Lead Construction Engineer - Civil / Structural

KBR; Kuwait; On-site; KWD 30,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company in Kuwait is seeking a Lead Construction Engineer for a long-term project with the Kuwait Oil Company. The ideal candidate will have over 15 years of experience, including at least 10 years in the oil and gas sector and 5 years in a senior construction role. Responsibilities include overseeing construction engineers, managing project schedules, and ensuring high-quality standards. This role requires strong communication and leadership skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years total post-graduation experience.
• Minimum 10 years post-graduation experience in oil and gas.
• Must have minimum 5 years experience in a Lead/Senior Construction role.
• Must have experience in Kuwait.

Responsibilities

• Promote and drive construction involvement in technical design and planning.
• Develop functional responsibility for all construction personnel.
• Prepare man hour estimates for project tasks.
• Promote cost reduction and productivity enhancing initiatives.
• Prepare weekly progress and expenditure reports.

Skills

Analysis and problem solving

Creativity/innovation

Communications, written and oral

Formal presentation skills

Ability to influence and persuade

Education

Bachelor Degree in Engineering

Job description

Overview

Lead Construction Engineer - Civil / Structural

Job Title

Lead Construction Engineer Civil- KGOC Projects

Division /Project

KBR’s Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) group is looking for a Lead Construction Engineer Civil for 5-year PMC contract for the supply of Programme Management services with Kuwait Oil Company. The contract serves to support KOC to achieve its objectives of reaching optimum capacity in its oilfields and enhancing its facilities by the most efficient and economical means available. The contract aims to provide project management, co-ordination, planning, design, engineering, construction management, contracting, procurement, project controls and other services for construction of new oil field facilities, up-grading of existing facilities, and transfer of technology.

Primary Objectives

Development and Management of construction and completions capability across PMC projects ensuring that design integrity is not compromised while managing the department in the execution of the process.

Responsibilities

• Promote and drive the involvement of Construction in areas of technical design, schedule, preliminary execution planning, and cost estimating.
• Develop and maintain a familiarity and appreciation of capability and ongoing workload of Construction’s support providers / contractors.
• Develop and maintain functional responsibility for all construction and completions personnel
• Overall supervision of construction engineers.
• Technical competence of construction personnel.
• Forecast requirement for construction engineering resources and allocate those resources.
• Prepare man hour estimates to perform project tasks.
• Promote cost reduction and productivity enhancing initiatives.
• Technical supervision of project designated construction engineers in the execution of their duties.
• Prepare weekly progress and expenditure reports on a project specific basis.

• Quality Assurance – Responsible for working within the provisions and guidelines of the Quality Assurance system.
• Safety – Responsible for personal safety safe working practices. Understand and follow OH&S procedures.

Qualifications including Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering
• Minimum 15 years total post-graduation experience
• Minimum 10 years post-graduation experience in oil and gas
• Must Have min 5 years experience in a Lead/Senior Construction role
• Must have experience in Kuwait

• Essential skills/experience
• Analysis and problems solving
• Creativity/innovation
• Communications, written and oral.
• Formal presentation skills
• Ability to influence and persuade.

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