Senior Project Engineer - Part-Time

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NES Fircroft is currently recruiting a Senior Project Engineer for our Oil & Gas Chemicals project.

As Senior Project Engineer, you will be responsible for supporting delivery of engineering excellence in their assigned project(s) through executing and delivering the engineering for an assigned project scope to schedule and in accordance with applicable procedures, specifications and standards. Specifically, you shall be responsible for:

• Coordinate a series of activities performed by engineers, designers and others from multiple engineering disciplines or departments, checks and issues engineering deliverables
• Schedule oversight, planning and resource forecasting for engineering activities relating to the project
• Ensure accurate and timely delivery of work, to the satisfaction of both internal and external customers
• Alert Project Manager in the event of potential delays or change; supports implementation of approved changes
• Coordinate and assure technical excellence of interdisciplinary project deliverables
• Coordinate, guide and mentor other Project Engineers in the management of work scope
• Manage interfaces between engineering disciplines to ensure the successful delivery of assigned work
• Coordinate a series of activities performed by engineers, designers and others from multiple engineering disciplines or departments, checks and issues engineering deliverables
  
  

Project Deliverables

• Contributes to the Project Execution Plan, Discipline Design Instruction and Contract requisitions; prepares project plans and multi-discipline documents such as basis of design, subcontract scopes of work
• Able to manage and coordinate engineering multidiscipline inputs and deliverables across multiple execution centres including workshare / high value engineering centres

Quality, HSE and Assurance

• Understands and works to quality system; monitors and acts on deficiencies
• Checks Health, Safety, Environment and Security (HSES) issues are identified and addressed in design, manufacture, construction, commissioning and operations
• Develops Project Specific Procedures
• Ensures that the Engineering disciplines comply strictly with the contract and scope of work in completing project activities
• Responsible for assuring quality of engineering deliverables before issue to customer
• Chairs technical meetings with Third Parties and manages particular technical issues through to completion

Development and management of schedule

• Plans individual work activities and manages time; liaises with disciplines to ensure timely receipt of comments.
• Inputs to work plan, sets targets and holds regular reviews.
• Expedite Engineers to deliver to schedule, fully understand reasons for delay and drive development of recovery plans.
• Resolves most delays or changes and escalates only most serious issues

Change management

• Highlights and quantifies changes that impacts work
• Able to effect change when approved.

People Management

• Supervises work of technical professionals in the delivery of engineering deliverables including checking work
• Coordinates medium sized interdisciplinary team (typically 10-50).
• Communicates to facilitate work effort; motivates team; strong, positive and active in solutions and proactive attitude

Working Relationships

Internal

• Daily interaction with engineering resources and leadership
• Closely liaise with workshare centres
• Regularly interface with operational and functional leadership
• Maintain effective communication with all relevant parties including Client, Department Management, Partners and Project Leadership team to manage resolution of areas of concern, lessons learnt and continuous improvement strategies for assigned project scope

External

• Be the senior project engineering interface between Wood and Client for assigned project scope

Level of Influence & Decision Making Authority

• Works under minimal supervision; work is assigned in terms of goals and priorities; duties are carried out within broad guidelines and unusual or complex matters are generally referred to more senior authority.
• Actions and decisions typically have a significant influence on the technical, operational and financial results of one or more projects
• Translates standards and guidelines into practical actions
• No direct reports, but guides, and coordinates an interdisciplinary work group consisting of technical staff;
• Overall project performance is reviewed and evaluated

To be successful in this role, you shall need:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or relevant Engineering degree
• Due to complexity of the role, 8+ years relevant project construction and execution experience in oil and gas chemical/downstream industry oil and gas chemical/downstream industry
• Fully understands technical work scopes including commercial aspects and has working knowledge of specifications and standards
• Completely familiar with project Contractual and Commercial requirements and able to communicate these to less experienced project engineers
• Fully conversant with project scopes and work carried out by all engineering disciplines and various interface and inter-discipline coordination requirements among the various disciplines including procurement and construction., and able to communicate those to less experienced project engineers
• Understands the concept of customer satisfaction and is able to deliver to internal customers, including other Engineering disciplines
• Understands and knows how to apply the procedures and work practices which define and govern Engineering Management and Project Engineering deliverables
• Understands the importance of Project Engineering deliverables documents and the need for accuracy and timely issue
• Understands project commercials and able to implement Change control
• Has a good knowledge of standards, procedures and work practices; follows project execution flow chart; good skills in project and technical execution
• Able to lead Project Engineering team; able to manage between Engineering Discipline Groups
• Good communicator in leading work effort; motivates team; positive and active in solutions and proactive attitude
• Competent at managing technical matters and interfaces with Third Parties
• Has focus on customer satisfaction for both internal and external customers. Actively seeks feedback.
• Able to drive project area to completion, taking ownership for all that occurs within it
• Actively looks to develop skills; monitors work done by others and provides positive feedback to improve
• Able to adapt to changing priorities
• Good communicator verbally and in written form
• Strong planning, organising, and execution skills
• Strong problem-solving ability
• Works effectively as a member of a team
• Thinks strategically, able to plan and lead change
• Builds collaboration and influences others to collaborate
• Empowers people, leads by example, recognises, and rewards good performance
• Able to make decisions, lead execution, take initiative and seek out improvements