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Senior Engineer - Projects

Job Description - Senior Engineer - Projects

Responsibilities
  • Take full ownership of safety, quality, productivity, and successful project handover throughout all stages of installation.
  • Drive proactive site preparation and readiness, coordinate client deliverables and site visits, lead site audits, and ensure timely closure of non-conformities.
  • Review and validate site execution plans and installation cost controls during the pre-delivery stage, taking accountability for installation execution and project handover.
  • Oversee material receipt and site logistics and coordinate the handover of materials and work fronts to installation teams and subcontractors, with clearly defined scope, timelines, and productivity targets.
  • Conduct regular team meetings and site coordination sessions to strengthen collaboration, remove execution constraints, improve workflow efficiency, and minimize waste.
  • Identify and pursue variations and change orders, ensuring all additional and recoverable costs are properly identified, documented, submitted, and collected.
  • Monitor installation quality, oversee final testing and commissioning activities, ensure closure of outstanding items, and facilitate a smooth handover to the maintenance team.
  • Ensure effective control of installation documentation, progress reporting, cost tracking, time approvals, risk management, schedule changes, and environmental requirements, including waste and hazardous material management.
  • Act as the primary point of contact for clients on installation and site management matters, ensuring timely, transparent, and professional communication throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Build and maintain strong client relationships through proactive engagement, effective issue resolution, and delivery of a safe, professional, and high-quality installation experience from mobilization through final handover.
  • Manage client expectations, coordinate technical and commercial matters, and ensure commitments are clearly communicated and followed through to completion.
  • Ensure installers, testing and commissioning personnel, and subcontractors are appropriately trained, certified, competent, and adequately equipped to perform their assigned responsibilities.
  • Promote a safe, motivated, accountable, and high-performing working environment across all site teams.
  • Identify training and competency development requirements and coordinate with line managers, HR, subcontracting partners, and Procurement to address them.
  • Lead, coach, and develop team members to improve technical capability, productivity, quality, and overall performance.
  • Manage subcontractor performance, maintain effective working relationships, and ensure subcontractors consistently meet agreed safety, quality, productivity, schedule, and commercial requirements.
  • Allocate resources effectively and monitor manpower productivity to ensure installation activities are completed within the approved project schedule and budget.


Qualifications

Bachelor's degree (Mechanical or Electrical) 

8 - 10 years in a Project Installation, engineering or supervisory role.

Technical Drawing Interpretation & Regulatory Compliance

Testing, Commissioning & Troubleshooting

Project Management & Reporting

Communication & Stakeholder Management



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