Principal Operations Engineer (QFAB)
Job Title: Principal Operations Engineer
Company Name: QFAB
Work Location: Ras Laffan, Qatar
** PREFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN TO QATARI CANDIDATES **
Reports to:
Functionally reports to: Production Engineering Manager.
On Project reports to: Senior Production Engineer or Fabrication Operations Engineer.
Primary Functions:
- Responsible for the overall project inter-discipline coordination between members of the operations support groups, throughout one or more project phases of detail design, fabrication, offshore installation and hook-up.
- Responsible for planning of daily operations (project activities) to meet overall project completion productively.
- Ensures alignment of fabrication personnel towards planned daily operations (project activities) to meet overall project completion productively.
- Supervises discipline Production engineers.
- Identifies production engineer resource needs for the project and communicate these regularly to production engineering manager.
- Review weekly progress & productivity and provide feedback on factors affecting project performance.
- Understands the full contractual scope of work, contract type and milestone schedules.
- Leads constructability reviews and ensure work execution plan is based on the most productive option.
- Conducts fabrication look ahead meetings and prioritizes material and drawings to suit.
- Responsible for documenting all scope of work changes and coordinating AFC estimate updates.
- Responsible for initiating and approving all variance and change orders.
- Solves technical problems and initiates site queries to ensure work disruption is minimized and productivity is optimized
- Lead by example in following the company safety policies.
- Chairs the weekly project production meeting.
Chairs the fabrication look ahead and forecasting requirements of engineering & material deliverables to meet the project schedule.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Manages any scope of work changes and ensures AFC estimate is up to date.
- Understands the scope of work, schedules, specifications and prepare project specific task listing.
- At commencement of the project, develops fabrication execution plans satisfying the project requirements in the most productive manner.
- and project kick off meetings.
- Appraises fabrication management of any project issues which effect the forecasted progress, productivity and schedule commitments.
- Directs work pack issuance strategy and sets priorities and deliverable dates for the discipline teams.
- Reviews engineering input dates providing required on site dates suiting fabrication sequence.
- Reviews material expediting reports and advises Procurement personnel of material priorities, any concerns and mitigation plans as necessary.
- Solves project specific construction problems with the assistance of construction manager where required.
- Authorizes site queries/correspondence to be issued to the client.
- Interfaces with other key project personnel such as project cost engineers, marine operations engineers, Quality manager.
- Co-ordinates to compile project fabrication lessons learnt.
- Identifies project risks and opportunities.
- Establishes a productive working relationship with client representatives.
- Leads Fabrication proposal efforts on bids as per company procedures.
Other Expectations:
- Participates in QHSES initiatives and drives achieving objectives. Follows the company policies.
Education:
- Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical, Metallurgical, Structural Engineering or equivalent
Experience:
- 9+ years in Offshore and Petrochemical Industry or Equivalent.
Additional:
- Preferable worked as Senior Production Engineer in executing fabrication projects and having multi discipline knowledge.
Principal Operations Engineer (QFAB)
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