maintain a clear reporting cadence and templates so status is predictable, comparable across deployments, and available without ad hoc requests.
• Track and report project budget, actuals, and forecast against