Title
Deputy Engineering Manager
KBR is looking for a Deputy Project Engineering Manager to support an overseas LNG Project.
Role Description
Reporting to the Manager of Engineering the candidate will have primary responsibility for the technical integrity and delivery of one or more projects across pre‑FEED, FEED and detailed design.
The successful candidate will have prior experience as an Engineering Manager or Senior Project Engineer within KBR or similar engineering contractor organisations.
The candidate will have major engineering delivery experience and show progressive development through discipline engineering into project engineering and engineering management.
Key Responsibilities Include
- Design management including technical job set up, technical integrity and technical delivery.
- Ensure compliance with KBR corporate policies and procedures. Knowledge of KBR Way (or something similar) desirable.
- Prepare and maintain engineering execution integrating technology licensors, KBR design process and third‑party designs as required.
- Prepare, maintain and communicate an engineering execution plan including technical reviews, design assurance and peer reviews as required.
- Prepare and maintain an engineering execution plan describing how the engineering will be executed across Leatherhead and other engineering centres.
- Participate in preparing and updating the engineering portion of the project schedule.
- Oversee the accurate measurement, monitoring and reporting of engineering progress.
- Recognise and report changes to the scope of work, forecast cost, or forecast schedule.
- Provision of quantity trends on detailed design projects. Provide a culture of technical integrity and deliver the engineering design and integrity management.
Design Basis Development
- Responsible for project basis of design, philosophies, key studies, novel technologies and value improvement practices.
- Being familiar with the contract terms and scope of work, communicate them properly to the engineering staff and perform all activities required by the contract.
- Prepare, issue and maintain a project design basis document. Changes to the document after issue should be considered changes to the scope of work.
- Obtain, document and communicate accurate site data for the proposed facility location.
- Establish and communicate applicable regulatory requirements to engineering personnel, and ensure compliance with those regulations.
Design Method Development
- Implement inherent safety into the facilities beginning at the layout stage and extending through the end of the design phase.
- Implement value‑improving practices, as appropriate, to improve the quality of project execution or the value of the project outcome.
- Monitor the quality of engineering specifications which define the work to be completed by others.
- Monitor the quality of PFDs, P&IDs and process data, which provide input to engineering on the project.
- Establish a weight database and monitor the weight of the facilities throughout the length of the contract, if required.
- Initiate and own the preparation, issuance and update of a major equipment list throughout the engineering phase of the project.
- Train, develop & mentor the next generation of lead engineers and engineering managers.
Design Assurance
- Implement quality assurance methods in accordance with the KBR Quality Management System (or similar).
- Implement an engineering continuous improvement process.
- Plan and implement reviews of the engineering method and products.
- Plan and implement a method to ensure the integrity of the overall design.
Key Attributes / Skills
- Experience in multiple project delivery as senior project engineer or engineering manager.
- Senior professional with strong personal drive and credibility with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Proficient oral and written communication skills. Collaborates well in a team environment.
- Track record of project delivery in Europe, Middle East or Africa.
- Demonstrable flexibility and ability to adapt to changing project‑related priorities and deliver high‑quality, accurate work within required deadlines.
- Ability to work things through with clients to resolve issues, including conflicting demands, sensitive situations and conflicts with other groups.
- Abides by the KBR Code of Business Conduct and business ethics.
- Excellent awareness of environmental and sustainability issues.
- Skills typically acquired through the completion of an undergraduate degree in engineering and possession of a professional engineering qualification.
Qualifications
- Degree in major engineering discipline or equivalent.
- Professional accreditation with a registered institution or engineering council or equivalent.
KBR Company Information
When you become part of the KBR team, your opportunities are endless. Through collaboration with our customers, we are defining tomorrow’s challenges, then providing the solutions and services to overcome those challenges, always maintaining our commitment to total safety and reliability.
At KBR, we partner with government and industry clients to provide purposeful and comprehensive solutions with an emphasis on efficiency and safety. With a full portfolio of services, proprietary technologies and expertise, our employees are ready to handle projects and missions throughout their entire life‑cycle, from planning and design to sustainability and maintenance. Whether at the bottom of the ocean or in outer space, our clients trust us to deliver the impossible on a daily basis.
Working at KBR means being rewarded for your contributions. In addition to competitive benefits and professional development, our people are empowered to use all their potential, creating meaningful change for themselves and our clients. We attract the best minds in the world because our expertise thrives on creativity, resourcefulness and collaboration. That is how we supply our clients with cutting‑edge solutions and services.
As the needs of the world change, we are ready to respond and guide the way forward with strategic, sustainable, and technological advancements grounded in more than a century of practical application and execution.