Senior Construction Instrumentation and Control (I&C) Engineers

Job description / Role

Mott MacDonald is a £1.2 billion management, engineering and development consultancy with 16,000 staff and a global reach spanning six continents. Our network of 180 principal offices in 140 countries gives us local market insight backed by world class expertise to deliver excellence for every client.

The power, process & nuclear division works within four main sectors which include the following: - nuclear, defence, industry and process and power civil's. We have a successful and distinguished track record of delivering innovative and robust solutions to the standards required by the nuclear industry. The division has long standing relationships with some of the key clients in this sector.

We are actively seeking senior construction instrumentation and control (I&C) engineers to join our client based onsite near Abu Dhabi. The successful candidates will have the opportunity to work within a specialist nuclear organisation. This would be for a period of 12 months initially with a possible extension.

The job is to oversee the prime contractor and sub-contractors to ensure the i&c construction activities are performed in accordance with the project documents, including but not limited to contract, policies, manuals, drawing, specifications, procedures, external stakeholders' requirements and schedules to the highest safety and quality standards while achieving cost and schedule plans.

* Provide safety, quality and schedule oversight in order to ensure appropriate management for all power block electrical structures, systems and components (SSCs), including but not limited to; conduit installation, cable pulling, cable terminations, cable epoxy splicing, distribution contractual system (DCS), junction box installation, panel installation, main control room installation, instruments calibration, instrument installation and connection, excitation system, station transformers, reactivity controls, safeguard system, checkout and test of all wires.
* Recommend corrective actions or methods of repair for any deficiency or non-conformance identified in order to ensure work is carried out in an adequate and correct manner.
* Provide oversight guidance and advice (as required) to the head of construction i&c, the prime contractor and subcontractor to support construction methods, materials, equipment and work sequences.
* Monitor project safety objectives and implement the appropriate corrective action where necessary in order to ensure that all relevant objectives are fulfilled.
* Take the necessary initiatives aiming at establishing, implementing and maintaining the oversight of i&c construction activities.
* Convey and present ideas for the overall project benefits.
* Recommend stoppage of work when the required quality or safety of work operations are in doubt in order to ensure work excellence and ethics regarding safety measures.
* Ensure that all work is performed in the safest and professional manner to meet overall project objectives in compliance with relevant policies and regulations.
* Monitor the work progress in accordance with the quality requirements as specified by design documents including but not limited to drawings and specifications to ensure that project objectives are met in a timely manner.
* Oversee the prime contractor in order to ensure expectations are met in the execution of build-clean, foreign material exclusion, housekeeping and observation programmes in the construction of SSC's.
* Support the theme of plan-do-check-act process and reflect this in department procedures, processes and execution of the works.
* Inform and report on all issues that may effect on project progress to the head of construction i&c.
* Follow all relevant HSE policies, processes, procedures and instructions.

Requirements

The successful candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in electrical instrumentation and control engineering or a diploma with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience in a nuclear power plant.

Mott MacDonald is an equal opportunities employer.

About the Company

The Mott MacDonald Group is a diverse management, engineering and development consultancy delivering solutions for public and private clients world-wide.

Mott MacDonald's uniquely diverse 1 billion global consultancy works across 12 core business areas.

As one of the world's largest employee-owned companies with over 14,000 staff, we have principal offices in nearly 50 countries and projects in 140.