Lead Commissioning Specialist (Tank Farm and Marine)

Job description / Role

Founded in 1911, SNC-Lavalin is a global fully integrated professional services and project management company and a major player in the ownership of infrastructure. From offices around the world, SNC-Lavalin's employees are proud to build what matters. Our teams provide comprehensive end-to-end project solutions - including capital investment, consulting, design, engineering, construction, sustaining capital and operations and maintenance - to clients in oil and gas, mining and metallurgy, infrastructure and power.

SNC-Lavalin is looking for a Lead Commissioning Engineer, Utilities to join an ongoing Refinery project in Al Zour, Kuwait.

Responsibilities

- Provide specialist knowledge and advice relating to commissioning & startup
- Oversight of processes and working to maintain optimization of the process
- Continual evaluation of equipment and processes to ensure both efficiency and quality
- Partake in client and subcontractor meetings
- Verification of check sheets & verification of completed work.
- Lead and participate in HSSE Safety Leadership walk downs / workshops
- Lead and participate in Flawless Delivery Leadership walk downs / workshops
- Always demonstrate personal HSSE leadership and excellent HSE behavior and ensure that safety expectations are communicated and maintained
- Attend and execute the Site Acceptance Testing (SAT) when required
- Ensure all packages have clear defined preservation requirements identified and applied.
- Responding to engineering site queries where clarification of design is required and liaise with engineering contractor where a response to TQ's as required.
- Ensuring that commissioning procedures and paperwork is completed to enable a smooth hand over of systems to Operations.

Requirements

Requirements

- Engineering Degree in Chemical Engineering
- A minimum of 15 years of experience in operating and Commissioning of Refinery / Petrochemicals.
- At least 8 years’ experience in a similar position leading and managing Operations Readiness project execution.
- Specific experience relevant to the project (I.e. Tankage, Interconnecting, jetty, Marine loading).
- Strong people management and interpersonal skills.
- Good written, verbal communication and presentation skills in English.
- Proven experience for renowned clients in region.

About the Company

Atkins is one of the leading providers of professional, technology based consultancy and support services to the industry, commerce and governments in all of the worlds major economies. With over 17,000 staff operating in Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and the Americas, Atkins has a broad range of skills and resources and provides Clients with a comprehensive service throughout the entire life cycle of the projects in the built environment.

We aim to be the international first choice supplier of technical and integrated services. Shaped by our customers' needs, our vision is to:

• focus on quality
• seek world class design and excellence
• strive to add value
• be flexible to the evolving needs of a changing society

Atkins first carried out design and supervision commissions in the Gulf area in 1967. From its regional head office in Dubai, U.A.E. Atkins Middle East now employs over 2000 staff located in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Oman (Muscat ), Qatar (Doha) Bahrain (Manama), Kuwait (Kuwait City) and India (Bangalore).