Lead Weight Control Engineer

Anotech; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 450,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

Anotech in Abu Dhabi seeks a highly experienced Weight Control Engineer for offshore oil and gas projects. The role focuses on developing procedures, weight breakdown structures and CoG envelopes across project phases from concept to EPC, ensuring weight budgets and interfaces are managed with discipline coordination.

The ideal candidate has 15+ years in offshore projects, 10+ years in weight control reporting, and strong cross-discipline collaboration skills to support weight optimization

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil/Structural Engineering or Mechanical Engineering
• Master's Degree (Not mandatory)

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement Project Weight Control Procedure
• Develop Weight Breakdown Structure
• Establish Weight Contingency philosophy as per Project phase
• Develop and implement weight growth monitoring/tracking mechanisms
• Evaluate CoG for all items and define CoG envelopes for designing sensitive structures
• Assess Lifting, Transportation and Installation CoG requirements
• Coordinate with all disciplines for weight and CoG data. Review/validate discipline weight inputs for accuracy
• Review discipline deliverables (i.e., Structural MTOs, Piping MTOs, Vendor data, E&I layouts, HVAC layouts, Architectural drawings) and collect the weight data
• Review Technical Queries (TQs), Site Queries (SQs), and Management of Change (MOC) requests for weight impact
• Actively participate in Management of Change reviews and identity the weight impacts
• Assess various weight limiting scenarios and define NTE values
• Support weight optimization initiatives
• Prepare and issue, Weight Control Reports, Weight status Reports, Weight growth Registers, Weight Forecast reports
• Coordinate with Marine Warranty Surveyor on Weight related requirements

Skills

Weight Control

CoG Analysis

MOC Reviews

Interdisciplinary Coord

Interface Mgmt

Brownfield Exp

Offshore Projects

Loadout

Education

Civil/Structural Eng

Mechanical Eng

Master's Degree (Not mandatory)

Job description

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil/Structural Engineering or Mechanical Engineering degree
• Master’s Degree (Not mandatory)

Experience

• Minimum 15+ years of experience in Offshore Oil and Gas Projects
• Minimum 10+ years of dedicated experience in Weight Control Reporting activities
• Experience in developing and maintaining Weight Control Reports throughout all Project Phases from Concept to EPC and for all applicable design phases (Loadout, Transportation, Lifting, Operating phases).
• Experience in Fixed Offshore Platform Jacket & Topsides weight reporting; Proven experience in managing weight budgets and weight growth control on major Offshore Projects
• Experience in Brownfield Projects
• Experience in Offshore Bridges, Flare structures, Modules
• Strong Inter discipline coordination, client interactions and interface management skills

Job Requirements

• Develop and implement Project Weight Control Procedure
• Develop Weight Breakdown Structure
• Establish Weight Contingency philosophy as per Project phase
• Develop and implement weight growth monitoring/tracking mechanisms
• Evaluate CoG for all items and define CoG envelopes for designing sensitive structures
• Assess Lifting, Transportation and Installation CoG requirements
• Coordinate with all disciplines for weight and CoG data. Review/validate discipline weight inputs for accuracy
• Review various discipline deliverables (i.e., Structural MTO’s, Piping MTO’s, Vendor data, E&I layouts, HVAC layouts, Architectural drawings) and collect the weight data.
• Review Technical Queries (TQs), Site Queries (SQs), and Management of Change (MOC) requests for weight impact.
• Actively participate in Management of Change reviews and identity the weight impacts
• Assess various weight limiting scenarios and define NTE values
• Support weight optimization initiatives
• Prepare and issue, Weight Control Repots, Weight status Reports, Weight growth Registers, Weight Forecast reports
• Coordinate with Marine Warranty Surveyor on Weight related requirements