Job Purpose
The Engineering Manager will oversee and coordinate the development and implementation of FEED /EPC design and detailed engineering of the project.
Coordinate the development and implementation of feasibility and techno economic studies and in-house multi-disciplined engineering projects, relating to both new facilities and modifications to existing plant and systems. Generally, handles several projects and studies at a time, with full responsibility for delivering on time.
Controls project plans and budgets; ensures that effective supervision and project administration is carried out; provides information to management on project progress.
Key Accountabilities
Job Specific Accountabilities
Technical Assurance
- Technical Integrity: Ensures the engineering team is verifying & achieving technical Integrity of project deliverable(s) in compliance with:
- Legislation and Regulatory Commitments
- International Codes and Standards as listed in project documentation
- Basis of Design
- Contracts, annexures
- Technical Audits: Engage engineering team &/or carry out technical audits (Discipline specific) to verify & ensure compliance to specifications &/or industry best practices.
- Technical/Design Reviews: Coordinate & align all Project design reviews with the counterpart, identify/assign respective attendees from the engineering team, verify compliance with the approved respective procedure/Terms of reference, coordinate with other Packages engineering managers (as required) for involvement in reviews requiring input from their package(s) team.
- Review & approval: review & approval of critical Multidiscipline engineering documents, such as Basis of design, engineering execution plan, Philosophies, procedures & specifications. Final approval of Engineering Technical Queries (post Discipline processing) & request for information as issued by CONTRACTOR.
- Monitors CONTRACTOR's overall compliance & engineering quality, provides necessary feedback for observations, deviations & areas of improvements (Preventive/Corrective actions) in the Project Quality system.
- Provide input to project lesson learned register
Performance Management
- Competency management: Monitoring engineering team competencies, provide feedback about deficiencies (as applicable) to respective Team members, identifying areas of improvement, apply mentoring & coaching as & when required, communicate & screen substitutes (if required).
- Productivity management: Monitoring engineering team productivity, provide feedback about deficiencies (as applicable) to respective Team members, clearly define productivity targets to team & agree recovery plans (productivity improvement forecasts), apply mentoring & coaching as & when required, communicate & screen substitutes (if required).
- KPI's setting: Identify & monitor a set of KPI's for the function, KPI's shall be inline/supporting the project/function KPI's & shall be Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-Bound.
- Performance assessment: Carry out regular performance assessment with the team members based on the Set individual KPI's & the overall function performance, the outcome shall be fed back to the individuals, clearly identifying areas of improvement.
Resources Management
- Assess resource loading based on Project progress/forecasts reports & as required request additional resources to support Project delivery.
- Manage/approve Engineering Team leaves & ensures the leaves are cascaded to the overall Project leave planner, ensure handover's & deputations are in place during planned leaves.
- Manage/approve Engineering Team time writing & time sheets.
- Process employees requests/ requirements for the assignment as per the respective Project procedures.
- Address conflicts & disputes within the team & align a resolution (as & when required).
Engineering Change Management
- Approval of all Engineering Concession requests issued within the CONTRACT (post Discipline verification), prior to Project management approval, - Ensure final Approval of Concession request from ADNOC Technical Authority (Engineering Support manager).
- Monitoring & ensuring (for the overall engineering activities) Engineering design change management is being carried out for all Project engineering changes with proper multidiscipline impact assessment & the same is registered & controlled (as & when required).
Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge & Skills
Minimum Qualification
- Bachelor's degree in engineering is a MUST.
- Must be fluent in English language (Written & Spoken).
Minimum Experience & Knowledge & Skills
- Minimum 20+ working experience in the oil & gas industry, with at least 5 years in a similar role in Mega Oil and Gas offshore upstream project.
- Having experience handling pipeline projects during Pre-FEED+ FEED and EPC Phase
- Min of 5+ years of GCC Projects experience, ADNOC Projects experience is preferred.
- Offshore Project Experience is Required
- Sound knowledge of industry governing codes & standards.
- Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong supervisory and leadership skills.
- Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate.
