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Senior principal riser engineer

McDermott
Posted: 31 January
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1d ago, from mcdermott asia pacific sdn bhd

* Perform conceptual FEED, Studies, and detailed design engineering, analysis, and calculations on more complex and demanding engineering tasks
* Apply knowledge and skills to complete varied assignments
* Prepare clear and accurate detailed design calculations and analyses, including design reports and procedures
* Prioritize and organize own work to meet deadlines
* Focus on completing work within budgets
* Clearly communicate and explain information in straightforward engineering activities
* Focused on health and safety policies and procedures
* When acting as Lead Engineer, in addition:
o Direct small or medium Mechanical Engineering team as a Lead Engineer
o Lead the Discipline engineering design of the assigned work area and complete it within the planned schedule and budget, in accordance with standards, MDR, and project-specific procedures and to a high professional standard
o Plan, organize, and direct all aspects of Discipline execution on the assigned project including scope, deliverables, schedule, and all manpower resources - agree on allocations with the Discipline Manager
o Ensure interfaces and deliverables are clearly identified
o Maintain responsibility for progress and productivity, identifying any required corrective action
* Act as project representative for the Discipline during meetings with the Project Team, Customer discipline lead, and relevant agencies such as certifying authorities, auditors, third parties, etc.
* Be fully familiar with the project scope of work, specifications, schedule, and all inter-discipline requirements; including identifying concerns as early as practicable and taking appropriate initiatives to address the issues
* Identify changes to scope and promptly raise change notifications, including providing any necessary supporting documentation and estimates
* Provide similar support for Variation Orders
* Interface with other departments to obtain input for Discipline designs and drawings
* Maintain close coordination with other engineering disciplines, Planning, Fabrication, and Project Management Team, as required
* Document substantive communications (communications that result in significant decisions or assignment of actions) and forward copies to the Discipline Lead Engineer and Discipline Manager
* Assist in the preparation of estimates for bid proposals, including technical query reviews, execution statements, and manhour estimates
* Raise technical queries to obtain missing information, clarify work scope, and maintain preferred McDermott procedures, specifications, standards, practices, and operational requirements
* Prepare Discipline engineering design basis, philosophies, and technical specifications, as required
* Participate in finalizing deliverables lists and deliverables, ensuring compliance with specifications and functional integrity
* Attend project review meetings, vendor meetings, engineering meetings, and offshore site surveys, as required
* Provide technical direction and review of Designers producing products related to Instrumentation & Controls Engineering
* Prepare and review design reports and procedures
* Assist in providing necessary design inputs to other disciplines to enable them to proceed with their deliverables
* Assist procurement personnel in procuring Discipline equipment, materials, and services; ensuring that work produced complies with Customer objectives and procedures, including preparing and reviewing requisitions, evaluating technical quotations and preparing queries, compiling bid tabulations
* and recommendations, preparing purchase requisitions, and coordinating with Procurement to expedite vendor documents, as directed by the Discipline Lead Engineer
* Assist in updating weight report based on receipt of vendor information
* Check engineering performed by others within the Discipline
* Review vendor and subcontractor submittals, checking for compliance with project specifications and providing comments as necessary
* Perform design verification through single-discipline check / inter-discipline check (IDC)
* Provide technical support to all fabrication queries, including identifying defect/rectification requirements
* Keep the Lead Engineer apprised of all activities and concerns, technical, budgetary, and manpower related
* Assist in providing inputs for actual, planning, and forecasting progress reports including associated productivity
* Check final subcontractor and vendor data manuals to ensure that all requested data has been received
* and approved
* Participate in internal, Customer, and third-party technical audits on engineering deliverables and vendor documents
* Assist Project Engineering Managers with responses to Customer and other agencies (such as certifying authorities, auditors, third parties, etc.) on their review and approval
* Capture lessons learned and enter into MDR's Lessons Learned system
* Act as a resource for colleagues with less experience
* Guide less experienced engineers on MDR and Discipline procedures, standards, worksheets, design calculations, software, requisitions, technical bid evaluations, technical queries, etc.
* Be aware of costs related to own work and of the discipline
* Provide engineering support as required
* Assists in the preparation of subcontract documents
* Keep the Lead Engineer apprised of all activities, progress, and concerns
* Develop an awareness of costs related to own work
* Develop a basic understanding of MDR’s business and the customers it serves
* Develop basic knowledge of MDR’s business units and interactions including engineering, fabrication, and marine functions
* Develop advanced skills in the use of standard productivity tools such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
* Participate in Riser design review and verifications
* Build riser analysis models and check models created by others for analysis such as under supervision such as:
o Fatigue Analysis
o Strength Analysis
o Installation Analysis
o Clashing Analysis
o Platform design calculation and analysis and check engineering performed by others such as:
o Wall thickness design
o Component design
o Configuration design
* Participate in riser design reviews and approval (lead engineer) of in-house third-party drawings
* When acting as a Lead engineer, in addition:
* Act as project-based discipline point of contact in communication and meetings with customer
* Assist the Discipline Manager in the preparation of annual forecast and manpower planning
* Prepare bids and the project’s discipline budget and execution plan
* Identify project staffing requirements
* Plan, organize, and assign tasks to team members
* Ensure tasks are completed within budget
* Alert the project team of any deviation from the scope/change order
* Assist the Discipline manager in the Performance Evaluation of team members

Reports to:
Project: Lead Engineer, Project Engineering Manager or Project Manager
Function: Sr Manager (Sub Sea Engineering)
Liaise With: All engineering disciplines, Fabrication Group, safety Department, offshore group, document controls,
Procurement team, sub-contracts, vendors, and client
Supervises: Senior riser engineers, Engineers, Associate/Trainee riser engineers and designers

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