Lead Project Engineer (Aтырау 16/11/2020)

Kaz Project Operating LLP; Indiana (PA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaz Project Operating LLP in the United States seeks an experienced Project Engineer to lead the project engineering and coordination efforts across Concept Selection, Pre-FEED and FEED, engineering and construction. You will deliver projects safely and cost-effectively, develop execution plans and drive tendering and permit activities.

Responsibilities include reviewing contractor submittals, coordinating with other directorates, managing risk and change, preparing ITT packages, and ensuring

Qualifications

• University degree in engineering discipline.
• 6-8 years of experience in Oil & Gas doing Project Engineering.
• 3 years in a leading role on major projects.
• Experience in offshore and onshore Oil & Gas projects.
• Experience in planning, budgeting and cost control.
• Knowledge of permit applications and local content development.

Responsibilities

• Leads project engineering and coordination across development phases (Concept Selection, Pre-FEED, FEED, Engineering and Construction).
• Deliver assigned projects safely and cost effectively.
• Develop Project Execution Plans using cross-functional expertise.
• Review contractors' multi-discipline submittals for compliance.
• Coordinate with other directorates and departments for strategy alignment.
• Monitor progress of contractors and ensure deliverables alignment.
• Prepare ITT packages, bidder criteria, and tender evaluations.
• Create/validate responses to technical queries and NCRs.
• Manage change in scope, cost and schedule.
• Support Project Manager and certify contractor invoices.
• Close-out projects and document lessons learned.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Communication

Problem solving

HSE

Planning/budgeting

Contract & procurement

English fluency

Education

University degree in engineering

Tools

MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

Microsoft Project

Job description

Job Accountabilities

Leads the project engineering and coordination effort on wide range of engineering, execution planning, tender preparation and permitting activities pursued as part of project development for Concept Selection, Pre-FEED and FEED, Engineering and Construction.

• Deliver assigned projects safely and cost effectively
• Develop Project Execution Plans and other key project development deliverable making use of other function expertise (i.e., Construction, Quality, HSE, C&P, etc.) within NDD
• Develop Contracting and Procurement Strategies making use of C&P expertise and aligning market intelligence
• Reviews the validity/acceptability of contractors’ multi-discipline engineering submittals to meet Project Execution Plans, Contract requirements, Company procedures, technical specifications, project execution best practices and guides the contractors as appropriate.
• Coordinates the activities with involvement of other Company directorates, NDD functional departments on information/data gathering, alignment of strategies/best practices to be applied on the projects, engineering solutions required for developing the project and better definition of the scope.
• Monitors progress and performance of all contractors involved on wide range of activities, ensures their alignment on inputs/outputs, timing for deliverables, consistency of the basis, assumptions and information used.
• Acts as a focal point and common interface for consolidating and complete reflection of all the elements of the project concept in key concept documents, drawings, philosophies and ensures consistency across the entire spectrum of deliverables.
• Provides technical support; liaise with all relevant directorates and departments and company management to ensure proper coordination of project development.
• Takes part and leads the effort of preparing ITT packages (FEED, engineering, equipment and/or construction), development of bidder evaluation criteria, coordinating the market intelligence or technical queries, conducting the tenders and putting recommendations with assessment results.
• Creates and validates responses to TQ, CRs, Technical notes, NCRs as required.
• Coordinates the effort for developing the tender packs for permit application packages and survey contracts.
• Contribute on the development of Vendor Development and Local Content Development Plans and inputs the impact to Project Execution Plan and contracting strategy for execution phase of the project.
• Handle all issue /queries raised by other disciplines and contractors.
• Coordinate and arrange all required project reviews, checkpoints, validations, technical reviews and endorsements by CoV or independent reviewers (e.g. IPA) etc.
• Manage and control change in scope, cost and schedule
• Implement Risk Management process on assigned projects and ensure all key risks have an appropriate mitigation strategy in place
• Implement HSE Management System requirements in the engineering & procurement activities
• Identify and effectively manage key project interfaces
• Assure that the adequate level of communication and cooperation is set and maintained with other functions within Company as well as local authorities
• Manage performance of the Engineering/Construction Contracts i.e. ensuring sustained high performance on HSE, scope delivery, cost and schedule.
• Supports the Project Manager on all aspects of the project management/development activities.
• Certifies time sheets and related invoices of involved contractors.
• Close-out assigned projects including as-building and updating operating documents as required.
• Conduct Lesson Learned reviews throughout the project life cycle to apply and capture lessons.

Qualification & Experience Requirements

• University degree in engineering discipline
• A minimum of 6-8 years of experience in Oil & Gas industry doing Project Engineering role
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in a leading role on major projects
• Experience in project development of Oil & Gas projects in both offshore and onshore environments
• Experience in planning, budgeting and cost control
• Knowledge/experience of addressing permit applications, local content development aspects.

Required Competences

• Good interpersonal skills, leadership qualities, communication and problem solving skills
• Experience in Concept Select, FEED and Execution phases of the Oil & Gas project.
• Ability to analyze and to verify effectively, assimilate technical issues and develop means for problem solving.
• Ability to integrate into a team environment focusing on project deliverables completion.
• Ability to liaise with equipment vendors and interface with in-house technical specialists and other engineering disciplines.
• Ability to work effectively with engineering, fabrication/construction contractors and interface management with Company specialists.
• Ability to write technical / process reports.
• Capability of working on multiple tasks simultaneously under time constrained conditions.
• Proactive approach to decision process.
• Full understanding of importance in planning and executing projects
• Demonstrate leadership and personal commitment in HSE
• Proficient with computers (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Project)
• Fluent in written and spoken English language
• Overseas work or study experience would be an advantage

Conditions: Atyrau 5/2

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