Senior Engineer, Projects

About the Role
This role involves managing and coordinating multidisciplinary engineering and procurement activities to ensure that assigned projects are executed in a safe, efficient, cost-effective, and timely manner within the required scope and quality. You will act as the primary technical coordination interface with internal and external stakeholders to ensure that shareholder and/or senior management expectations are satisfied while ensuring the project meets approved Basis of Design, Performance Guarantees, and all applicable regulatory codes and standards.

Key Accountabilities
Job Specific Accountabilities
Projects Engineering Management

• Provide and coordinate technical inputs into business cases, technical proposals, and conceptual developments, as well as coordinate design and materials specifications.
• Review a variety of source material and participate in various meetings to establish future project requirements in the assigned field. Provide basic technical and administrative inputs for taking projects from initiation to drafting and submission of requirements proposals, including defining, reviewing, and refining scopes and objectives and advising on alternatives where appropriate.
• Participate in the refinement of initial proposals into coherent viable project plans. Coordinate and participate in the revision and refinement of initial project designs, specifications, costs, and phasing preparation of project strategy in conjunction with user departments and other divisions such as Finance and Commercial Support.
• Lead project management documents pertaining to Front End Engineering Phases - Business Cases / Feasibility (FEL-1), Pre-FEED (FEL-2), FEED (FEL-3), and EPC Execution Phase.
• Provide consultation and support services related to project management, including cost estimating services, scheduling, best practices solutions, claim analysis, procurement, benchmarking, and overseeing the healthiness of projects in development and execution stages.
• Prepare overall work programs, terms of reference for contractors, project standards, and working procedures. Establish the basis for the project execution phase
• Ensure all projects are implemented in accordance with sound project management principles and established company procedures and standards, exercising overall control over the budget and costs of the project and each contract. Review and endorse contract purchase recommendations and variations throughout all phases of the project, ensuring that approved plans are updated accordingly.
• Support project team by attending Tender Board Meetings, reporting on the financial situation of the project, and appraising contractors’ overall performance for quality, cost, schedule, and HSE, ensuring corrective actions are taken.
• Prepare and review weekly highlights and monthly progress reports covering all engineering, procurement, and construction activities.
• Develop cost estimates and negotiate agreements and change orders during detailed design and execution.
• Implement Risk Management & Controls by reviewing risk registers and mitigation strategies.
• Provide professional expertise in the selection of contractors, focusing on pre-qualification and bid evaluation, as well as site management related to overall logistics.
• Communicate ongoing changes/variations in project scope, identify potential risks, and devise mitigation plans.
• Coach, mentor, motivate, and lead project team members to accomplish accountability for assigned project tasks.
• Contribute to the development of detailed statements of requirements (SOR) and strategies for the implementation of various project phases such as FEED, detailed engineering, construction, and commissioning.
• Participate in the development of tender documents for selecting Engineering Consultants, PMCs, and Contractors.
• Review and comment on contractor documentation, consolidate comments from concerned parties, and issue to contractors, resolving conflicting comments to ensure the submission of the required documentation in the specified format.
• Lead and supervise the activities of assigned specialists during engineering and construction phases.
• Monitor the progress of work performed by licensors, engineering, and EPC contractors. Identify bottlenecks and recommend corrective actions to ensure smooth and timely project completion.
• Review contractors' subcontracting strategy and pre-qualification of subcontractors, ensuring alignment with scope of work and specifications.
• Ensure relevant specifications are applied in selecting equipment, materials, systems, work methods, and testing for effective project management.
• Ensure application of value-added strategies in construction methods and procedures to promote cost-effectiveness.
• Ensure safety of work methods, procedures, and installations. Review site safety audit plans and lead the team for site safety audits.
• Review contractors’ organization for construction and commissioning. Review and coordinate pre-commissioning and commissioning procedures, plans, and activities.
• Review contractors’ invoices and monitor contract costs in liaison with Cost Service while evaluating cost trends and advising respective Project Manager as necessary.
• Monitor and manage project completion punch lists to ensure that construction and commissioning activities are completed and accepted to allow the release of PAC to contractors.

Sites (Projects Coordination)

• Act as the focal point at the site for project coordination activities and interfaces with the company’s various departments, contractors, and management consultants to ensure effective coordination across projects.
• Provide End User inputs at various project stages to ensure necessary specifications are made, controlling End User integration in pre-commissioning, commissioning, test-runs, and maintenance for a smooth take-over of new installations.
• Participate in optimization studies, HAZOP, equipment and package selections, and testing and acceptance through Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) and Site Acceptance Test (SAT).
• Organize and lead site visits requested by contractors; control and respond to TQs/RFIs from PMC and contractors.
• Set and oversee observance of quality and control standards for all activities carried out under jurisdiction in assigned projects.
• Deliver major development projects within set targets for HSE, quality, cost, and schedule.

Generic Accountabilities
Supervision

• Plan, supervise, and coordinate all engineering activities in assigned projects to meet functional objectives.
• Train and develop assigned staff on relevant skills to enable proficiency on the job and deliver respective project objectives.

Policies, Processes, Systems, Procedures, and Controls

• Implement approved functional policies, processes, systems, standards, and procedures to support execution of work programs in line with company and international standards.

Budgets

• Provide input for preparing assigned project budgets and assist in implementing approved budgets and work plans to achieve project objectives.
• Investigate and highlight significant variances to support effective performance and cost control.

Performance Management

• Contribute to the achievement of approved performance objectives for assigned projects in line with the company performance framework.

Innovation and Continuous Improvement

• Design and propose new tools and techniques to enhance the quality and efficiency of operational processes.
• Identify improvements in internal processes against best practices to pursue greater efficiency and define intelligent solutions for challenges.

Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) and Sustainability

• Comply with relevant HSE policies, procedures & controls, applicable legislation, and sustainability guidelines in line with international standards and best practices.
• Participate in emergency response duties as a team member.

Communications & Working Relationships
Internal

• Reports to the Project Manager and interacts with team members on ongoing assigned projects activities.
• Maintains strong working relationships with similar ranks/job titles within the organization and outside the Operation & Projects Division.
• Engages frequently with Reservoir, Operations teams, and other functions/directorates as required.

External

• Establish frequent contact with service contractors, suppliers, and vendors.
• Interact with shareholder technical representatives and OPCO to exchange information for business improvement and operational best practices.
• Communicate regularly with consultants, contractors, and third-party service providers on projects carried out to establish relationships or obtain supply of goods and services.

Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge & Skills
Minimum Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant Engineering discipline or equivalent.
• A Master’s degree in Engineering Management, Business Administration, or equivalent is preferred.

Minimum Experience, Knowledge & Skills

• A minimum of 10 years of project management experience in the Oil and Gas industry, with at least 5 years in a relevant senior supervisory role, managing engineering multidisciplinary functions and consultants/contractors for the design and execution of assets/facilities. Exposure to preparation of FEED and Design packages is required.
• Previous solid experience in Upstream Onshore Projects is preferred.
• Familiarity with planning and scheduling methods such as CPM and PERT, company accounting practices, project accountability budgeting, and expenditures and financial aspects of projects is necessary.
• Excellent communication skills, facilitating the simplification of complex scenarios for others.
• Demonstrable project management skills for short, mid, and long-term projects with a direct impact.
• Strong people management skills and ability to mentor and support the development of team members.

Professional Certifications

• AACE, PMI - PMP/RMP/SP or a professional engineering board certification would be an added advantage.

Technical Competencies

• Sound knowledge of HSE principles and their applications in the Oil and Gas industry.
• Strong project engineering competence and practice according to a formal framework.
• Specialized experience in high H2S and CO2 processes.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in Work Management, Planning & Scheduling.
• Expert knowledge of third-party/vendor management processes.
• Thorough knowledge of contract drafting and examination.