Opportunities in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Job Overview:

The Principal Project Engineer is responsible for interpreting internal or external business issues and recommending best practices. They will be tasked with solving complex project engineering-related problems and will work independently with minimal guidance. The Principal Project Engineer may be responsible for leading functional teams or projects and is regarded as a specialist in the field of project engineering. As such, they must have in-depth expertise in project engineering as well as broad knowledge of the project engineering discipline within the engineering function.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Manage the engineering scope of a McDermott project

• Establish and implement project procedures to ensure deliverables meet quality and technical content requirements in accordance with contract documents

• Manage the technical execution to support the business considerations established for the project

• May be responsible for a Unit/Area, a specific function, or may be assigned the Project Engineering Manager role depending upon the size and complexity of the project

• Regularly requested to support the preparation of proposals for prospective projects

• May be assigned as the Project Engineering Manager (PEM) for smaller or medium size EPC projects

• Practice and promote Safety in designs and work processes

• Help prepare and understand the requirements of Engineering in the contract documents

• Provide direction to and coordinate with the Engineering and Design Leads on an assigned project

• Develop and implement the Project Execution Plan

• Incorporate multi-office execution as appropriate (MOPEX)

• Develop internal/external Division of Responsibility (DOR) matrix as required

• Prepare a Project Coordination Procedure

• Communicate project requirements to the team

• Supervise and provide guidance to other Project Engineers

• Ensure effective communication among engineering disciplines

• Document discussions and decisions related to the design

• Prepare, review, and approve meeting minutes

• Prepare, review, and approve Technical Queries, Design Deviations

• Prepare, review, and approve responses to RFI’s and other correspondence

• Prepare and approve weekly and monthly reports for management

• Assume responsibility for cost, schedule, quantity, and budget control

• Manage change effectively and proactively

• Develop and maintain Project Engineering documents

• Assemble and approve the Engineering Staffing Plan

• Equipment List

• Potential Change Notices

• Weekly and Monthly reports for management

• Action item lists (internal and external)

• Review work with clients, management, and project leads

• Coordinate third-party interfaces

• Identify problems and coordinate with the engineering team to correct

• Lead orderly handover and archiving of the completed project

• Approve and submit the closeout report

• Review and approve Lessons Learned submitted

• Review and provide input to Company work processes and procedures as requested

Reports to: Project: Project Engineering Manager, Project Manager Functionally: Manager of Project Engineering/Eng Director Liaise With: Project Engineer, PEM, PM, Discipline Lead Engineers, Eng Dept Managers, Construction/Fabrication team, Project Controls, Finance Supervises: Project Engineer; Engineering Discipline Leads on a Project (as PEM)

Essential Qualifications and Education:

• Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree in Engineering

• 2-4 years of experience as Project Engineering Manager on a project

• Minimum 10 years of proven EPC project engineering experience in offshore oil and gas projects

• Strong understanding of multidisciplinary engineering coordination and procurement engineering activities

• Demonstrated ability to manage and coordinate engineering deliverables across multiple disciplines throughout the project lifecycle

• Experience working on Saudi Aramco / KJO projects will be considered a significant advantage

• Excellent communication, coordination, and stakeholder management skills are preferred

• Requires depth and/or breadth of expertise in own specialized discipline or field

• Field assignment experience

• Experience in International Projects

• Experience with multi-office (MOPEX) execution

• Experience in execution as part of a Joint Venture or Consortium Group

• Experience developing proposals and contractual documentation

• Experience in revamping (Brownfield) and grassroots (Greenfield) projects

• Demonstrates a broad technical knowledge of detailed design engineering codes and standards

• Familiar with detailed engineering and design work procedures and processes

• Able to read and understand contractual documentation

• Able to effectively communicate with all stakeholders on a project

• Solves complex problems; takes a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions

• Works independently or with guidance in complex situations

• Expected to lead functional teams or projects

• Leads others to solve complex problems, uses sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgment and identify innovative solutions

• Explains difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view

• Preferably Registered Engineer in Training (ElT) or member of a professional engineering society as applicable

• Show flexibility and ensure proper hand-over with regards to:

• The reassignment to other departments, construction sites, and fabrication yards

• The replacement of colleagues during illness and holidays

• The provision of assistance to other colleagues with heavy workloads (also other projects) when possible/desirable

• The managing/learning of future current working methods and software applications

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