Senior Project Engineer

Overview:

A JAB Recruitment client is seeking for a Senior Project Engineer to join their team in Houston, TX. The Senior Project Engineer's purpose is to co-ordinate project or tender execution, delivering assigned complex work packages with attention to detail, providing experience and expertise to the wider team for successful execution of the project or tender.

Senior Project Engineer performance will be assessed via participation in an annual performance appraisal. Key measures are:

- Elimination of design/project-related safety incidents in Client projects within the extent of your control.

- Completion of project/tender deliverables within schedule and budget.

- Minimal corrections required of externally issued deliverables.

- Smooth delivery of work packages to the extent of your control.

- Positive feedback from project teams, managers, OCMs and Clients.

- Growth in personal technical and professional capability.

Main duties & responsibilities:

Senior Project Engineers are expected to carry out the following work tasks:

- Assemble and review all design inputs required to support specific projects or tendering works.

- Own and be responsible for delivery of discrete work packages as allocated by your functional and administrative managers, on time and in budget.

- Report work-package status to direct department functional manager and assigned Project Manager.

- Comply with contractual obligations and identify & document Contract/Commercial Variations associated with technical changes.

- Research and compile Client and Industry Lessons Learned relevant to assigned project or tendering work scopes to ensure best practice is being implemented.

- Develop and maintain project Work Requests, Cost-Time-Resource estimates, and Criticality Ratings.

- Liaise with internal and external interfaces and stakeholders (Client, subcontractors, supporting departments, technical authorities, etc.) to define methodology in accordance with best practice.

- Develop offshore execution and schedule strategies to support the specific project or tendering requirements.

- Develop, review and check technical documentation required for project- or tender-specific deliverables — including Procedures/Plans/Reports/Technical Notes/Registers/schedules/RFQs/BoDs/Specifications, etc.

- Develop and deliver technical presentations to support specific project or tendering requirements — including Design Reviews/Method Statements/Constructability/Risk Assessments/Readiness Reviews/Project Briefings/Offshore Briefings, etc.

- Participate in technical workshops to support specific project or tendering requirements — including Design Reviews/Method Statements/Constructability/RAs/Readiness Reviews, etc.

- Liaise between onshore project team and offshore vessel team to provide a technical interface during project planning — including deck services details/taking photos & measurements/performing trials, etc.

- Specify and manage the design/procurement/fabrication/cost-effectiveness/compliance/functionality of project equipment, rigging, tooling and consumables required for execution of specific project or tendering work packages.

- Review subcontractor and supplier proposals and complete Technical/Commercial/Contractual evaluations against specific project or tendering requirements.

- Manage major supplier/subcontractor packages.

- Assemble installation records into technical deliverables required to close out projects — including As-built Reports/Schedules/Lessons Learned & Project Summary Reports, etc.

- Undertake simple engineering analysis and design — including Rigging Design/Seafastening Design/Lift & Installation Analysis, etc.

In addition to the above, which may be office-based, Senior Project Engineers are also expected to:

- Travel to, and stay at, remote or offshore work sites/vessels for the purpose of executing project-specific works — including Mobilisations/FATs/SITs/Audits & Inspections/Diving/Construction/Commissioning/IMR/Survey & Inspection/Decommissioning, etc.

- Liaise with internal and external interfaces or stakeholders (CSR/Subcontractors/MWS/OCM/SS/DF/Vessel Agents, etc.) to progress execution of on-site/offshore work — including logistics, distribution/comprehension of project procedures and standards, permits, etc.

- Ensure technical compliance of on-site/offshore operations with Client AFC procedures & standards.

- Develop documentation and facilitate processes required to progress execution of on-site/offshore work — including technical guidance/DPRs/Shift Logs/24-Hour Updates/Management of Changes, etc.

- Monitor project equipment to confirm status, quantity, location and seafastening onboard the vessel are in compliance with Client AFC procedures, manifests, and equipment lists.

- Facilitate identification and implementation of lessons learned/improvement opportunities for on-site/offshore operations.

- Record and compile all records of technical data required to progress and close out on-site/offshore works — including Task Plans/ITPs/Data Logs/Calibrations/Load-tests/Registers, etc.

It is also considered common practice for Senior Project Engineers to:

- Manage functional reports for the purpose of executing project or tendering works — including allocating work/progress monitoring/performance appraisals, etc.

- Review project Scope of Work and communicate it to all department functional reports.

Education

- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (as minimum) and eligibility for membership of a national certifying institute (PE/EA/IMechE/RINA, etc.)

Experience / Knowledge

- 5+ years’ experience in offshore/subsea design/project engineering.

Senior Project Engineers are expected to have a working understanding, general knowledge, and experience of:

- Client policies, Code of Conduct, and values.

- Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment tools and techniques.

- Client Unisea / IMS

- Statutory requirements, HSE regulations, Industry codes & standards related to Offshore Engineering such as ABS/AS/API/DNV/AISC/IMCA, etc.

- Offshore Engineering principles.

- Client vessels’ capabilities & systems, with particular focus on regionally based assets.

- Fundamentals of leadership/frontline management/negotiation/conflict management.

- Commercial & contractual implications during engineering & operations phase.