Project Engineer (Interface)

Project engineer (interface) opportunity

Mselect is looking to hire a project engineer (interface) for an oil and gas operator in Doha, Qatar. Candidates must have a minimum of 10 years of relevant oil and gas industry experience in a similar role. Fluency in English is a must.

Key responsibilities

Provide interface coordination support between internal and external stakeholders during project execution to meet project objectives and track progress of action items.

Responsible for technical interfaces with different contractors and existing facilities in coordination with the EPIC contractor, engineering and technical heads, project manager(s), and third-party interface representatives as appropriate.

Propose and recommend appropriate solutions as necessary to maintain compliance with local authority requirements.

Negotiate and manage complex interface issues among different project phases and the existing facilities.

Develop, implement, and maintain a technical interface management system (IMS) and technical interface control procedure in consultation with the PTF and EPIC contractor counterpart.

Develop interface objectives, strategies, and performance indicators to ensure that the project is enabled to deliver safely, with quality, on time, within budget, and in accordance with the agreed project requirements.

Keep abreast of new scope of work boundaries, organize and communicate any gaps or issues that may impact the project.

Coordinate technical interfaces in a complex onshore/offshore brownfield and greenfield major project and interfaces arising from technical deviations, changes, or variations with relevant contractors.

Create and maintain a risk and opportunity management plan tailored to the needs of the project.

Develop and maintain a risk register, including the assigned risk owners. Categorize and prioritize risks and identify and record proposed risk mitigations.

Ensure the EPIC contractors' top risks are compiled and included in the risk register.

Appraise the project manager and PTF as to the status of significant risk issues.

Plan periodic formal reviews of risks and risk treatments listed in the risk register for monitoring the effectiveness of the overall risk process.

Facilitate QRA review meetings, build risk models, run the cost and schedule QRAs, and generate contingency breakdown reports.

Chair monthly risk review sessions, attended by the project manager and project discipline heads and functional leads.

Ensure that QP risk management procedures and controls are always adhered to.

Create standardized reports (top 10 risks, risk matrix, open actions) for the project team.

Ensure that an effective audit trail is developed and maintained for all risk registers in support of eventual project reconciliation and close-out.

Ensure that the project achieves KPI targets for mitigating all critical risks as per the target date identified in the risk register.

Devise own work methods and working practices independently within the framework of established policies and guidelines in order to achieve project objectives.

Independent authority to manage the interfaces and risk for on-time resolution to the satisfaction of all parties.

Responsible for complex interface and risk problem resolution.

Exposed to different cultures, backgrounds, and environments. Attend to, facilitate, and resolve conflicts, challenges, and problems related to a large multi-cultural and multi-discipline technical workforce within PTF and EPIC contractoru2019s organization.

Exposed to offshore/onshore work environments during engineering, construction, installation, hook-up, commissioning, start-up, and handover.

Activities executed with the highest required level of confidentiality.

Requirements

BSc/B.Eng. degree in an engineering discipline from a recognized university; higher degree would be advantageous.

A minimum of 10 yearsu2019 experience in engineering, project management, and execution of major and mega oil and gas projects, of which a minimum of 7 yearsu2019 experience in project management/interface leadership roles with proven track record for major and mega oil and gas projects.

Experienced in developing and leading effective project interface organizations.

Experienced in the implementation of industry best practices and companyu2019s systems, processes, and standards.

Proven ability to apply sound judgment and analytical skills due to the complex and diversified nature of the position.

Extensive skills in management and leadership, team building, effective communication, conflict resolution, and presentations.

Only applicants meeting the strict criteria outlined above will be contacted as part of the shortlisting process.