Senior Project Engineer – VAP & Performance

KBR, Inc.; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR, Inc. is seeking a Senior Project Engineer for their Abu Dhabi operations. The position involves financial tracking, staffing management, and creating performance dashboards using tools like Excel and Power BI.

This role requires an extensive background in offshore projects, particularly within the oil and gas industry, along with a Bachelor’s degree in engineering. Prior experience with ADNOC projects would be advantageous.

Qualifications

• Overall 15 years of experience in the oil and gas industry.
• Minimum 5–8 years’ experience in offshore projects with engineering experience on mega projects.
• Previous experience with ADNOC projects is an added advantage.

Responsibilities

• Invoicing & Financial Tracking with internal stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain the staffing plan for resource management.
• Lead the creation of dashboards and performance reports.

Skills

Financial Tracking

Dashboard Creation

Resource Management

Project Staffing Analytics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Senior Project Engineer – VAP & Performance

Responsibilities

• Invoicing & Financial Tracking
• Track and follow up on end-to-end invoice status with PMC consultant and internal stakeholders, ensuring compliance with invoicing procedures.
• Maintain and reconcile invoice registers, highlighting delays, mismatches, or overdue payments.
• Coordinate with Projects Control Team, Contracts, and Project Managers to clear invoice bottlenecks.
• Report any delay or red flag to Manager VAP & Estimation on a weekly basis.
• Staffing Plan & Resource Management
• Develop and maintain the staffing plan, ensuring alignment with approved manpower plans.
• Monitor resource deployment, availability, mobilization, and demobilization across AOF projects following the approved resource management procedures.
• Identify resource shortages or excess and recommend corrective actions.
• Coordinate with PMC and internal teams for compliance with diversity, competency, and resource allocation requirements.
• Reporting & Dashboards
• Lead the creation and automation of dashboards and performance reports using Excel, Power BI, and agentic AI tools.
• Integrate project, staffing data, invoice metrics, and resource deployment into unified dashboards for leadership visibility.
• Improve data quality and ensure structured reporting (daily, weekly, monthly).
• Project Staffing Analytics
• Analyze performance trends, forecast manpower needs, and support cost/performance optimization.
• Provide early warning alerts for resource constraints, invoice processing delays, and performance deviations.
• Coordination & Governance
• Liaise with IPMT teams, internal stakeholders, and contractors to ensure alignment with company objectives.

Qualifications

• Overall 15 years of experience in the oil and gas industry.
• Minimum 5–8 years’ experience in offshore projects with engineering experience on mega projects.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering is required.
• Previous experience with ADNOC projects is an added advantage.

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