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Job Overview:
The Senior Construction Support Engineer is responsible for interpreting internal or external business issues and recommending best practices. They will be tasked with solving complex Construction Support (Eng) -related problems and will work independently with minimal guidance. The Senior Construction Support Engineer may be responsible for leading functional teams or projects and is regarded as a specialist in Construction Support (Eng). As such, they must have in-depth expertise in Construction Support (Eng) as well as broad knowledge of the Construction Support (Eng) discipline within the Engineering function.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities:
Perform conceptual, FEED, Studies, and detailed analyses and design as per design basis, project specifications, design codes, and standards
Direct Engineering team as a Project Coordinator on small projects
Apply knowledge and skills to a wide range of standard and nonstandard situations
Prepare clear and accurate detailed design calculations and analyses including design reports and procedures
Manage own time to meet agreed deadlines and budgets and develop plans for short-term work activities in own area
Clearly communicate and explain complex issues and work to establish understanding
Be 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 initiatives to address the issues
Identify changes to scope and promptly raise change notifications, including providing any necessary supporting 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 cooperation with other engineering disciplines, Planning, Fabrication, Marine, and Project Management Teams, 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
Assist in the preparation of estimates for bid proposals, including technical query reviews, execution statements, and manhour estimates
Raise technical queries to obtain missing information, clarify work scope, and maintain preferred McDermott procedures, specifications, standards, practices, and operational requirements
Prepare Discipline engineering design basis, philosophies, and technical specifications, as required
Participate in finalizing deliverables lists and deliverables, ensuring compliance with specifications and functional integrity
Attend project review meetings, vendor meetings, engineering meetings, and offshore site surveys, as required
Provide technical direction and review of Designers producing products related to Construction/Installation Support Engineering
Prepare and review design reports and procedures
Assist in providing necessary design inputs to other disciplines to enable them to proceed with their deliverables
When assigned, assist procurement personnel in producing Discipline equipment, materials, and services; ensuring that work produced complies with customer objectives and procedures Procurement assistance includes preparing and reviewing requisitions, evaluating technical quotations and preparing queries, compiling bid tabulations and recommendations, preparing purchase requisitions, and coordinating with Procurement to expedite vendor documents, as directed by Discipline Lead Engineer
Check engineering performed by others within the Discipline
Perform design verification through single-discipline check/inter-discipline check (IDC)
Provide technical support to all fabrication queries, including identifying defect/rectification requirements
Keep the Lead engineer 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
Participate in internal, Customer, and third-party technical audits on engineering deliverables and vendor documents
Assist Lead engineer with responses to Customers 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
Act as a resource for colleagues with less experience
Guide less experienced engineers on MDR and Discipline procedures, standards, worksheets, design calculations, software, requisitions, technical bid evaluations, technical queries, etc.
Be aware of costs related to own work and of the discipline
In FabCSE, perform/review designs, analyses, evaluations, calculations, and procedures such as:
Erection sequences for jackets, topsides, and other structures
Loadout procedures and guidance during the operations
Construction lift analyses and procedures for activities such as floatover, stackings roll-ups, etc.
Weighing procedures
Design and detailing of miscellaneous fabrication yard items
Crane arrangements and rigging arrangements
Trailer arrangements/operations, including drawings and procedures
Assist the Lead Engineer in coordinating critical operations pre-activity meetings and attend yard critical operations
Additional skills (preferred, not mandatory) - perform/review Pipeline Installation Engineering designs, analyses, evaluations, calculations, and procedures for transportation and installation:
Submarine pipelines
Risers
Spools
PLETS and manifolds
Cables
Reports to: Functional: Discipline Lead Engineer Liaise With: All Engineering disciplines, Fabrication Group, Safety Dept, Document Control, Procurement Group, Project Management Team, Subcontractors and Vendors, and Customers. Supervises: Engineers
Essential Qualifications and Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Naval Architecture, Civil / Structural / Mechanical Engineering (Master’s degree preferred)
7-10 years in oil and gas with a major contractor or consultant predominantly performing construction and installation design
Strong working knowledge of many design techniques and analysis methods, and detailed knowledge of the content and application of standards codes and guidelines as applicable for onshore and offshore construction
Preferably Registered Professional Engineer or member of a professional engineering society
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