Sr Project Engineer

Company Overview:

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Job Overview:

The Senior Project Engineer shall be responsible for:

Miscellaneous

• Maintain relationship with BD & P&E to keep visibility on future bids in the pipeline
• Support ongoing projects as necessary with Change Order / Price Update support
• Maintain awareness of McDermott vessel commitments through global vessel schedule updates. Provide inputs / comments to schedule as needed
• Support annual bid process audit process by providing any details needed
• Provide bid status and bid slate updates in MAO ops meetings
• Ensure annual rate updates are incorporated and filed for use on iDocs
• CTC workbooks reviewed, relevant clarifications raised
• DOE rates updated
• Construction crew rates verified with HR
• Provide supervision for assigned project engineers including:
• General supervision / support as necessary
• Ensure suitable staffing to support forecasted tender workload
• Annual goal setting and performance reviews with periodic feedback as appropriate
• Guidance on bid/project assignments

Pre Bid Receipt

• Support BD with pre bid support as needed
• Pre bid screening (general feasibility, vessel availability, etc.)
• Participate in client meetings to discuss prospects
• Review/Support competitor analysis development
• Review capture plans and provide input from MAO perspective
• Support high level OME’s
• Manage OME development from technical / commercial sides as necessary
• Meet with clients to present proposals and receive feedback as necessary

Initiation Phase

• Provide input to support bid budget development (manpower estimates)
• Assign Project Engineer to support bid
• Review tender documentation and discuss strategy with PE / PM
• Participate in bid KOM

Preparation Phase

• Participate in bid status meetings to stay aware of progress being made and potential deficiencies
• Ensure Technical / Commercial deliverables are progressing and strategy is in alignment with “How It’s Charged”
• Technical
• SME’s approached for bid support (VOM’s / ROV / Survey / Diving)
• All TBE’s/CBE’s reviewed / updated as needed
• Schedule assembled and appropriate feedback received
• Commercial - Marine Estimate Assembled
• Durations input based on approved schedule (Base Durations + WOW/MDT/Groceries)
• Spreads developed based on McDermott standards with inputs received from supporting SME’s as necessary (Rates / Escalations applied correctly)
• 3rd party equipment costs included per CBE’s
• Non Spread Related Costs assembled
• Contingency inputs developed
• Event – Ensure PROM reflects project risk profile
• Estimate Accuracy – Provide accuracy ranges for proposal
• Work with Estimating department to ensure costs are not missed or doubled up.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and review inputs from the various Engineering disciplines, functional departments, and out-house contractors contributing to the execution of the Engineering portion of a project
• Coordinate and ensure the generation of deliverables, reports, and procedures required for the Engineering portion of the project
• Support management of the Engineering portion of the project as directed by the Project Engineering Manager
• Use discipline expertise and project experience to solve complex problems; take a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions
• Manage own time to meet objectives; forecast and plan resource requirements
• Assist the Project Engineering Manager in planning, organizing, coordinating, and controlling small projects or the Engineering portion of a larger project in accordance with established policies, procedures, systems, and requirements
• Act as a liaison between the Customer and Project Engineering Manager and Engineering Team, including third-party agencies and subcontractors
• Assist in the preparation and implementation of the Engineering Project Execution Plan (PEP)
• Assist in the preparation of the worksharing Interface Plan & Scope Split Matrix Ensure all scopes of work are addressed, handover points are understood and agreed upon, and there are no scope gaps or overlaps between the work sharing offices and any subcontractors
• Review the Project Plan along with the project planner and prepare subcontract scope packages for any work that is required to be subcontracted
• Attend Engineering Project Readiness reviews (as required)
• Coordinate and become familiar with all inputs and changes to the Engineering Project Plan, scope of work, drawings, and specifications Facilitate logging and evaluating impacts of all changes in the Desk Top Change Management System (DTCMS)
• Review any scope of work documents produced by the respective functional departments and identify changes impacting Engineering, update the Engineering Scope of Work documents as required/agreed, and assist in the preparation of change orders
• Coordinate information between Engineering and other functions (such as Fabrication, Marine, etc.) to ensure timely receipt and delivery of necessary design inputs
• Ensure that registers of all documents received by Engineering as well as sent are maintained and updated in accordance with Document Control inclusive of timely distribution to all concerned personnel, departments, other entities, and subcontractor(s) as necessary
• Document substantive communications (communications that result in significant decisions or assignment of actions), and forward copies to Engineering Project Manager
• Facilitate the development and monitor closeout of technical queries to obtain missing information, clarify work scope, and maintain preferred McDermott procedures, specifications, standards, practices, and operational requirement
• Coordinate and progress site queries related to subcontracted works
• Review project schedule and fabrication schedule in relation to construction sequence, milestones, and engineering scope, checking for alignment
• Attend Weekly Progress Meetings (internal as well as with Customer) and prepare the Minutes of Meetings
• Monitor worksharing team meetings, attending as necessary
• Coordinate and ensure that Engineering and associated Design work, including weight control information and necessary updates, are carried out by the respective discipline personnel in accordance with the specifications and schedule
• Ensure all procedures and calculations are submitted to the Customer for review and approval in accordance with the contract Monitor their approvals with the Customer
• Coordinate with the Project Quality Manager to ensure that the Engineering work is being performed per the Quality plans and that all necessary inspection and certification are available for the final documentation package
• Coordinate with the Project Procurement Manager/Coordinator to ensure that specifications, TBEs, vendor data expediting, and vendor data approvals required to be provided by Engineering are delivered per schedule, resolving technical queries as required
• Coordinate with senior production engineers and offshore operations engineers frequently to understand the progress of work activities on the project, identifying constraints related to Engineering deliverables and facilitating solutions
• Keep the Project Engineering Manager apprised of all activities and concerns, technical, budgetary, and manpower related
• Monitor work in progress and compile weekly/monthly reports on the status of each activity
• Gather and assemble inputs for actual, planning, and forecasting progress reports including associated productivity
• Monitor KPI measurement results, and alert Discipline Leads as necessary to take timely corrective action to avoid negative consequences to the project
• Participate in HAZAN, HAZID, HAZOP, and other safety I operability/ reliability studies and workshops, as necessary
• Participate in 3D model reviews, as necessary
• Coordinate and participate in Constructability reviews, as necessary
• Travel as necessary to attend Customer and project meetings and to facilitate the resolution of Engineering interface issues, including traveling to other Engineering offices, Fabrication Yard, and Offshore
• Attend Technical Quality Audit reviews, as necessary
• Facilitate project Discipline Lead Engineers' and Designers' reviews of previous projects' lessons learned, and ensure that lessons learned on the project are entered into MDR's Lessons Learned system progressively as they are identified

Essential Qualifications and Education:

• Degree in an Engineering discipline
• 8-15 years of experience in oil and gas with a major contractor or consultant predominantly performing detail design of offshore facilities
• Preferably Registered Professional Engineer or member of a professional engineering society
• Good working knowledge of discipline design techniques, analysis methods, and general workflow
• General knowledge of the theory, content, and application of statutory codes and guidelines as applicable