Senior Civil Engineer / United Arab Emirates

Senior Civil Engineer- Oil and Gas Operating Company – UAE 

We are looking for a Senior Civil Engineer for an oil and gas Operating Company based in UAE.

Responsibilities:

- Assist in the development of the design basis.
-Review the project standards and functional specifications for discipline. Where exceptions and/or deviations from Corporate Standards are proposed, raise these to the Discipline Lead.
-Demonstrate visible commitment to excellent Project Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSSE) performance.
-Assist in the preparation and review of vendor equipment performance guarantees as appropriate.
-Support the review of concession requests relating to the discipline and raise tothe Discipline Lead.
-Undertake a review of previous lessons learned, and the incorporation of relevant lessons learned into the design.
-Establish the requirements for design deliverables relating to discipline.
-Review design deliverables and follow up on comments to ensure they are suitably incorporated.
-Participate in Hazard Identification Study (HAZID), Hazard and Operability Analysis (HAZOP), Model reviews and other relevant Project related reviews.
-Monitor progress of the development of engineering design deliverables and propose corrective actions to the Discipline Lead in the event of potential schedule overrun.
-Where applicable, undertake inspections of related equipment at various stages of its manufacture.
-Where applicable, apply criticality ratings to procured items (relative to the degree of inspection required).
- Contribute to the management of change process in terms of engineering reviews, potential changes and variation order proposals, raising to the discipline Lead.
-Where applicable, participate in the procurement process (e.g. Invitation to Tender {ITT} requisition packages) through the evaluation of technical submissions.
-Co-operate with the Operations Representative to support readiness for handover, commissioning and safe Operation.
-Where applicable support the development of operating and maintenance manuals.

Candidate profile:

-Degree qualified Engineer.
-Preferably Chartered / Professional Engineer.
- 10+ years engineering experience in an oil and gas environment.
- Pragmatic, self-motivated and demonstrates initiative.
- Take ownership of issues and follow them through to completion.
- Willingness to interact directly with people.
- Enjoy working as part of a multi-cultural team.
- Ability to work in an organised and structured fashion, and within time constraints.
- Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
- UAE Driving License.