Lead Project Engineer (Aтырау 21/01/2020)

About the role

Leads the project engineering and coordination effort on a wide range of engineering, execution planning, tender preparation and permitting activities pursued as part of project development for Concept Selection, Pre-FEED and FEED, Engineering and Construction. Delivers assigned projects safely and cost effectively.

Responsibilities

• Develop Project Execution Plans and other key project development deliverables making use of other function expertise (Construction, Quality, HSE, C&P, etc.) within NDD.
• Develop Contracting and Procurement Strategies making use of C&P expertise and aligning market intelligence.
• Review the validity/acceptability of contractors’ multi-discipline engineering submittals to meet Project Execution Plans, Contract requirements, Company procedures, technical specifications, project execution best practices and guide the contractors as appropriate.
• Coordinate activities with involvement of other Company directorates, NDD functional departments on information/data gathering, alignment of strategies/best practices to be applied on the projects, engineering solutions required for developing the project and better definition of the scope.
• Monitor progress and performance of all contractors involved on a wide range of activities, ensure their alignment on inputs/outputs, timing for deliverables, consistency of the basis, assumptions and information used.
• Act as a focal point and common interface for consolidating and complete reflection of all the elements of the project concept in key concept documents, drawings, philosophies and ensure consistency across the entire spectrum of deliverables.
• Provide technical support; liaise with all relevant directorates and departments and company management to ensure proper coordination of project development.
• Take part and lead the effort of preparing ITT packages (FEED, engineering, equipment and/or construction), development of bidder evaluation criteria, coordinating the market intelligence or technical queries, conducting the tenders and putting recommendations with assessment results.
• Create and validate responses to Technical Queries, Change Requests, Technical Notes, Non-Conformance Reports as required.
• Coordinate the effort for developing the tender packs for permit application packages and survey contracts.
• Contribute to the development of Vendor Development and Local Content Development Plans and input the impact to Project Execution Plan and contracting strategy for the execution phase of the project.
• Handle all issue/queries raised by other disciplines and contractors.
• Coordinate and arrange all required project reviews, checkpoints, validations, technical reviews and endorsements by CoV or independent reviewers (e.g., IPA).
• Manage and control change in scope, cost and schedule.
• Implement Risk Management process on assigned projects and ensure all key risks have an appropriate mitigation strategy in place.
• Implement HSE Management System requirements in the engineering & procurement activities.
• Identify and effectively manage key project interfaces.
• Assure that the adequate level of communication and cooperation is set and maintained with other functions within Company as well as local authorities.
• Manage performance of the Engineering/Construction Contracts i.e., ensuring sustained high performance on HSE, scope delivery, cost and schedule.
• Support the Project Manager on all aspects of the project management/development activities.
• Certify time sheets and related invoices of involved contractors.
• Close-out assigned projects including as-building and updating operating documents as required.
• Conduct Lesson Learned reviews throughout the project life cycle to apply and capture lessons.

Qualifications

• University degree in an engineering discipline.
• A minimum of 6–8 years of experience in the Oil & Gas industry in a Project Engineering role.
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in a leading role on major projects.
• Experience in project development of Oil & Gas projects in both offshore and onshore environments.
• Experience in planning, budgeting and cost control.
• Experience addressing permit applications and local content development aspects.

Competencies

• Good interpersonal skills, leadership qualities, communication and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in Concept Select, FEED and Execution phases of Oil & Gas projects.
• Ability to analyze and verify effectively, assimilate technical issues and develop means for problem solving.
• Ability to integrate into a team environment focusing on project deliverables completion.
• Ability to liaise with equipment vendors and interface with in-house technical specialists and other engineering disciplines.
• Ability to work effectively with engineering, fabrication/construction contractors and interface management with Company specialists.
• Ability to write technical/process reports.
• Capability of working on multiple tasks simultaneously under time-constrained conditions.
• Proactive approach to the decision process.
• Full understanding of the importance of planning and executing projects.
• Demonstrate leadership and personal commitment in HSE.
• Proficient with computers (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Project).
• Fluent in written and spoken English.
• Overseas work or study experience would be an advantage.

Location: Atyrau 5/2