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Job Overview: Principal Project Engineer
Managing the engineering scope of a McDermott project. Establishes and implements project procedures to ensure deliverables meet quality and technical content requirements in accordance with contract documents. Manage the technical execution to support the business considerations established for the project. May be responsible for a Unit/Area, a specific function, or may be assigned the Project Engineering Manager role depending upon the size and complexity of the project. Regularly requested to support preparation of proposals for prospective projects. May be assigned as the Project Engineering Manager (PEM) for smaller or medium size EPC projects.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities:
Practice and promote Safety in designs and work processes
Help prepare and understand the requirements of Engineering in the contract documents
Provide direction to and coordinate with the Engineering and Design Leads on an assigned project
Develop and implement the Project Execution Plan
Incorporate multi office execution as appropriate (MOPEX)
Develop internal/external Division of Responsibility (DOR) matrix as required
Prepare a Project Coordination Procedure
Communicate project requirements to the team
Supervise and provide guidance to other Project Engineers
Ensure effective communications among engineering disciplines
Document discussions and decisions related to the design
Prepare, review, and approve meeting minutes
Prepare, review, and approve Technical Queries, Design Deviations
Prepare, review, and approve responses to RFI's and other correspondence
Prepare and approve weekly and monthly reports for management
Assume responsibility for cost, schedule, quantity and budget control
Manage change effectively and proactively
Develop and maintain Project Engineering documents
Assemble and approve the Engineering Staffing Plan
Equipment List
Potential Change Notices
Weekly and Monthly reports for management
Action item lists (internal and external
Review work with client, management and project leads
Coordinate third party interface
Identify problems and coordinate with the engineering team to correct
Lead orderly handover and archiving of the completed project
Approve and submit the closeout report
Review and approve Lessons Learned submitted
Review and provide input to Company work processes and procedures as requested
Essential Qualifications and Education:
2-4 years of experience as Project Engineering Manager on a project
5-10 years of Project Engineering experience
Bachelor Degree or Master Degree in Engineering
Preferably Registered Engineer in Training (ElT) or member of professional engineering society as applicable.
Experience with Electrical and Instrumentation
Show flexibility and ensure proper hand-over with regards to: The reassignment to other departments, construction sites and fabrication yards. The replacement of colleagues during illness and holidays. The provision of assistance to other colleagues with heavy workload (also other projects). The managing/learning of future current working methods and software applications
Preferred Qualifications and Education
Requires depth and/or breath of expertise in own specialized discipline or field.
Field assignment experience
Experience on International Projects
Experience with multi-office (MOPEX) execution
Experience in execution as part of a Joint Venture or Consortium group
Experience developing proposals and contractual documentation
Experience on revamp (Brownfield) and grassroots (Greenfield) projects
Demonstrates a broad technical knowledge of detail design engineering codes and standards
Familiar with detail engineering and design work procedures and processes
Able to read and understand contractual documentation
Able to effectively communicate with all stakeholders on a project
Solves complex problems; takes a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions.
Works independently or with guidance in complex situations.
Expected to lead functional teams or projects
Leads others to solve complex problems, uses sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgement and identify innovative solutions
Explains difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view