Principal Rotating Equipment Engineer

Wood is currently looking to recruit a Principal Rotating Engineer

To provide specialist support to oil and gas, refining and petrochemical projects in our Qatar office on a staff basis.

In this role, you will be responsible for the execution of project work, in accordance with the project execution plan including Wood and project procedures on safety and quality control, within the man-hour, cost budgets and the project schedule targets.

Responsibilities

The Principal Rotating Engineer will be responsible for the following activities:

• Overall lead role for the project including liaison with client technical personnel.
• Technical management of multi-location team in London, India and Qatar.
• Providing advice on the selection of rotating equipment.
• Specification of pumps, compressors and other rotating equipment, including drivers, seal and lube systems by preparing technical specifications and mechanical datasheet.
• Preparation enquiry requisitions for budget pricing and for long lead items.
• Technical evaluation and clarification of supplier bids as required.
• Technical supervision of supplier design and control of supplier interface, plus the coordination of interfaces with other engineering disciplines.
• Review of supplier documentation for integration within project design, such as GA, details, calculations and fabrication procedures.
• Provide specialist input to design reviews, risk assessments and constructability reviews.
• Support inspection and testing of equipment, attend testing for critical equipment.
• Support construction and commissioning phase.
• Technical support for installation and commissioning.
• Supervise less experienced mechanical engineers and, where required.
• To provide relevant knowledgeable practical skills in the response and actions for:
• Site visits and site surveys.
• Site queries and discussions.
• Supplier, vendor, contractor, client and site related discussions.
• Site based activities.

Qualifications

• Degree qualification in Mechanical Engineering, and preferably a chartered member of a relevant professional body or institution.
• Minimum 15 years' experience in oil and gas post-graduation.
• Experience in working with process and utility compressors, gas and steam turbines, pumps and other rotating equipment.
• Experience of working in a variety of projects and phases, including greenfield and brownfield, on and offshore, concept through to EPC, with a focus on upstream.
• Familiarity with the following codes: API, ISO and ASME.
• Familiarity with standards of major oil companies particularly Shell DEPs.
• Flexible attitude, with good written and verbal communication skills.
• Computer literate within Microsoft Office.
• Demonstrate a good level of written and spoken communication skills in the English language.
• Should also be able to work independently.

Be willing and able to represent Wood in both onshore and offshore surveys, holding relevant certification or willing to undertake suitable training such as BOSIET and H2S awareness.