Engineer I - Construction (Mechanical)

Job description / Role

Petrofac is a leading international service provider to the energy industry, with a diverse client portfolio including many of the world's leading energy companies.

We design, build, manage and maintain infrastructure for our clients. We recruit, reward, and develop our people based on merit regardless of race, nationality, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status or disability. We value our people and treat everyone who works for or with Petrofac fairly and without discrimination.

The world is re-thinking its energy supply and energy security needs; planning for a phased transition to alternative energy sources. We are here to help our clients meet these evolving energy needs.

This is an exciting time to join us on this journey.

We support flexible working requests and have adopted a hybrid approach for most of our office-based roles. We ask employees to be present in the office at least three days per week.

Are you ready to bring the right energy to Petrofac and help us deliver a better future for everyone?

JOB TITLE: Engineer I - Construction (Mechanical)

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Responsible for the implementation of construction work processes, project procedures and instructions within assigned operations.
- Ensure subcontractors are working with latest issued documents and drawings. Review IFC documents and resolve discrepancies, raise technical queries for clarifications on IFC deliverables in coordination with field engineering team.
- Coordinate with Client representative to solve any potential or actual problem across its disciplines as encountered at the project site and liaise with engineering disciplines / project execution team to find alternative and corrective actions.
- Participate in scoping sessions with subcontractors (awareness of workface planning)
- Provide support to Planning. Analysis and forecast of the ongoing activities.
- Plan for the three weeks look ahead schedule to identify jobs that need to be completed and the resources which would be required for deployment for timely completion of the job.
- Reviews subcontractor deliverables like Fabrication / construction execution plan, procedures / method statements and other related activities and make sure they are complying to project requirements.
- Monitor construction productivity & responsible for implementing PPC (Project Production Control i.e. monitor daily construction details and daily progress) in his area.
- Monitor the activities of subcontractors to ensure compliance with specifications and procedures and with the project objectives for safety, quality, productivity, schedule and cost. Provide solutions to subcontractor's problems in order to achieve the successful execution of the project.
- Participate in daily progress meetings with subcontractor fabrication works, review the daily progress and identify deviations from planned works and inform immediate supervisor.
- Orders materials and schedule inspections as necessary throughout the process.
- Participate in Go/NoGo meetings and ensure checklist is completed and approved prior to start of critical activities.
- Ensure adequate storage and preservation of equipment & bulks before and after installation. Ensure that the material handed over to the Subcontractor is controlled, preserved, and issued for the intended purpose.
- Promotes job site safety, encourage safe work practices, and rectify job site hazards immediately. Regularly participate in HSE meetings, toolbox talks, and daily jobsite walks and keep a meticulous record of these.
- Prepare reports & forecasts relating to construction progress, job manpower forecasts etc.
- Support in QinC initiative by ensuring Subcontractor's are Building Right First Time inline with latest IFC, approved ITP's and inline with codes and standards. Shall be able to generate or modify ITRs / Check sheets for construction. Ensure Subcontractor's are maintaining the ITR records in a systematic way
- Supervises completion of a final punch list. Ensure that all punch items are timely closed.
- Provide inputs of lessons, constructability issues, best practices in construction Observation Form.
- Support subcontracts in accurate quantity reporting.
- Aware of subcontract agreement and challenge every Site Instructions.
- Shall aid subcontract teams with review of invoice approvals and billing from subcontractors in accordance with BOM utilization.
- Serves as a coach and mentor for site supervisors.
- Ensure competency check of construction supervisor and subcontractors, ensure personnel are qualified and competent to perform allocated tasks, have valid certification, where required.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS:

- Follow good flange joint management and prevent stress on adjacent flanges, temporarily support disturbed piping or where items are removed. Ensure use correct joint make-up procedure, including selection and fitting of joint materials (gaskets and bolts).
- Support in preparation of piping pressure test packages as per P&ID, Isometric drawings, test limit drawings and witnessing pressure/leak testing. Monitor pressure and sign off records.
- Shall be responsible for anticipating and reporting engineering issues in coordination with vendors and end user in relation to all aspects of rotating equipment up to handover to end user.
- Deal primarily with critical compressors and pumps, motor drives and packages and able to highlight and solve day-to-day issue in the assigned work areas.
- Ensure precommissioning procedures related to cleanliness of piping for lube oil piping, steam piping etc are available and understood prior to piping fabrication.
- Ensure commissioning procedures for rotating equipment are developed and approved on time.
- When the scope is up to commissioning, ensure start-up checks are performed by assigned Engineers and supervisors prior to start-up of each piece of equipment.

Requirements

- When the scope is up to commissioning, ensure troubleshooting of rotating equipment related issues are carried out during all the phases up to hand over.
- Ensure updation of vendor document for modifications or changes done in site and issue for as built updations.
- 4+ Mechanical & Piping experience in direct hire construction with an international oil & gas EPC company and with subcontractors
- 4+ HVAC experience in direct hire construction with an international oil & gas EPC company and with subcontractors
- Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent from an accredited college or university.
- Good communications skills
- Must have working knowledge of International Codes and Standards, specifically ASME and API Codes/practices, and specifications associated with all types of static/rotating equipment and piping.
- Has knowledge and experience to solve mechanical / HVAC & piping issues onsite and provide guidance to subcontractors.

About the Company

Petrofac is an international provider of facilities solutions to the oil & gas production and processing industries.

Petrofac delivers services through seven business units: Engineering & Construction, Engineering & Construction Ventures, Engineering Services, Offshore Engineering & Operations, Training, Production Solutions and Energy Developments.

Through these businesses, Petrofac designs and builds oil & gas facilities; operates, maintains and manages facilities and trains personnel; enhances production; and, where it can leverage its service capability, develops and co-invests in upstream and infrastructure projects.

Petrofac’s range of services meets its customers’ needs across the full life cycle of oil & gas assets.