About the Role
This position involves overseeing the development of engineering deliverables necessary for the successful implementation of projects executed under EPCM contracts. The role requires designing and developing innovative technical approaches to complex engineering challenges while contributing to continuous business improvement initiatives. The successful candidate will lead a multidisciplinary engineering team, fostering technical excellence and collaboration, while ensuring the timely delivery of engineering and design outputs that meet quality standards and project objectives.
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Primary Responsibilities
- Oversee the development of engineering deliverables necessary for the successful implementation of projects executed under EPCM contracts.
- Design and develop innovative technical approaches to complex engineering challenges and contribute to continuous business improvement initiatives.
- Develop and lead a multidisciplinary engineering team, fostering technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous professional development.
- Drive work methods, processes, and systems that ensure engineering and design deliverables are completed to the required quality standards, within agreed schedules and budgets.
- Provide clear communication and coordination between engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, operations, and other project stakeholders.
- Drive continuous improvement in engineering effectiveness and efficiency through elimination, simplification, standardization, and automation while maintaining high-quality engineering and design outcomes.
Specific Accountabilities
- Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the OneWay™ framework and proactively promote it within the team to support Zero Harm Behaviour.
- Ensure safe engineering and design practices are applied throughout project execution.
- Ensure overall technical integrity and safe design principles are maintained across all projects.
- Ensure engineering team members fulfill their responsibilities related to safety, quality, and technical compliance.
- Coordinate multi-discipline engineering activities and resolve inter-discipline issues and conflicts.
- Implement and maintain engineering change management processes.
- Coordinate technical and peer reviews of engineering deliverables.
- Identify requirements for specialist technical support and engage subject matter experts as needed.
- Manage interfaces between engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and other project stakeholders.
- Monitor engineering progress and ensure alignment with project objectives, schedules, and budgets.
- Support project risk management activities by identifying and mitigating engineering-related risks.
- Promote lessons learned and continuous improvement initiatives across the engineering team.
Essential Skills and Experience
- Minimum 20 years of experience in Oil & Gas Design and Engineering.
- Experience performing as a professional engineer for projects and plant modifications from Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) through execution, commissioning, and start-up.
- Minimum 5-10 years of experience as an Engineering Manager leading multidisciplinary engineering teams in Brownfield Oil & Gas project delivery environments.
- Proven experience managing engineering activities across multiple disciplines within complex project execution environments.
- Experience in the Middle East is an advantage.
- Experience in front-end engineering, detailed design, project execution, commissioning, and start-up.
- Strong project management and leadership experience.
- Experience managing engineering support for procurement, construction, and commissioning phases.
Required Competencies
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent.
- Professional Engineering status or equivalent professional registration.
- Proven leadership skills and strong personal drive to achieve project objectives and deadlines.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and manage multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
- Team player with clear evidence of collaborating effectively to achieve business goals.
- Ability to work and manage in a multicultural environment.
- Strong commitment to HSSE leadership and experience managing HSSE requirements throughout all project phases.
- Demonstrated experience managing multidisciplinary engineering and design activities within the Oil & Gas industry.
Benefits and Culture
We are focused on a values-inspired culture that unlocks brilliance through belonging, connection, and innovation, and we strive to build a diverse, inclusive, and respectful workplace. Our goal is to create a space where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves, and are heard. We are committed to reskilling our people, leveraging transferable skills, and supporting the transition of our workforce to become experts in today’s low carbon energy infrastructure and technology. There are no barriers to potential career success within our organization, as we offer diverse opportunities for growth and development, helping to broaden horizons and deliver sustainable change.
