Principal Engineer - Commissioning
Project Position: Principal Engineer - Commissioning-Mechanical Scope Of Responsibilities Lead a team of commissioning engineers in carrying out Pre-Commissioning/Commissioning & Start-up activities.
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Scope Of Responsibilities
Lead a team of commissioning engineers in carrying out Pre-Commissioning/Commissioning & Start-up activities.
Provide necessary technical information for the other disciplines during the project.
Coordinate the work within the budgeted man hour and project schedule.
Primary Duties
Identify requirements and scope of work, review specifications, drawings and other documents of the project and establish applicability to the scope of work.
Carry out a detailed assessment of the commissioning work involved and assess the available resources and possible constraints in its execution.
Ability to review contractual documents and identify project requirements and constraints / risks.
Provide necessary inputs to commissioning proposals at the bidding stage.
Inspect and ensure all construction activities are completed prior to taking up the system for commissioning and ensure the setting up of safety procedures for the same.
Ensure that all safety and precautionary requirements and procedures are followed during the commissioning.
Responsible to discussed and get the approval of Pre-Commissioning, Commissioning and Operations procedures from clients.
Ability to lead subcontractor for the safe execution of Pre-Commissioning / Commissioning activities in line with the schedule.
Manages risk as assigned by commissioning manager, project management and/or site management by reviewing risk on a regular basis.
Hold regular review of risk assessment/meeting with the client on issues such as HSE.
Be aware of cost monitoring, control expenses, and report overruns to management.
Be continually present on the field to guarantee the quality and progress of the work.
Lead commissioning & start-up multi-disciplinary team building project execution.
Clear punch list items as necessary after checking at site.
Regularly contact discipline engineers and supervisors for solving problems related to project execution work safely.
Regularly communication with Sub-contractor execution team.
Liaise & Coordinate with commissioning engineers and provide them support and guidelines for technical commissioning related issues
Perform any other related duties and responsibilities as and when directed by the Supervisor
Mechanical
Ability to produce project specific procedures, Preservation & Maintenance check sheets, matrix and schedules.
Ability to find out technical problems associated with rotating/static equipment and mechanical packages/valves are identified and resolved or coordinated with the respective vendor.
Ability to preserve and maintain rotating equipment after equipment commissioning and start-up.
Preparation of RFQ’s and evaluation of vendor technical bids and preparation of technical bid analysis for all specialist services activities.
Assessing the requirements of special tools/temporary facilities/equipment required for pre-commissioning and commissioning.
Ability to participate in model reviews of the plant with respect to Accessibility & Maintainability requirements.
Ability to perform & guide various activities related to rotating equipment likes lube oil flushing, alignment, lubrication, vibration checks, start-up etc.
Ability to perform & guide various activities related to static equipment likes proper installation of internal inside the vessels as per drawing & specifications.
Ability to perform & guide in air blowing, flushing, leak testing, drying & inerting of various piping.
Ability to perform & guide in various activities such as mechanical interlock, pipeline pigging activities, spring support, hot & cold setting.
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