Lead Rotating Engineer

Title: Lead Rotating Engineer
Duration: 12 months renewable 
Location: Abu Dhabi

• Job Description:
  • Lead the implementation of high-level technical expertise in Rotating equipment engineering, requiring analytical, interpretative, and constructive thinking with a significant degree of evaluative judgement, to ensure the highest level of engineering integrity and reliability, and safety and environmental compliance.
  • Oversee Rotating Equipment engineering during the Detailed Engineering phase, in covering all aspects of design to ensure technical and safety objectives are met within the approved scope, budget and schedule.
  
  Key Accountabilities:
  • Manage the Contractor's Rotating Engineering activities including validation of personnel numbers, qualifications, and experience; usage of appropriate design tools, including computer hardware and software; adherence with all project objectives, requirements, specifications, standards,procedures, execution plans and design verification processes.
  • Provide guidance to the Contractors to complete the design as per project specifications in a timely manner and provide clear instructions
  • Lead rotating equipment design and coordination amongst other disciplines. Review and process work activities discussing and determining prioritiesi n conjunction with Engineering Manager and other disciplines to ensure no delays to the project schedule. Verify that comments are returned without delay and with the required quality.
  • Participate to tender assessments, clarifications with bidders and other activities as related to the discipline.
  • Conduct design audits and witnessing of FAT, SAT activities.
  • Participate as required to technical interfacing with other internal entities and external entities
  • Provide overall guidance pertaining to safe work practices on rotating equipment design, risk analysis and hazard management within the project perimeter.
  • Review and propose response to letters, technical queries, deviation requests for project management approval.
  • Lead the exchanges with HQ experts in case of any project derogation requests for the rotating discipline
  • Expedite Contractors to issue deliverables with the right quality level and as per the approved MDRs.
  • Assess on regular basis the progress of Contractors deliverables and provide if required adequate mitigations to avoid project delays
  • Participate in all required engineering and safety reviews (3D model, HAZOP / HAZID, TRA etc…) and in the set-up of actions list and close-out process.
  • Support the preparation and participate to Project technical reviews, provides answers, and ensure timely implementation of the findings.
  • Review vendor documents and assist the package engineers in technical problem solving at all stage of work.
  • Attend to vendors meeting as required.
  • Provide support to challenge the contractors and promote alternatives design to optimize the cost, work, and schedule.
  • Ensure compliance with the project specifications, applicable laws and regulations, international codes and standards, HSE Standards
  • Contribute to the studies leading to technical decision making and issue recommendations to the Project Management.
  • Contribute to the LLI procurement CFT documents preparation ensuring coordination with the Company Procurement Team.
  • Contribute to the Construction CFT documents preparation ensuring coordination with the Project management Team.
  • Ensure proper reporting, highlight critical issues, and propose remedial actions.
  • Assist the Construction supervision team for their activities (such as procedures review) and the preparation of the pre-commissioning activities.
  • Assist the Commissioning team for the preparation of the commissioning and start-up activities.
  • Liaise with Field operations team to assist for the issuance of the operating procedures. The job holder is also accountable for demonstrating an exemplary behaviour with regards to HSSE rules & requirements and for ensuring that HSSE requirements are duly implemented within his area of responsibility.

Standard expertise is required in:

• Minimum 10 years’ experience working in the field of rotating equipment at FEED/EPC stages in the oil and gas industry with exposure to onshore oil and gas processing facilities in the greenfield and brownfield projects with at least 6 years at a lead position.Should have handled multi-megawatt Centrifugal compressors at a Lead engineer level.
• Should have in-depth knowledge and understanding of rotating equipment including auxiliaries and controls based on industry best practices. Should have the ability to ensure maximum reliability and availability of all rotating equipment in the early design stage.
• Shall have experience with rotating equipment processing sour fluids and high-pressure fluids. Should have experience with utilities systems
• Shall have experience in leading detailed design, sizing & selection for rotating equipment (compressors, pumps, turbines etc…). Good communication skills.
• Experienced in multicultural environment, resilience, and capacity to adapt to different environment.

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.