Mechanical Lead II

As an Engineer in the petrochemical sector, you play a leading role in the design, development and improvement of a plant and you work closely together on the largest projects. Together with a team of experts, you will provide efficient and sustainable solutions that meet the highest standards.

Responsibilities

• Supervises a team of mechanical engineers who design, develop, and test all aspects of mechanical components, equipment, and machinery.
• Applies principles and techniques of mechanical engineering to accomplish goals. May work with other engineering teams to increase efficiency, production quality, and volume.
• Evaluate and comment on discipline engineering work performed both internally and by Contractors and sub-contractors to ensure that work is being executed in accordance with Company specifications, company standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Facilitates effective execution of discipline engineering and design routines that align with the team's goals, objectives, and procedures.
• Assures accurate and timely communication among the team and other company Functions on discipline engineering activities, progress, and issues. In addition to technical ability, they should demonstrate sound communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills.
• TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Facilitate and coordinate discipline engineering technical work products
• Coordination and communication of various issues among the company's and contractor's engineering team that affect the discipline engineering design, safety, and regulatory compliance of the work
• Evaluate / comment work performed by the Contractor and sub-contractors to insure that the work is being executed in accordance with Company specifications, standards, and regulatory requirements. Includes review of discipline design drawings and documents
• Identify and assess deviations to Contract Technical Specifications and regulatory requirements; ensure that such deviations will be processed according to Company procedures; maintains Deviation Control Log.
• Steward discipline engineering queries from the Contractor and sub-contractors as well as technical information requests
• Keep Lead Engineer or Engineering Manager informed of discipline engineering progress, deviations, and execution concerns
• Participate in discipline engineering reviews at Contractor's and subcontractor's locations
• Drives and promotes capital efficiency in engineering design Support internal engineering general interest or Global Practice initiatives as requested by Supervisor
• Position is on an owner’s team resident in an EPC contractor’s office in Rotterdam. The role will initially be in support of an ongoing FPSO project (new build) that is in the midst of detailed engineering/procurement with fabrication underway, and may expand from there.
• The position will be Rotterdam-based throughout with international travel required (moderate at times)
• In general, each Discipline Lead leverages their Subject Matter Expertise to provide technical guidance during the Design Stages (i.e. pre-FEED, FEED, Detailed Design) of the Project. In addition, each Discipline Lead is assigned a number of Engineering Packages where they will perform engineering surveillance of the EPC and the Package Vendor to monitor the package during the complete life-cycle from Technical Specification, Purchase Order, Pre-Fabrication, Factory Acceptance, Packaging and Delivery.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent professional experience
• Advanced knowledge of discipline design standards, specifications, codes, and appropriate safety criteria
• Ability to adapt to tight deadlines, heavy workloads, and frequent changes in priorities
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of software programs Read, write, and speak fluent English, especially as it applies to technical and business communications

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