Middle East Jobs, Careers, Vacancies: Principal Installation Analysis Engineer , McDermott, Dubai, UAE

Principal Installation Analysis Engineer , McDermott, Dubai, UAE

Job Overview:

10+ years in oil and gas with major contractor or consultant predominantly performing detail design of offshore facilities. Detailed knowledge of design techniques and analysis methods, and detailed knowledge of the theory, content and application of standards, codes and guidelines as applicable for offshore. Knowledgeable in project coordination and execution skills.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

Become fully familiar with the project scope of work, specifications, schedule, and all inter-discipline requirements; including identifying concerns as early as practicable and taking appropriate initiativesto address the issues. interpret contractual requirements as they relate to engineering execution.
Identify changes to scope and promptly raise change notifications, including providing any necessarysupporting documentation and estimates. Provide similar support for variation orders.
Interface with all disciplines to develop clash free designs.
Interface with other departments to obtain input for discipline designs and drawings.
Maintain close co-ordination with other engineering disciplines, Planning, fabrication, Marine and Project Management Team, as required.
Document substantive communications (communications that result in significant decisions or assignment of actions) and forward copies to Discipline Lead Engineer and Discipline Manager.
Prepare estimates for bid proposals, including technical query reviews, execution statements and manhour estimates, identifying software requirements and any other project-specific requirements.
Raise technical queries to obtain missing information, clarify work scope, and to maintain preferred
Mcdermott procedures, specifications, standards, practices, and operational requirements.
Prepare, review, and (as Lead Engineer) approve Discipline engineering design basis, philosophies,and technical specifications.
Assist in providing necessary design inputs to other disciplines to enable them in proceeding with theirdeliverables.
Assist procurement personnel in procuring discipline equipment, materials and services; ensuring that work produced complies with Customer objectives and procedures. Procurement assistance includespreparing, reviewing, and (as Lead Engineer) approving requisitions, evaluating technical quotationsand preparing queries, compiling bid tabulations and recommendations, preparing purchase requisitions, and coordinating with Procurement to expedite vendor documents, as directed by Discipline Lead Engineer.
Assist in updating weight report based on receipt of vendor information.
Review and (as Lead Engineer) approve vendor and subcontractor submittals, checking for compliance with project specifications and providing comments as necessary.
Review and (as Lead Engineer) approve design verification through single-discipline check /interdiscipline check (IDC)
Provide technical support to all fabrications queries, including identifying defect/rectification
requirements.
Keep the Discipline Manager and Project Management Team apprised of all activities and concerns, technical, budgetary and manpower related.
Assist in providing inputs for actual, planning and forecasting progress reports including associated productivity.
Check final subcontractor and vendor data manuals to ensure that all requested data has been received and approved.
Present issues and problems to Customers in a timely manner and assist Lead Engineer in negotiating resolution in accordance with project and company requirements.
Perform (as required) Technical Quality Audit reviews in accordance with MDR Global Procedures.
Assist Lead engineer with responses to Customer and other agencies (such as certifying authorities, auditors, third parties, etc.) on their review and approval.
Capture lessons learned and enter into MDR’s Lessons Learned system.
Guide less experience engineers on MDR and Discipline procedures, standards, worksheets, auditors,third parties, etc.) on their review and approval
Supervise and guide assigned engineers and coordinate with project Lead Designers for Discipline engineering and design deliverables.
Responsible for the engineering integrity of the assigned work area.
Monitor costs of own work processes.
Assist in the maintenance of departmental technical guidelines and standard calculation notes.
Participate in development and maintenance of Global Procedures, Software, and Standards.
May participate in standards development committees or task group such as API.
Develop communication and presentation skills (e.g, write technical papers, participate in conferences and/or seminars, present design solutions, and/or present topics at ‘lunch and learn’; etc).
Identify and provide training to staff in specific techniques and proprietary software.
Provide information on employee performance to the Discipline Manager.
Assist Discipline manager in interviewing job applicants.
Perform, review, and (as Lead Engineer) approve Pipeline Installation engineering designs, analyses,evaluations, calculations and procedures for loadout, transportation, and installation (including installation aids):
- Submarine pipelines
- Risers
- Spools
- PLETS and manifolds
- Cables
Perform, review, and (as Lead Engineer) approve Structural Installation engineering designs,analyses, evaluations, calculations and procedures for loadout, transportation, and installation (including installation aids) of offshore structures, including barge upgrades/modifications.
When acting as Lead engineer, in addition:
- Act as project-based discipline point of contact in communications and meetings with customer counterparts.
- Ensure substantive communications are documented.
- Prepare bids and projects discipline engineering budget and execution plans, updating as required.
- Identify project staff needs based on knowledge of individual engineer’s skill sets and provide requests to the discipline manager.
- Plan, organize and assign tasks, responsibilities, and manhour budgets to the discipline team, and verify tasks are completed within budgets.
- Plan discipline deliverable schedule/register compliant with the overall execution plan.
- Prepare work forecasts identifying change management plans, corrective action and real-time schedule.
- Provide discipline inputs for actual, planning and forecasting progress reports including associated productivity.
- Alert project team of any deviation from the scope or a need for change order.
- Monitor KPI measurement results and take corrective action as necessary to improve Discipline performance, including performance at interfaces with others.
- Coordinate with other Discipline Lead engineers and Designers to ensure timely receipt of necessary design inputs.
- Review and approve requisitions, technical quotation evaluations and queries, compiled bid tabulations and recommendations and purchase requisitions: and coordinate with Procurement to expedite vendor documents as required.
- Lead the Discipline team during project audits (internal, Customer and third-party technical audits)and Design reviews.
- Review comments from customers & other agencies on documents and drawings produced by the team and resolve and give guidance on their update and incorporation.
- Assist Discipline manager in the preparation of quarterly forecasts and manpower planning.
- Anticipate project engineering needs and plan accordingly.
- Coordinate with vendor for discipline managed/produced items.
- Assist Discipline manager and Project Engineering Manager or Project Manager in Performance
- Evaluation of project team members

Essential Qualifications and Education:

Bachelor’s Degree in civil, Structural, Marine or Mechanical Engineering; or Naval Architecture

Preferred Qualifications and Education:

Preferably Registered Professional Engineer or member of professional engineering society.
Master's Degree is preferred

Company Overview and Core Values:

McDermott is a premier, fully-integrated provider of technology, engineering and construction solutions to the energy industry. For more than a century, customers have trusted McDermott to design and build end-to-end infrastructure and technology solutions—from the wellhead to the storage tank—to transport and transform oil and gas into the products the world needs today.

At McDermott, we hold all employees accountable to follow our 5 core values.