Senior Construction Engineer

National Marine Dredging Company; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

National Marine Dredging Company in Abu Dhabi seeks an experienced Offshore Construction professional to lead and coordinate activities across multiple project phases. The candidate will report to the Offshore Construction Manager and contribute to construction planning, cost optimization, and execution strategies in the oil & gas sector.

The role requires a civil/mechanical/Naval engineering degree, at least 10 years in offshore construction, and strong English communication and leadership

Qualifications

• Good commercial, financial and contractual awareness.
• Good negotiation and decision making skills.
• Excellent spoken and written English language skills.
• Potential managerial skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Committed team player/ leader.
• Thorough understanding of offshore operations and equipment.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Offshore Construction Manager in preparing the list of project deliverables for the offshore scope.
• Attend the project kick off strategy meeting held by the OCM to finalize the offshore strategy.
• Assist the OCM to develop offshore execution plans.
• Assist OCM in preparing the construction schedule taking into consideration project milestones and barge availability.
• Assist OCM in preparing a techno-commercial analysis to optimize the offshore installation cost.
• Assist OCM in preparing list of construction aids (load register) required for the job.
• Follow-up the fabrication progress with NOD base.
• Assist OCM in preparing the scope of work for pipe coating activity and follow-up closely the pipe coating progress.

Skills

Commercial awareness

Negotiation skills

Decision making

Leadership

Communication skills

Team leadership

Offshore operations knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Preferably Mechanical, Civil, Naval)

Job description

• Responsible for a number of functions on an assigned projects, May work on a number of projects at any one time. Co-ordinate and monitor activities during the project various execution phases, assist and lead the Construction Engineer in the assigned task he will report to the Offshore Construction Manager / Sr. Offshore Construction Manager

Educational Qualifications & Certifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Preferably Mechanical, Civil, Naval), or equivalent

Relevant Experience

• Minimum 10 years' experience in Offshore Construction in Oil & Gas Industry

Competencies

• Good commercial, financial and contractual awareness
• Good negotiation and decision making skills
• Excellent spoken and written English language skills
• Potential managerial skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Committed team player/ leader
• Thorough understanding of offshore operations and equipment

Start-up phase

• Assist the OCM in preparing the list of project deliverables for the offshore scope
• Attend the project kick off strategy meeting held by the OCM to finalize the offshore strategy
• Assist the OCM to develop offshore execution plans
• Assist OCM in preparing the construction schedule taking into consideration project milestones and barge availability
• Assist OCM in preparing a techno-commercial analysis to optimize the offshore installation cost

All phases

• Assist OCM in preparing list of construction aids (load register) required for the job.
• Follow-up the fabrication progress with NOD base
• Assist OCM in preparing the scope of work for pipe coating activity and follow-up closely the pipe coating progress