Principal Engineer
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Job Description
Petrofac is a leading international service provider to the energy industry, with a diverse client portfolio including many of the world’s leading energy companies. We design, build, manage and maintain infrastructure for our clients. We recruit, reward, and develop our people based on merit regardless of race, nationality, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status, or disability. We value our people and treat everyone who works for or with Petrofac fairly and without discrimination.
The world is re-thinking its energy supply and energy security needs, planning for a phased transition to alternative energy sources. We are here to help our clients meet these evolving energy needs. This is an exciting time to join us on this journey.
We support flexible working requests and have adopted a hybrid approach for most of our office-based roles. We ask employees to be present in the office at least three days per week.
Are you ready to bring the right energy to Petrofac and help us deliver a better future for everyone?
JOB TITLE: PRINCIPAL PIPING ENGINEER-STRESS
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS: Competencies and Experience:
Preferred Software Experience:
The world is re-thinking its energy supply and energy security needs, planning for a phased transition to alternative energy sources. We are here to help our clients meet these evolving energy needs. This is an exciting time to join us on this journey.
We support flexible working requests and have adopted a hybrid approach for most of our office-based roles. We ask employees to be present in the office at least three days per week.
Are you ready to bring the right energy to Petrofac and help us deliver a better future for everyone?
JOB TITLE: PRINCIPAL PIPING ENGINEER-STRESS
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Lead/Area Lead Engineer ( Stress) with EPC experience in Oil and Gas, refinery, chemical, Petrochemicals & processes.
- Good experience required in Stress analyses of critical piping systems (Jacketed/nonmetallic/UG etc.) using Caesar II software
- Prepare & critically review and check all project deliverables such as stress Critical line list, stress design basis, stress calculations & report.
- Prepare & critical review of stress and piping loads to Civil Discipline and coordinate on technical issues as required.
- MR preparation for springs, struts and Expansion Joints, Offer Evaluation & TBE preparation.
- Supporting of Critical/Noncritical lines and Review of IFC isometrics.
- Supervise and leads a team of Stress engineers in carrying out detailed engineering work for large & medium sized projects.
- Review of ITT, identification of scope and technical requirements.
- Identifies areas of concern and risk and directs the Teams to develop Risk Register.
- Monitor and control project man-hour requirements during project execution. Identify variation between contract and proposal.
- Critically reviews the sizing and design requirements, and identifies areas of optimization and potential cost savings
- Review and moderates as required, piping cost and man-hour estimate.
- Performs Contract Review exercises and identifies inconsistencies related to scope of work and supply, HSE and technical requirements.
- Verify and conceptualize the most optimum work route. Identify a clear scope of work/supply and accordingly plan/schedule the engineering activities and manpower resource.
- Identify and quantify total number of Stress deliverables, man-hour allocation, format of delivery, time schedules and other requirements for execution of the work.
- Coordinate with projects and planning on project time schedules, establish target completion dates, ensure target dates are achieved.
- Develop Manpower charts and schedules, recommend, assign, and distribute manpower for the execution of engineering activities within budgeted project man-hours. Recommend cost effective measures to reduce overall manpower costs.
- Review and identify design inputs from other discipline documents such as project design basis, P&IDs, Line list, etc
- Lead a team of Piping Engineers in all respects, support & guide the team to ensure design integrity in Projects and Proposals.
- Co-ordinate and participate in various internal & client Model reviews.
- Interface and regularly meet with client and vendor representatives, conduct internal staff meetings, ensure the progress of project in accordance with schedule, allotted man hours and budgeted costs. Coordinate with projects and planning departments on schedule related issues.
- Review & monitoring of IDC & Vendor document reviews.
- Monitor and ensure the Team focus on co-coordinating and managing technical interfaces amongst various disciplines and adequately capture changes as work progresses.
- Direct and monitor Material Take Off (MTO) activities, identify irregularities and shortfalls, take corrective action as required.
- Interact with Quality Assurance for quality issues; strictly ensure compliance with Client’s ISO Quality procedures. Coordinate Internal and Client audit requests; facilitate audit procedures of engineering systems within the department.
- Interface and provide clarification and guidance and technical support to construction sites and commissioning engineers, provide start-up assistance as required.
- Responsible for man-hour estimates, manpower planning and resource allocation.
- Focus is to maintain a stronghold of the project goals (Ensuring integrity & safety of the design, meeting quality as per contractual intent, meeting schedule, optimizing procurement & construction cost and maintaining high productivity).
- Good knowledge of Codes & standards.
ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS: Competencies and Experience:
- Exposure to FEED/ Detailed Design and EPC projects.
- Experience in Oil & Gas, Refinery, Petrochemical projects
- In depth knowledge of international specifications and codes.
- Experience of Stress Analysis of critical lines using Caesar II and thorough knowledge of Navisworks and SPR.
- Knowledge of Safety and Quality procedures. Activity Scheduling and discipline work priorities.
- Typically, Minimum bachelor’s degree in mechanical/Chemical engineering, with 15+ years of related experience working as a Stress Lead/ Stress Area Lead for Engineering / Client organization in the Chemical Industry.
Preferred Software Experience:
- CAESAR II (Proficient)
- PRG FEA (Proficient)
- AutoPipe (Preferred)
- Navisworks Simulate (Proficient)
- E3D, PDMS, SP3D (Exposure)
- Office Tools (Proficient)
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Job Detail
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Job IdJD1454128
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IndustryNot mentioned
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Total Positions1
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Job Type:Full Time
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Salary:Not mentioned
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Employment StatusPermanent
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Job LocationSharjah, United Arab Emirates
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EducationNot mentioned