Overall Job Purpose
Applies Project knowledge, Engineering knowledge and seasoned experience to independently manage the engineering and design of a project, resolve interface issues across different engineering disciplines and support the fabrication, installation, commissioning and start up of facilities and equipment/ utilities interface associated with the conversion and outfitting of FSO / FPSO tankers, conversion of MOPU jack-ups for production operations or deep water TLP projects.
Core Responsibilities
Evaluates all designs for subsystem components (involving participating in various design review meetings with the engineering department) from various perspectives including the perspective of the operation.
Monitors and analyses the effectiveness of the implementation of all engineering procedures.
Provides an efficient interface with all engineering systems and processes and ensures adherence to all best industry practices to resolve all client issues.
Administers and designs effective solutions to address all complex problems and coordinates with customer management on these matters.
Assists various departments in resolving all issues on engineering processes, including investigating all discrepancies in processes and recommending resolutions.
Identifies and manages right kind or resources to meet schedule and targets.
Coordinates with engineering support staff and engineers to provide assistance to all programs and monitors all vendor visits.
Identifies lessons learnt from previous projects and applies them in own area of work and ensures the disciplines concerned also take the lessons into account in doing their work.
Keeps abreast of knowledge of industry standards, documents the knowledge on relevant technologies and assists in advance research.
Contribute to continuous improvement of company development work methodology/procedures
Approval of calculations/RFQ/Technical bid analysis
Support management/project management in review, risk assessment, strategies, establishment, management and close-out of all engineering issues.
Ensures consistency of engineering design across all disciplines working on the project.
Independently develops solutions to non-recurring problems by analyzing, interpreting and evaluating various precedents and data. Anticipate potential problems and takes preventive actions.
Manage schedule & targets of the project as required
Define Design intent. Interface with all discipline to clarify/explain design intent and suggest alternatives when need arises
Monitor/Guide all discipline lead engineers assigned to the project
Monitors quality and productivity of engineering disciplines working on the project
Produces engineering progress reports and other reports/documents that might be delegated by the Project Manager.
Conduct performance assessment of engineers and Engineering Coordinators
Qualifications & Experience
Educational Qualification: Bachelor’s in engineering or equivalent
Ideally 20 years’ experience in onshore/offshore Oil & Gas area or FPSO line(s) or MS degree plus minimum 15 years relevant experience. A minimum 1 FPSO experience is necessary.
Adequate knowledge of all the interfaces between Topside and Marine Engineering, facilities/systems of FPSO with specific attention to his discipline, and working of all Process, Mechanical, Piping, Structure, Electrical & Telecom, Instrumentation and Marine engineering.
Knowledge of sequencing of engineering activities.
Must understand and interpret total Project life-cycle cost & benefit, as well as their implications during FEED & EPC phase planning & design.
Capability to review engineering deliverables of various disciplines and knowledge of the types of documents to be generated by each engineering department and the inputs involved.
Capable of defining design concepts during initial phase of the project considering HSE, constructability operability and maintainability.
Ability to organize meetings and liaise with class and client team to resolve issues.
Should understand FPSO design from Operability & Maintenance perspective.