Senior Engineer Contracts and Parts Management

Job description / Role

- Participation in identifying & arranging maintenance works beyond in-house resources and need to be contracted out.
- Co-ordination with concerned discipline engineers to prepare detailed specifications, scope of work, pricing templates, ensure optimum use of resources etc. for developing contracts.
- Coordination/ Participation in conducting site visits of contractors for mobilization & demobilization of outsourced resources.
- Assistance in overall administration and control of all maintenance contractors at site, which includes work follow up, maintaining records of performance, back-up documents for invoicing & claims, personnel attendance and equipment availability etc.
- Provides input on contractor performance, to help in pre-qualification exercises and contract close-out reports. Maintains records of retention monies, warranties and ensures timely preparation of completion certificates for issuance.
- Identification of spares parts to be stoked on the basis equipment Spare parts list.
- Review of Inventory Levels in coordination with Warehouse and create of New stock requests to ensure the specifications and correct and adequate.
- Development of Alternate sources for spares parts, OEM items etc.
- Preparation of Rate Contracts for Maintenance Consumables, Spares, Bulk Materials etc.
- Assistance in standardizing Inventory Materials and Provides technical clarification on contract scopes and participates in technical bid evaluation.
- Assistance in controlling and monitoring contract expenditures and provides information on actual costs versus budgets for management review. Suggesting cost control measures.
- Participation in preparation of annual budgetary estimates for maint contracts

Requirements

- University degree in Mechanical Engineering or Equivalent with Good academic record
- 12 years of quality experience in Oil & Gas, Petrochemical or Similar process Industry with at least 8 years in the core plant maintenance activities as engineer or above.
- Hands on maintenance experience in Process equipments & machineries like Compressors, Pumps, Turbines, exchangers, Columns, Pressure Vessels, and Heat Exchangers etc.
- Should have solid experience in Contract Management, Procurement, Spare parts Management, Preparation of Technical specifications, Material Specifications etc.
- Sound knowledge of Material Science, Selection of Materials etc.
- Well versed in International Codes & Standards
- Around 4 years of Experience in Maintenance Planning is highly desirable.
- Exposure to engineering & design or reliability engineering functions will be desirable.
- Exposure to Electrical & Instrument Spares will be desirable.
- High level of understanding and Hands on experience in budgeting and cost control
- Excellent knowledge & skills in Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS), MS Packages. Knowledge of SAP will be advantageous.
- Should possess good analytical thinking and data handling capability
- Ability to draft contract work scopes independently.

About the Company

Orpic is one of Oman’s largest and most rapidly growing businesses in the Middle East oil industry. Orpic’s refineries in Suhar and Muscat, as well as the aromatics and polypropylene production plants in Suhar, provide fuel, chemicals, plastics and other petroleum products, to Oman and the world.

Owned by the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and Oman Oil Company SAOC, Orpic’s impressive integration of refinery and plant operations coupled with its ambitious growth plans, has cemented its position as one of the industry’s most forward-thinking companies. The company currently recruits around 2,600 employees who work towards the common goal of an integrated Omani refining and petrochemicals business expected to increase to 3,000 by 2020.

Orpic is committed to operating safely and reliably, while paying due care to the environment and the communities within which it operates. The company strongly believes in serving Oman with pride.