Project Engineer (Mechanical)

Petrofac; Sharjah; On-site; AED 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Petrofac is seeking an Engineer I - Projects based in Sharjah, UAE to lead project management activities within the energy sector. The role focuses on coordinating deliverables, procurement interfaces, and vendor management to ensure contract success.

The candidate will interact with engineering, procurement, and sites to resolve issues, monitor schedules, and maintain robust supplier relationships while driving progress against milestones in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Review contract scope, client obligations, schedules, and risk areas; prepare kickoff meeting agenda.
• Finalize deliverables list per contract after coordinating with sites for review and approval.
• Coordinate with engineering to prepare and issue deliverables such as drawings, procedures, calculations.
• Interface with procurement to monitor procurement status and take corrective action.
• Arrange post‑award kickoff with vendors, expedite, monitor vendor deliverables per contract.
• Monitor delivery schedules, identify risks, and liaise with stakeholders to mitigate delays.
• Nurture supplier relationships and participate in supplier performance appraisal.
• Resolve technical issues with suppliers and assess deviations and feasibility of changes.
• Coordinate site queries related to material, NCRs, and drawings; work with teams for solutions.
• Coordinate field expediting at supplier sites, inspection planning, and shipping releases.
• Investigate excess, shortage, and damage (ESD) issues and ensure proper MRB documentation.
• Assist in invoicing instructions and supplier payments against milestones; monitor progress.
• Approve freight charges and advise on shipping modes; manage field expediting decisions.
• Perform any other duties as required by the Project Manager.

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Petrofac is currently looking to recruit a Engineer I - Projects to be based in Sharjah, UAE.

What We Do

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 the energy industries. Our comprehensive and tailored service offering covers each stage of the project life cycle and a variety of commercial models, giving our clients the flexibility, they need.

Primary Duties

• Review the contract in terms of scope of work, obligations to the client, schedules, possible areas of
• concerns, action plans, prepare the agenda for the kick off meeting with the client and collect relevant information from various disciplines.
• Assist in finalizing the list of deliverables as per the contract after discussing them with various sites which is then submitted to the client for their review and approval.
• Co-ordinate with the Engineering discipline who will prepare and issue deliverables such as material requisition, technical bid evaluation and purchase requisition as required for procurement activities as well as Deliverables like Drawings, Procedures, calculations etc.
• Interface with procurement to review the status of procurement activities and take corrective action as needed.
• Arrange post award kick off meeting with vendor, expedite, monitor, and participate in review of vendor deliverables in line with contractual requirements, execution schedule, Purchase Order requirements and terms & conditions, ensure suborders of materials are in line with supplier’s engineering and manufacturing schedule, and monitor respective deliveries. Resolve any potential operational issues that may impact the deliveries, Monitor the recovery of delays and implementation of remedial actions. Identify Risks and liaise with stakeholders to mitigate delays and cost impacts. Maintain records and update order progress periodically
• Effectively nurture and maintain professional and healthy relationship with suppliers, participate in and coordinate objective supplier performance appraisal.
• Interface with the suppliers to resolve technical issues and in case of any deviations understand the reasons thereof and decide the feasibility of continuing with the existing arrangement.
• Interface with site to resolve site queries which are sent to the Project Engineer in terms of material not received, non-conformance reports, and drawings; and then discusses and analyses the same with the engineering, procurement and expediting teams as required to arrive at workable solutions for site.
• Coordinate and participate in routine check for field expediting requirements at supplier’s shop and coordinate expediting visits accordingly after consultation with the Principal Project Engineer/Senior Project Engineer, solicit supplier to maintain an inspection plan, liaise with QA/QC and coordinate inspection visits. Participate in flash report review and follow up on approvals by QA/QC. Review inspection release note issued by QA/QC and issue shipping release Note (SRN) to supplier and logistic team to trigger the shipping process. Expedite suppliers’ shipping documents, liaise with the shipping department for plan and timely movement of goods prior to readiness of consignment. And monitoring until obtaining Material Receipt Voucher (MRV) from material controller on site.
• Participate in investigating causes of Excess, Shortage, and Damage (ESD) of supplies. Assist coordination with the supplier and the procurement department to resolve ESDs and safeguard a genuine material receipt report.
• Advise supplier on invoicing instructions, review, verification, and administration of supplier invoices for payment against progress milestones. PO close out by expediting supplier’s submission of final Material Record Book (MRB), and all required documents as per PO, completion of certification for progress and final payment, assist in maintaining performance metrics and coordination of Supplier Performance Evaluation.
• Be involved in approving freight charges, deciding on the mode of shipment, resolving conflicts with suppliers, providing recommendations on whether or not to apply L/D, on inspection application or waiver, and deciding on field expediting requirements; however as delegated by Project Manager.
• Perform any other related duties and responsibilities as required by the reporting manager.

Minimum Requirements

• An engineering degree with a minimum of 6 years of project management experience in the oil and gas sector.