About the Role
The Senior Manager Project Engineering is responsible for developing departmental plans that include business, production, and organizational priorities. This leadership role requires multi-disciplinary expertise and a comprehensive understanding of the industry to meet financial and operational objectives. The Senior Manager oversees multiple related teams, sets organizational priorities, and allocates resources effectively. The position involves identifying and resolving a variety of complex technical, operational, and organizational issues, significantly impacting business results through support for function-specific projects, products, services, technologies, and developing policies and plans.
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Responsibilities
Key Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Manage the engineering scope of projects.
- Establish and implement project procedures to ensure that deliverables meet quality and technical requirements as outlined in contract documents.
- Manage the technical execution to support business considerations set for projects.
- Administer and provide technical management of the department.
- Assign staffing for Project Engineering positions on projects and proposals.
- Promote a “Safety as a Value” culture.
- Manage various administrative and technical aspects of the Project Engineering Department, including:
- Establishing a budget and salary plan for the department.
- Identifying and recruiting staff for Project Engineering positions.
- Maintaining appropriate staffing levels based on projected workload.
- Providing leadership and training for professional development of staff.
- Identifying and correcting performance gaps.
- Maintaining company processes and procedures related to Project Execution.
- Allocate resources to ensure quality, timely, and cost-effective deliverables for projects and proposals.
- Ensure integrity of the work produced.
- Oversee cost, schedule, quantity, and budget control.
- Coordinate with other departments, fabrication, and construction to meet project requirements.
- Manage change proactively and effectively.
- Monitor project performance and provide input and support as necessary.
- Participate in monthly Project Reviews.
- Execute Project Engineering Assessment (PEA) for Project Engineering.
- Support proposal development.
- Contribute to the Lessons Learned process and continuous improvement initiatives within the company.
- Lead the implementation, enforcement, and verification of compliance with all company policies and procedures.
- Ensure that employees understand their responsibilities and authority for implementing all company policy requirements effectively.
- Ensure timely completion of all mandatory training for themselves and their teams.
Reporting Structure
- Reports to: Director of Engineering
- Supervises: Project Engineering Team, Manager of Project Engineering
- Liaises with: Project Engineer, Project Engineering Manager, Project Manager, Discipline Lead Engineers, Engineering Department Managers, Construction/Fabrication team, Project Controls, Finance, Proposals
Qualifications
Essential Qualifications and Education:
- 20+ years of proven experience in project engineering management.
- Experience managing offshore oil & gas projects at the EPC Detailed Engineering stage (fixed platforms and pipelines).
- Extensive experience with Middle East projects (required), with preference for Adnoc project experience.
- Experience in multiple office engineering execution.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and influencing skills.
- Background as a discipline engineer.
- Minimum: B.Eng / B.Sc Engineering degree; Preferred: Masters Degree / Chartered Engineer.
