Principal Mechanical Engineer

WorleyParsons

Kuwait

Ref: LP742-425

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

51,000 people. 49 countries. Over 120 office locations.
We're not just engineers. We're a global team of data scientists, consultants, construction workers and innovators all working to create a better tomorrow. Every day, we help customers in energy, chemicals and resources get one step closer to solving our planet's toughest issues. Climate change. The energy transition. Digital transformation. And how we can deliver a more sustainable world.

Whatever your ambition, there's a path for you here. And there's no barrier to your potential career success. For more information, visit Worley.com

Purpose

To ensure mechanical equipment design integrity whilst leading the mechanical equipment engineering group on specific projects.

To provide specialist rotating equipment input to conceptual studies, FEEDs and detailed design for oil & gas developments

Responsibilities
- Ensure that design is fully compliant with Project Specification and client, international and local standards.
- Preparation of specifications for, and evaluation of, rotating equipment packages.
- Perform engineering design as required.
- Duties will include conceptual design and specification of rotating and packaged equipment and review of EPC's detailed designs, technical bid evaluation and vendor documentation.
- Allocate work to team members. Ensure that within assigned team, personnel work within their competencies and with appropriate supervision.
- Quality Assurance - Responsible for working within the provisions and guidelines of the Quality Assurance system relevant to the Oil & Gas Business Unit
- Safety - Responsible for personal safety safe working practices for the Oil & Gas Business Unit. Understand and follow OH&S procedures.
- Ensure that conceptual and detail design work is appropriate for the complexity of the construction tasks and achieving a good balance between design costs and implementation costs.
- Evidence of feedback from supervisors and/or superintendents that constructability issues are addressed adequately in design and that work packs contain sufficient detail with no unnecessary content.
- Conduct site investigations, prepare reports.

Requirements

What you will bring

Technical and Industry Experience
- Excellent technical and practical engineering skills and ability to consistently deliver quality, accurate and timely work to Worley and its clients.
- Excellent knowledge of the fundamental requirements of the mechanical engineering, and the basic requirements of other engineering fields.
- Excellent knowledge of applicable local and international standards and statutory and regulatory specifications.
- Competent use of relevant software such as MS Office Suite and mechanical engineering specific software.
- Extensive technical and practical experience in mechanical engineering in the same or similar industry including experience in working in multi-disciplinary projects and teams.

Essential Skills/Experience
- PMC experience in the Middle East
- Hands on experience with large gas turbine driven compressors, pumps, generators packages is mandatory. Experience of other packaged equipment is desirable.
- Experience with the development of layouts for new facilities
- Experienced in the specification for, evaluation of and documentation for rotating equipment packages in a PMC environment.
- Ability to work in accordance with broad technical guidelines and with minimal supervision.
- Ability to work on multiple assignments to tight deadlines and prioritisation of work to achieve them.

Education - Qualifications, Accreditation, Training
- Full time Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from an accredited University
- Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) status will be an advantage
- Relevant postgraduate qualifications in engineering; management, project management or supervisory qualifications or equivalent will be an advantage
Our goal is to develop and most importantly retain the people who share our vision and strategy. To help us achieve our vision and yours, apply now.

About the Company

Worley is a leading global provider of professional services in the energy, chemicals and resources sectors. We partner with our customers to address their most critical challenges at every stage of their projects: from initial concepts to sustaining and enhancing their assets. And we provide smarter, bolder solutions while delivering on our own sustainability commitments.

We are 51,000 bright minds across 46 countries all driven by a common purpose – delivering a more sustainable world. While working to fulfill our ambition to be recognized globally as the leader in sustainability solutions.

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Engineer salaries in Kuwait

Average monthly compensation
KWD 1,500

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