Senior Project Engineer - Civil

Job description / Role

Kentz currently has a requirement for a Senior Project Engineer, with a civil background and extensive experience in the Oil and Gas industry, based in Dubai. There will also be a requirement for some travel to Iraq. This is a single status position.

Responsibilities
- Ensure that project team is well informed, motivated and working effectively and efficiently.
- Assisting in the management of either a single, large project or several medium/small projects, by the Operations Manager.
- May be appointed to manage a small/medium sized project with minimal guidance from a Project Manager.
- Responsible to the Project Manager for the successful execution of assigned work.
- Control the manpower on assigned work(s) and shall liaise directly with the Project Manager for manning and de-manning of technical staff.
- Interface with the Clients engineers for the project and ensure that all reasonable requests are met.
- Keep project on schedule.
- Keep control of man-hours / overtime.
- Keep track of efficiency / productivity.
- Ensure inputs to weekly and monthly progress reports.
- Monitor extra work and claims and advise P.M.
- As senior staff members, Project Engineers will be expected to undertake some duties that are site based and therefore must be prepared to travel within the country of operation.

Requirements

- Bachelors Degree in Civil / Structural Engineering.
- 5 - 8 years Experience as a Project Engineer.
- Brownfield Control Systems experience necessary.
- Oil and Gas industry experience.
- Previous National Oil Company experience in the UAE is highly desirable.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to manage and/or support multiple projects with multiple teams concurrently.
- Organizational agility and drive for results is a must.
- Negotiating Skills.
- Persuasion Skills
- Man Management Skills.

Key Benefits
- Be well supported by this top tier engineering and construction organization.
- Long term rewarding career on offer.
- Excellent salary package with benefits.
- Ongoing professional and personal development.
- Gain valuable experience with major resource projects

About the Company

Founded in 1911, SNC-Lavalin is one of the leading engineering and construction groups in the world and a major player in the ownership of infrastructure. From offices in over 50 countries, SNC-Lavalin\\\\'s employees are proud to build what matters. Our teams provide engineering, procurement construction, completions and commissioning services together with a range of sustaining capital services to clients in our four industry sectors, oil and gas, mining and metallurgy, infrastructure and power. SNC-Lavalin can also combine these services with its financing and operations and maintenance capabilities to provide complete end-to-end project solutions.

SNC-Lavalin maintains exceptionally high standards for health and safety, ethics and compliance and environmental protection, and is committed to delivering quality projects on budget and on schedule to the complete satisfaction of its clients.