Senior Principal Project Engineer McDermott Middle East - Qatar Branch

Profile Description:

The Senior Principal Project Engineer is recognized as a specialist in the field of Project Engineering at McDermott. They can anticipate internal and / or external business challenges and / or regulatory issues and subsequently recommend the process, product, or service improvements.

Job Overview:

The Senior Principal Project Engineer is tasked with solving unique and complex problems that have a broad impact on the business. They must proactively identify and solve the most complex problems that impact the management and direction of the business. The Senior Principal Project Engineer is considered a specialist in the field of Project Engineering and they offer a broad base of knowledge about the Engineering function. The Senior Principal Project Engineer (Eng) impacts the direction and resource allocation of programs and projects in their discipline and works within general functional policies and industry guidelines. The Senior Principal Project Engineer role requires conceptual and innovative thinking to develop creative solutions to Project Engineering challenges.

Job Responsibility:

· Manage the engineering scope of a McDermott project.

· Establish and implement project procedures to ensure deliverables meet quality and technical content requirements in accordance with contract documents.

· Manage the technical execution to support the business considerations established for the project.

· May be responsible for a Unit / Area, or a specific function, or may be assigned the Project Engineering Manager role on a project.

· Regularly requested to support the preparation of proposals for prospective projects.

· May be assigned as the Project Manager for smaller projects.

· Practice and promote safety in designs and work processes.

· Help prepare and understand the requirements of Engineering in the contract documents.

· Provide direction to and coordinate with the Engineering and Design Leads on an assigned project.

· Develop and implement the Project Execution Plan.

o Incorporate multi-office execution as appropriate (MOPEX).

o Develop internal / external Division of Responsibility (DOR) matrix as required.

o Prepare a Project Coordination Procedure.

· Communicate project requirements to the team.

· Supervise and guide other Project Engineers.

· Ensure effective communication among engineering disciplines.

o Document discussions and decisions related to the design.

o Prepare, review, and approve meeting minutes.

o Prepare, review, and approve Technical Queries and design Deviations.

o Prepare, review, and approve responses to RFI’s and other correspondence.

o Prepare and approve weekly and monthly reports for management.

· Assume responsibility for cost, schedule, quantity, and budget control.

Manage change Effectively and Proactively

· Develop and maintain Project Engineering documents.

o Assemble and approve the Engineering Staffing Plan.

o Equipment List.

o Potential Change Notices.

o Weekly and Monthly reports for management.

o Action item lists (internal and external).

· Review work with clients, management, and project leads.

· Coordinate third-party interfaces.

· Identify problems and coordinate with the engineering team to correct.

· Lead orderly handover and archiving of the completed project.

o Approve and submit the closeout report.

o Review and approve Lessons Learned submitted.

· Review and provide input to Company work processes and procedures as requested.

· Interface with PMT and other functions within McDermott and with Clients for technical matters.

· Anticipate internal and / or external business challenges and / or regulatory issues; recommend process; product or service improvements.

· Solve unique and complex problems that have a broad impact on the business.

· Proactively identify and solve the most complex problems that influence the management and direction of the project.

Present highly complex ideas, anticipate potential objections, and persuade others, often at senior levels, to adopt a different point of view.