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We are working with a Major Oil & Gas operator to source a
Head Project Engineer Utilities - Offsite. The position will be based in Ras Laffan Industrial City and is responsible to provide project management and technical assistance to the EPC-1 Area Division Managers for Utilities and Inlet / Offsites / HeRu#4 / CO2. This is a long-term contract role working on a residential basis 6-days per week / 10 hours per day. Please see details below:
Title:
Head Project Engineer Utilities - Offsite
Start Date: Negotiable (typically within 1 month notice)
Duration: 36 months (potential for extension)
Location: Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar
Working Schedule: 6-days per week / 10 hours per day
Key Accountabilities
- Project management in general, preparation or finalization of technical notes and presentations, transverse coordination with the EPC-1 Project Management Leadership Team, interface coordination and reporting for engineering, procurement, construction, pre-commissioning, commissioning, handover and completion.
- Provide daily support to the EPC-1 Area Division Managers for Utilities and Inlet/Offsites/HeRu#4/CO2 in all aspects of the works, with a strong management of change interface within the EPC-1 Project Management Leadership team and with the EPC-1 Contractor CTJV for the review and assessment of CTJV’s change requests and change orders.
- Understand interdisciplines dependencies to be able to make judgements on project management and technical decisions. Communicate key project management, technical issues and risks to the EPC-1 Area Division Managers for Utilities and Inlet/Offsites/HeRu#4/CO2 to facilitate mitigations /actions and decision making to maintain project schedule.
- Coordinate, prepare, review and finalize Project documents and correspondences such as: technical notes, schedule and critical paths analysis, decision records, progress reporting, outline budget, minutes of meeting, letters, memos, PowerPoint presentations, MOC trends, interface queries and agreements.
- Motivated to be based at the construction site from assignment until handovers to ensure coordination and involvement in field engineering (Site modifications), QA-QC, construction, vendor assistance, pre-commissioning, commissioning, handover and completion activities. Participate in the coordination of site activities where other EPC’s interface with EPC-1 (site visits, schedule reviews, method statement reviews etc.) and be a proposal lead when interface issues, gaps, misalignments arise.
- Coordinate inputs to the EPC-1 Project Weekly meeting, minutes of meeting and actions list, similarly with the monthly meeting with OES Start-up managers.
Experience required:
- Bachelor’s Degree in engineering – generalist engineer also acceptable.
- Minimum 15 years of experience in multicultural project execution related environment within the oil and gas industry (LNG would be a plus) with proven knowledge and experience of project management, detailed engineering, interfaces management, project controls and planning, construction and commissioning.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent written and spoken English skills.
- Strong technical and analytical skills.
- Good planning and organisational skills.
- Good influencing and negotiation skills.
- Computer literacy involving the regular use of professional office and technical applications.
- “Think out of the box” approach technical skills required to successfully perform the role.