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Senior Engineer

PetrofacAbu Dhabi, UAE1 weeks agoSenior
Seniorcontract

Skills

engineeringdesignproject management

About This Role

Overview

Petrofac is a leading international service provider to the energy industry, with a diverse client portfolio including many of the world’s leading energy companies.

We design, build, manage and maintain infrastructure for our clients.

We recruit, reward, and develop our people based on merit regardless of race, nationality, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status or disability.

We value our people and treat everyone who works for or with Petrofac fairly and without discrimination.

The world is re-thinking its energy supply and energy security needs; planning for a phased transition to alternative energy sources.

We are here to help our clients meet these evolving energy needs.

This is an exciting time to join us on this journey.

We support flexible working requests and have adopted a hybrid approach for most of our office-based roles.

We ask employees to be present in the office at least three days per week.

***Are you ready to bring the right energy to Petrofac and help us deliver a better future for everyone?***

**JOB TITLE:** **Senior Engineer – Construction**

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage, coordinate and supervise the construction process through final construction and handover to Completions on a timely and economical basis.
  • Responsible for coordinating and managing contractors, materials and equipment, schedules and contracts whilst meeting clients and international standards of quality.
  • Manage the construction activities and execute the construction work in line with the delivery
  • schedule, contract specifications and conditions
  • Supports the construction contractors by removing impediments to progress, assisting in the
  • development of their construction schedule, agreeing a construction sequence (path of construction), and ensuring that the contractors have the materials, engineering deliverables, tools, and resources that are required for successful execution and complete delivery within the required time frame.
  • Implements the requirements of the Construction Execution Plan (CEP)
  • Ensures that the constructability process is implemented in the design phase and ensure
  • participation of construction personnel in all project model reviews
  • Develops a clear organization chart for the construction personnel on site with realistic distribution of the work capacity with respect to the capacity of the individuals
  • Demonstrates a strong commitment and ownership of health, safety and Environmental excellence.
  • Ensure adherence to the project and corporate HSE procedures and maintain a safe working
  • environment.
  • Contributes to the 90 days and 6-weeks look-ahead plans, and implements work in agreed sequence
  • Is familiar with project and subcontractor contracts, and records all changes in accordance with Management of Change procedure
  • Liaise with Client senior management and ensures good relations are maintained through project
  • Generates regular progress reports for review by management
  • Coordinates with Completions supervision to ensure completed work is handed over in agreed
  • sequence
  • Monitors subcontractor and vendor performance and contributes to project evaluation of these in
  • project close-out reports
  • Performs regular performance reviews and assessments of all subordinates during project. Gives
  • feedback as appropriate.
  • Strong advocate for quality construction installations and ensuring to construct the right way, the first time, in adherence to project and corporate quality assurance policies and procedures
  • Implementation of standard construction work processes (CPs), manuals, procedures, and systems
  • Promotes an open, honest, direct, and positive communication’s style. Manage the construction team
  • creating an atmosphere of cooperation and team spirit.
  • Develop the staff so that every supervisory position has a deputy able to stand in for absences and rotation leaves. Identify and mentor high potential personnel and recent college/university graduates and allow training time
  • Generates KPI’s for each of his subordinates that reflect his own and the projects, assesses his
  • subordinates and provides feedback accordingly.
  • Responsible for representing Petrofac in all construction related meetings with clients and
  • subcontractors and assuming all other responsibilities in the absence of Construction Director.
  • Ensure that good working relations are maintained with client throughout project.

Essential Qualifications And Skills

  • Minimum years’ experience of fabrication and assembly of Modules/Skids
  • Maximum years of experience in the oil & gas or related industry specifically in an international E&C
  • company with a diverse international workforce
  • Excellent leadership and communications skills
  • Ability to lead, motivate, resolve problems and inspire a diverse workforce and staff, and values
  • diversity
  • Commitment and ownership of HSE
  • Multiple discipline experience
  • Preference given to applicants with:
  • Experience working in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS/FSU), Middle East, and/or

North Africa

  • Relevant degree or diploma
  • Minimum years of experience in direct hire construction

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