IT Pillar Specialist

McDermott International, Ltd; Chennai District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

McDermott International, Ltd in Chennai, India seeks an IT Pillar Specialist to provide user support for engineering, procurement, and site operations. The role focuses on solving straightforward IT issues, analyzing solutions, and applying business knowledge to improve processes.

The position requires a bachelor’s degree in a related field and 3+ years of IT support experience in EPC contexts, with strong communication and project-management capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 3+ years of IT support experience for EPC business applications.
• Understanding of engineering, procurement, and construction processes for EPC projects.
• Strong communication, requirements gathering, development, and process planning skills.
• Knowledge of IT project management methodology and data usage, processes, and outputs.

Responsibilities

• Provide user support to engineering, procurement, and site/construction teams.
• Communicate with internal users to address business and application needs.
• Write functional specs, design, and test reports; assist with user training.
• Serve as functional lead and/or PM on IT projects.
• Work with business units during upgrades (e.g., Smart Plant Materials) and provide follow-up support.
• Analyze, clarify, and document work processes; identify opportunities.

Skills

Communication

Requirements gathering

Development

Process planning

IT project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Job description

Job Overview

The IT Pillar Specialist applies their conceptual knowledge of IT Pillar (IT) and with a moderate level of guidance and direction from colleagues and leadership, is responsible for solving a range of straightforward IT Pillar (IT) problems. They will be responsible for analyzing possible solutions using standard procedures, as well as building knowledge of the company, processes, and customers. The IT Pillar Specialist understands key business drivers and applies this knowledge to solve problems in straightforward situations through analysis of possible solutions using technical experience, judgment, and precedents.

Job Description

Job Overview

The IT Pillar Specialist applies their conceptual knowledge of IT Pillar (IT) and with a moderate level of guidance and direction from colleagues and leadership, is responsible for solving a range of straightforward IT Pillar (IT) problems. They will be responsible for analyzing possible solutions using standard procedures, as well as building knowledge of the company, processes, and customers. The IT Pillar Specialist understands key business drivers and applies this knowledge to solve problems in straightforward situations through analysis of possible solutions using technical experience, judgment, and precedents.

Responsibilities

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• The IT Pillar Specialist analyst will primarily provide user support to engineering, procurement, and site/construction
• Communicate with internal users of the application to address and solve user's business and application needs
• Write functional specifications, design, and test developed reports, and assist with user training
• Serve as functional lead and or PM on IT Projects
• Work closely with the various business units during the upgrade of Smart Plant Materials and then provide follow-up support
• Assist process owner with analyzing, clarifying, and documenting work processesSolve user problems and identify other areas of opportunity

Qualifications

Essential Qualifications and Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
• Minimum 3+ years of experience in IT supporting EPCI business applications as a lead or administrator
• An understanding of engineering, procurement, and construction processes in executing an EPC project
• In addition to the industry background, the analyst will need strong skills in the following areas: communication, developing and documenting requirements and specifications, development, and planning of processes to solve the user’s business and application needs, and IT project management methodology
• Good communication skills are a must
• Working knowledge of the business units or processes supported by the application
• In-depth understanding of how the application software has been set up and integrated to support business needs
• Ability to conduct functional testing of the application
• Complete understanding of data use, processes, and output

About Us

Our ingenuity fuels daily life. Together, we’ve forged some of the most trusted partnerships across the energy value chain to make what was once just an idea a reality: laying subsea infrastructure thousands of feet below sea level, installing platforms hundreds of miles from shore, using our expertise to design and build offshore wind infrastructure, and reshaping the onshore landscape to deliver the energy products the world needs safely and sustainably. For more than 100 years, we've been making the impossible possible. Today, we're driving the energy transition with more than 30,000 of the brightest minds across 54 countries.