Lead Structural Engineer

Location and contract details

Location: Doha, Qatar
Estimated start date: ASAP
Estimated end date: 31 Dec 2027
Contract duration: 36 months

Qualification and experience required

Education: Bachelor's degree in sciences or engineering.

Knowledge and/or experience:

• 8 years' experience with large project construction in the oil and gas industry, including 1 year of experience in a supervisory role, including acting roles or oversight of service/vendor personnel.
• Knowledge and experience in discipline hook-up and commissioning delivery processes and associated project phases, familiar with completions walkdowns and pre-startup safety reviews.
• Experience with oil and gas companies, contractors, service companies, or heavy construction companies.
• Expert in reading datasheets, general arrangement drawings, and procedures. Development of procedures as required.
• Knowledge of structural design standards, specifications, codes, and appropriate safety criteria related to major fabrication, transport, installation, brownfield execution, and hook-up, as applicable to the project scope.
• Knowledge in project execution, engineering, operations, precommissioning, commissioning, and systems completion.
• Knowledge in compliance with contract requirements including codes and standards, and contract technical specification compliance.
• Knowledge of offshore facilities and structures, onshore facilities, or yard operations as applicable to a project scope.
• Experience with vendors operating in the LNG industry, such as compressors, power generation, control systems, topsides, etc.
• Knowledge of execution methods and risks associated with sour gas and LNG production facilities.
• Experience working in large scale operating organizations in operations, projects, subsurface, etc.
• Experience in start-up support to operation.

Technical and business skills

• Strong organizational, leadership, coordination, planning, interface, and technical judgment skills.
• Ability to adapt to tight deadlines, heavy workloads, and frequent changes in priorities.
• Able to identify and analyse complex issues and provide recommendations. Prepare contingency plans for unexpected scope changes (proactive, forward-looking).
• Excellent communication skills and ability to read, write, and speak fluent English, with strong teamwork facilitation and the ability to communicate and interact at all levels of the organization.
• Strongly client focused with strong problem-solving skills.
• Execute work in full compliance with company standards of business conduct and company project management system.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of software programs; advanced computer literacy.
• Knowledge of worldwide vendors and contractors.
• Good communication and influencing skills.
• Willing and able to travel as required.

Key job accountabilities

• Support EPC PMT by reviewing critical documents and reports generated by the main subcontractor. Attend workshops and review meetings when requested.
• Analyse technical proposals and proposed deviations, assess exceptions and new technologies to ensure compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Apply lessons learned from previous projects and share new ones with other EPCs.
• Support the qualification of new suppliers proposed for the project, suppliers that are not on the approved vendor's list.
• Assess contractor's manpower loading, providing timely recommendations to project team and be available to backfill needs as required.
• Support the project team to stay on schedule to meet all critical milestones (long lead item procurement, engineered equipment procurement, required on site dates, etc.); develop and steward recovery plans to address any schedule delays.
• Witness contractors' scope of work and sign off test and check sheets as per project requirements.
• Verify that the EPC contractor's reports are accurate with regards to progress reporting.
• Cooperate with review teams and take part in quality audit activities throughout the project. Report findings accurately and provide a plan to address issues when required.
• Oversee all aspects of lifting operations, planning, rigging design, lift plan development, lift execution, and supervision. Verification of lift equipment certifications and personnel competencies.