Senior Construction Support Engineer - Installation

Mc Dermott

Dubai

On-site

AED 293,793 - 440,690

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Mc Dermott is seeking a Senior Construction Support Engineer - Installation to be based in Dubai, UAE. This is a full-time opportunity within the Oil and Energy sector, requiring 8 to 15 years of experience in construction support and installation engineering. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in both onshore and offshore projects.

The role includes responsibilities such as performing engineering analyses, preparing design calculations, and directing engineering activities on smaller projects. Strong communication skills and the ability to manage complex engineering issues are essential.

Qualifications

8 to 15 years of oil and gas experience with major contractors or consultants.
Strong background in construction and installation design for offshore and onshore projects.
Detailed understanding of applicable standards and construction techniques.

Responsibilities

Perform engineering analyses in accordance with project design specifications.
Prepare accurate design calculations and technical reports.
Manage engineering tasks within agreed deadlines and budgets.

Skills

Construction support engineering

Installation engineering

Oil and gas projects

Offshore construction

Onshore construction

Fabrication support

Education

Bachelor's degree in Naval Architecture, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering

Master's degree in a relevant engineering discipline (preferred)

Job description

Senior Construction Support Engineer - Installation is a full‑time position located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates within the Oil and Energy sector. The role requires 8 to 15 years of experience in construction support and installation engineering across onshore and offshore projects.

Key Responsibilities

Perform conceptual, FEED, study, and detailed engineering analyses in accordance with project design basis, specifications, design codes, and approved standards.
Prepare accurate design calculations, engineering analyses, technical reports, construction procedures, installation procedures, and supporting project documentation.
Direct engineering activities as a Project Coordinator on small projects when assigned.
Apply construction support engineering knowledge to standard and nonstandard technical situations across fabrication, installation, and offshore execution.
Manage assigned engineering tasks within agreed deadlines, budgets, short‑term work plans, and discipline priorities.
Review project scope of work, specifications, schedules, deliverables, construction sequence, and inter‑discipline requirements to identify concerns early.
Communicate complex engineering and construction issues clearly to discipline leads, fabrication teams, marine teams, vendors, subcontractors, clients, and project stakeholders.
Identify scope changes and promptly raise change notifications with supporting documents, technical estimates, and variation order input.
Interface with engineering disciplines to support clash‑free designs, coordinated deliverables, and practical construction or installation solutions.
Work closely with planning, fabrication, marine, procurement, document control, safety, project management, subcontractors, vendors, and customers.
Prepare discipline design basis documents, technical specifications, philosophies, deliverable lists, and construction support engineering inputs.
Raise technical queries to obtain missing information, clarify work scope, and maintain McDermott procedures, specifications, standards, practices, and operational requirements.
Attend project review meetings, vendor meetings, engineering meetings, technical audits, and offshore site surveys when required.
Provide technical direction and review for designers producing construction and installation support engineering deliverables.
Provide design inputs to other disciplines so their engineering deliverables can progress accurately and on schedule.
Assist procurement teams when assigned by preparing and reviewing requisitions, technical quotation evaluations, bid tabulations, purchase requisitions, and vendor document requirements.
Check engineering work performed by others within the discipline and verify deliverables through single‑discipline checks and inter‑discipline checks.
Provide technical support for fabrication queries, including defect review, rectification requirements, and construction‑related issue resolution.
Keep the Lead Engineer informed of all technical, budgetary, manpower, progress, productivity, and project concern areas.
Support actual, planned, and forecast progress reporting with discipline inputs and productivity information.
Participate in internal, customer, and third‑party technical audits for engineering deliverables and vendor documents.
Assist with responses to customers, certifying authorities, auditors, third parties, and other reviewing agencies.
Capture lessons learned and enter relevant findings into the MDR Lessons Learned system.
Guide less experienced engineers on discipline procedures, standards, worksheets, design calculations, software, requisitions, technical bid evaluations, and technical queries.
Maintain cost awareness for assigned work and contribute to efficient discipline execution.
Perform and review erection sequences for jackets, topsides, and other structural assemblies.
Prepare and review loadout procedures and provide engineering guidance during loadout operations.
Develop and review construction lift analyses and procedures for floatover, stacking, roll‑up, and other critical construction activities.
Prepare and review weighing procedures, crane arrangements, rigging arrangements, trailer arrangements, operational drawings, and related procedures.
Design and detail miscellaneous fabrication yard items required for safe and efficient execution.
Assist the Lead Engineer in coordinating critical operations pre‑activity meetings and attend yard critical operations as required.
Support pipeline installation engineering work when required, including transportation and installation designs for submarine pipelines, risers, spools, PLETs, manifolds, and cables.

Ideal Profile

Bachelor's degree in Naval Architecture, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering is required.
Master's degree in a relevant engineering discipline is preferred.
8 to 15 years of oil and gas experience with a major contractor or consultant.
Strong background in construction and installation design for offshore, onshore, fabrication, marine, or major energy infrastructure projects.
Working knowledge of construction engineering techniques, analysis methods, fabrication support methods, and installation engineering procedures.
Detailed understanding of applicable standards, codes, technical guidelines, and project requirements for onshore and offshore construction.
Experience with fabrication yard support, erection sequencing, loadout planning, lift analysis, rigging design, weighing procedures, trailer operations, and critical construction activities.
Ability to review calculations, technical procedures, engineering drawings, vendor documents, construction support deliverables, and installation documentation.
Capable of supporting fabrication teams with technical queries, rectification guidance, constructability solutions, and installation‑related decisions.
Strong coordination skills across engineering, fabrication, marine, safety, procurement, document control, project management, subcontractors, vendors, and customers.
Able to guide engineers with less experience and act as a reliable discipline resource.
Preferably a Registered Professional Engineer or member of a recognized professional engineering society.
Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical matters clearly.
Cost‑aware, safety‑focused, practical, and able to work independently with minimal guidance.
Pipeline installation engineering experience involving submarine pipelines, risers, spools, PLETs, manifolds, or cables will be an added advantage.

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