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Principal Structural Engineer

Principal Structural Engineer

ConfidentialChennai
30+ days ago
Job description

Essential Qualifications and Education :

  • Bachelors Degree or Masters Degree in engineering
  • 15-20 years of experience in oil and gas with a major contractor or consultants predominantly performing detail design
  • Preferably Registered Professional Engineer or member of professional engineering society as applicable
  • Seasoned structural knowledge
  • Very good organizer, motivator, and supervisor
  • Able to solve problems without assistance
  • Keen on improving the effectiveness of the work
  • HSE, TQM and cost-conscious
  • Fluent in English, both oral and written
  • Understanding and supporting company goals and work processes
  • Show flexibility and ensure proper hand-over with regards to :
  • The reassignment to other departments / construction sites / fabrication yards
  • The reassignment to other McDermott offices
  • The replacement of colleagues during illness and holidays
  • The provision of assistance to other colleagues with heavy workloads (also other projects) when possible / desirable
  • The managing / learning of future current working methods and software applications
  • Detailed knowledge of design techniques and analysis methods, and detailed knowledge of the theory, content, and application of standards, codes, and guidelines as applicable
  • Knowledgeable in project coordination and execution skills

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Key Tasks and Responsibilities :

  • Perform conceptual, FEED, and detailed analyses and design as per design basis, project specifications, design codes, and standards
  • Apply in-depth skills and broad knowledge of the business to address complex problems and nonstandard situations
  • Prepare clear and accurate detailed design calculations and analyses including design reports and - procedures
  • Manage own time to meet objectives and (as Lead Engineer) forecast and plan resource requirements
  • Clearly communicate and explain difficult concepts and persuade others to adopt a point of view
  • When acting as Lead Engineer, in addition :
  • Direct medium or large Engineering team as a Lead Engineer
  • Lead the Discipline engineering design of the assigned work area and complete it within the planned schedule and budget, in accordance with standards, MDR, and project-specific procedures and to a high professional standard
  • Plan, organize, and direct all aspects of Discipline execution on the assigned project including scope, deliverables, schedule, and all manpower resources - agree allocations with the Discipline Manager
  • Ensure interfaces and deliverables are clearly identified
  • Maintain responsibility for progress and productivity, identifying any required corrective action
  • Act as project representative for the Discipline during meetings with Project Team,
  • Customer discipline lead and relevant agencies such as certifying authorities, auditors, third parties, etc.
  • Train / mentor other employees in the department
  • Assist and monitor MOPEX offices on projects
  • Has a good understanding of the other engineering departments
  • Initiate interface with other disciplines to obtain input for discipline designs
  • Has a good understanding of construction / fabrication yard and client requirements
  • Has commercial insight
  • Helps to maintain unifi
  • Prepare bid from sketching data, using experience
  • Supervise engineers and designers
  • Define scopes of work for engineering / construction fabrication yard
  • Provide engineering support as required
  • Perform engineering checks of drafting
  • Perform engineering checks prepared by others within the discipline
  • Perform design verification through single discipline check and assist with inter-discipline checks (IDC)
  • Prepare MTOs of structures
  • Prepare specifications
  • Prepare subcontract
  • Review of vendor data
  • Prepare technical bid evaluations
  • Assist in furthering the department
  • Tasks as Engineering Specialist :
  • Coordinate and check the work of senior and junior engineers
  • Conduct peer reviews on request
  • Provide technical assistance where required
  • Prepare structural analyses and reports on calculations or perform specialist tasks (i.e., architectural designs, underground piping designs, complex structures, topsides, jackets, weight control reports, the center of gravity reports)
  • Is specialized in several fields (geotechnical, steel, concrete, dynamic calculations, FEM, fatigue calculations, earthquake, jackets, FPSOs, blast, hydrodynamics, architectural, )
  • Is specialized in several design codes (EC, ACI / AISC / API, GOST, )
  • Check designs for operational requirements, constructability, and maintainability
  • Prepare project engineering guides
  • Tasks as Lead Engineer :
  • Work as Lead Engineer on medium to large-size EPC projects
  • Responsible for all engineering and design work on any project
  • Has full control and manages work hours, materials, progress
  • Work in close liaison with the Design Coordinator
  • Set up all engineering computer systems
  • Assist Project Manager in :
  • Preparing deliverable control
  • Preparing schedule
  • Preparing progress reports
  • Preparing man-hour and capital expenditure estimates
  • Coordinate with project management
  • Train personnel under their supervision
  • Is responsible for discipline within the engineering group
  • Manage (design) subcontracts
  • Identify and manage changes in the scope of work
  • Is responsible for filing of engineering work
  • Give relevant feedback to the department

    • Skills Required

    Tqm, Hse, Oil And Gas, Structural Engineering, FEED, lead engineer

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