Head of Discipline (HOD) - Engineering Integration Systems Topside

HANWHA OFFSHORE SOLUTIONS SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading offshore engineering firm is seeking a Head of Discipline for Engineering Support. This pivotal role involves managing engineering resources and developing corporate technical standards while ensuring support for various offshore projects. Ideal candidates will have an extensive background in the oil and gas industry, particularly in offshore environments, complemented by strong leadership, strategic focus, and communication skills in both Korean and English. Frequent travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15-20 years experience in the offshore or oil and gas industry.
• 5-10 years experience at top-tier offshore contractors or EPC contractors.
• Hands-on engineering experience in offshore EPCI projects.
• Strong leadership and management skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage Engineering Support Discipline and project engineering support resources.
• Develop corporate technical standards and procedures.
• Monitor project feasibility studies and engineering progress.
• Report project status to Head of Topside Engineering.
• Lead recruitment efforts for engineering management resources.

Skills

Leadership

Engineering Information Management

Communication skills

Teamwork

Project management

Fluent in Korean

Fluent in English

Education

Bachelor or Master Degree in Engineering

Tools

AVEVA E3D

Engineering/Document Management System

Engineering Data Integration System

Job description

Position Overview

Position Overview: Head of Discipline is a Corporate Manager of Engineering Support Discipline which all topside engineering support resources such as Engineering Information System (EIS), Engineering Software, Document Control (DC) and Administration, belong to and supports all projects to supply them with project engineering support including recruitment.

Head of Discipline takes a lead to develop corporate technical standards/procedures such as EIS administration procedure, EIS user manual, DC procedure etc, work flow, engineering platform and keep them updated, integral, practical and fit to purpose with incorporating Project Lessons Learnt.

Head of Discipline manages all project engineering support resources and monitor feasibility studies/FEED/EPCI project progress to provide engineering supports to each prospective/ongoing project as per the close communication with Project Management Teams (Project Management Teams (PMTs)).

Head of Discipline is also a custodian of Lessons Learnt database for Project execution and Operation & Maintenance phases and disseminate them to all project teams to ensure agile preventive or mitigative actions and design standardization.

Head of Discipline may become a Project Engineering Information Management Lead concurrently and therefore, the candidate requires hands-on project engineering support experience.

Head of Discipline reports to Head of Topside Engineering and update area of concerns, project manning plan, project progress and forecasts periodically (e.g. weekly basis) and attend corporate periodic meeting (e.g. weekly).

Head of Discipline develop career development plan for each engineering support resource and provides opportunities to attend international conferences, training courses etc.

This role may require frequent travel to the US, Europe, and Asia.

The ideal candidate of the position will have a strong leadership and a strong background in Offshore Oil & Gas Industry, be an expert in Engineering Information System/Platform, and provide strategic focus in the Engineering Information Management for Conceptual/pre-FEED/FEED/EPC(I) projects of FPSO, FLNG or offshore facilities.

The strategic focus will also include providing support to Hanwha Ocean engineering teams based at Singapore/India/Amsterdam/Houston/Seoul and other locations as necessary including Conceptual, pre-FEED and FEED for projects in the offshore area in the future.

Responsibilities

• Report to VP, Head of Engineering for Topside.
• Manage Engineering Support Discipline - a part of Corporate organization.
• Manage Engineering Information Management System and Global network.
• Manage project assignment of Project Engineering Support resources.
• Conduct recruitment of Engineering Information management resources together with HR.
• Take a lead to develop corporate technical standards/procedures, work flow, engineering platform and keep them updated, integral, practical and fit to purpose with incorporating Project Lessons Learnt.
• Monitor feasibility studies/FEED/EPCI project progress for support to Projects.
• Take a lead to develop Lesson Learnts database - Engineering Information management System for Project execution and Operation & Maintenance phases and disseminate them to all project teams to ensure agile preventive or mitigative actions and design standardization.
• Report area of concerns, project manning plan, project progress and forecasts periodically (e.g. weekly basis) to Head of Topside Engineering.
• Attend corporate meetings and disseminate corporate decisions and strategies to engineering support team.
• Develop career development plan for each engineering information management stuff and provide opportunities to attend international conferences, training courses etc.
• Collaboration with regional offices in Amsterdam/India/Seoul/Houston and other locations.
• May become a project engineering information management lead concurrently.

Requirements

• Minimum Bachelor Degree or Master Degree in a relevant Engineering discipline such as Information Technology.
• Minimum 15 - 20 years experience in the offshore, shipyard or onshore oil and gas industry
• Minimum consecutive 5 - 10 years experience at top-tier offshore contractor/shipyard or Offshore/Onshore EPC contractor (minimum 5 - 10 years continuous working experience in the same contractor)
• Minimum 1 Offshore EPCI Project experience from the begining of project (engineering) until the sail-away to site or delivery of Facility.
• Minimum 1 Offshore FEED/EPCI Project experience as Engineering Information Management Lead or equivalent (not only project coordination but also project engineering decision making).
• Hands-on descipline engineering experience (e.g. piping design, EICT design) in Offshore EPCI projects.
• Versed with Engineering Platform (e.g. Engineering/Document Management System, Engineering Data Integration System, AVEVA E3D, AVEVA Engineering Platform ) and Work Flow.
• Strong leadership skills with ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Capacity to manage corporate organization.
• Team Player, resilient and self-motivated.
• Proactive, able to communicate directly, openly and consistently.
• Must be conversant and fluent in Korean and English, with strong oral and written communication skills.