Static Equipment Lead

Job description / Role

Job purpose:

Lead static equipment/mechanical activities for a major offshore expansion project, ensuring technical requirements (e.g., specifications, data sheets) fully comply with deliverables and standardized processes. Provide design support to the Engineering Manager, ensuring high-quality execution of all project elements.

The Static Equipment Lead will be responsible for providing expert technical guidance on mechanical/static equipment. The role ensures design of mechanical equipment, and compliance with company and international standards to enhance asset reliability and safety.

Key job accountabilities:

• Reports to Head of Mechanical Engineering.
• Ensure that the contractoru2019s mechanical equipment engineering for topsides, onshore facilities (offshore scope) engineering designs comply with the contract requirements, including project codes and standards.
• Review and approve contractor engineering deliverables for mechanical equipment. Review and comment on other engineering discipline deliverables.
• Plan and schedule the engineering deliverables to enable efficient project execution, ensuring technical alignment and compliance with QatarEnergy LNG operational policies, standards of business conduct and project management system.
• Participate in key design workshops and ensure that recommendations are correctly implemented and actions closed (3D model review, lessons learned, value engineering, HAZOP, SIL, LOPA, engineering criticality assessment, etc.).
• Support Offshore Engineering Manager in monitoring the contractoru2019s progress on delivery of the required static equipment documents for topsides and pipeline disciplines.
• Coordinate with subject matter experts with respective disciplines involved in delivery of the mechanical equipment, and ensure endorsement of technical deviations to company specifications when required.
• Supervise and manage engineering interface for mechanical equipment for topsides, onshore facilities (offshore scope) with the following teams: operations, the pipelines from the topsides perspective, the onshore project team.

Minimum requirements:

Qualifications:

Bacheloru2019s degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Knowledge and/or experience:

Minimum 10 years of relevant experience as Mechanical Engineer in a major project environment within the oil and gas industry and having a broad knowledge of engineering execution including design standards, specifications, codes, safety criteria, offshore facilities design, construction and operations.

Technical and business skills:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a focus on teamwork and the ability to communicate and interact within a PMT.
• Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work in multi-disciplinary, multicultural teams in offshore environments.
• Excellent report writing and presentation skills.
• A high level of proficiency in written and spoken English.
• Computer literacy involving the regular use of professional office applications and some technical applications.
• Good knowledge of mechanical equipment, piping, pipeline, structural, instrument, telecom, piping and electrical.