Project Engineering Manager

Responsibilities

Knowledge and Understanding of Prime Contract - Able to identify the key contractual requirements in terms of bonuses, penalties, risks, opportunities, and key delivery milestones.

Workshare Projects

• Jointly develop the Work-share Execution Procedure with Home Office Project Engineering Manager
• Implement the engineering workshare procedure for defined scope of work.
  
  

Production and Management of Deliverables

• Familiar with work sequence and deliverables for each engineering discipline during each project phase including inter-dependencies.
• Ensures preparation and updating of Document Index in EDMS, compliant with delivery dates, weightages, and Client requirements.
• Able to generate and authorise key engineering documents including those directing strategy and implementation.
• Ensure CAD guidelines are developed and issued for all 3D and 2D activities prior to the commencement of execution of the project.
  
  

Understanding and Management of Technical Scope

• Prepare and manage engineering aspects of the Project Execution Plan (PEP) and associated procedures, forms and instructions and assist the Project Manager in its implementation.
• Ensure changes to scope are controlled using project change management procedure.
• Has overall technical understanding across disciplines; understands limitations and risks; understands when third party involvement is required.
• Has working knowledge of the flow of information and interfaces between disciplines. Able to challenge working method, deliverables, and man-hours per deliverable where applicable.
• Communicate key contractual requirements including - scope, schedule, quality, and risks associated with engineering scope and overall project execution aspects to all team members.
• Ensure Lead Engineers adequately and appropriately populate the EDMS and update accurately as required.
  
  

Schedule, Budgets & Progress Management

• Understands Project schedule, including interdependencies, coordinates engineering schedule reviews within the project team.
• Develop and track engineering resource plans (i.e. MPP) as per project schedule; Mobilise resources as per project requirements.
• Finalize budgets for engineering disciplines and approve Control Budget for execution.
• Track engineering progress (Plan / Forecast / Actual) and ensure it is realistic and achievable; develop mitigation strategies for all shortfalls.
  
  

Design Verification

• Ensures that requirements for Design Verification are identified, scheduled and resourced.
• Implement Quality Management System requirements with regards to discipline / QA audits, Technical Governance and specific design reviews as applicable.
• Support / coordinate Client Audits where applicable.
  
  

Engineering Management and Leadership

• Competent at managing and leading a multi-discipline team.
• Deputise for Project Manager as required.
• Convene and chair project engineering coordination meetings and ensure effective communication at and between all levels on a project.
• Appraise the Management of the key execution issues and overall project performance during the Project Review Meeting; Highlight areas of execution concern and proposed corrective actions and solicit their help in resolving issues where appropriate.
• Identifies and maintains engineering risk register as per Risk Management Framework; and implements risk mitigation plans. Identifies and implement opportunities.
• Participate in engineering – procurement interface meetings for providing inputs on required supplier documents for engineering and authorize all engineering changes associated with equipment / material supply scope. Be fully aware of the status of material delivery and issues surrounding material purchase and delivery.
• Participate in engineering-construction interface meetings for understanding priorities of construction and facilitate its delivery.
• Participate in Client / External Contractor Interface reviews as Engineering Focal Point for own work scope and execute actions as applicable.
• Prepare weekly / monthly engineering reports as per requirement.
• Ensure that the content and objective of the Health, Safety, Security, Environmental and Sustainability (HSSE&S), Quality and the Information Security policies are implemented and understood by all supervised staff.
• Client Interface: Ensure client’s requirements on engineering issues are addressed.
• Ensure that the engineering team is complying with project confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements.
• Manage, where applicable, the engineering review of bids
• Manage preparation, review, and consolidation of engineering inputs to sub-contract requisitions.
• On PMC Projects hold regular meetings with the other EPC Contractor’s engineering team and monitor the engineering scopes of other EPC Contractors.
• Understand constructability issues and ensure these are reflected in the design. Develop a construction contract strategy. Ensure contract and material requisitions reflect the requirements of the prime contract.
• Properly allocate the preparation of non-engineering deliverables (e.g., construction contract requisitions, miscellaneous material requisitions) to the appropriate specialist group. Develop a material requisitioning strategy. Ensure that the material requisition is consistent with and does not overlap with the purchase terms and conditions.
• Cost Focus: Ensure project invoices are raised and paid in a timely manner in work share projects.
  
  

Qualifications

• Graduate in Engineering in a relevant discipline
• Minimum twenty (20) years’ experience in managing FEED / EP projects in Oil & Gas or related industry
• Experience in an engineering discipline will be an advantage
• Registration / Certification by a professional association such as Project Management Institute (PMI)
  
  

About Us

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people. www.woodplc.com

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.