Engineering Manager job in UAE
Rate
Negotiable
Type
Contract
Location
UAE
Region
Town
Required Residency
Posted By
Marske Site Service Ltd
Date Posted
09 Mar 2010
Expiry Date
Job Reference
Job Description
We are currently looking for 6 Engineering Managers for various positions in and around the Middle East.
Please note that each of these roles requires specific previous experience:
1. Engineering Manager for a PMC Contract in Abu Dhabi offshore O&G development some billions overall value. The role is in supporting the companys Client to manage various Contractors. Requires significant relevant Engineering Management experience in offshore O&G.
2. Engineering Manager for onshore O&G Contract in Kuwait an onshore existing field with engineering modifications and extensions. The company is the engineering contractor and manages procurement and construction on behalf of the Client.
3. Engineering Manager to support a new country development in Qatar The company has a JV with a local company and they are looking to develop in onshore O&G asset support type work. This role will be a self starter working in a small team and supporting other activities including business development.
4. A regional Engineering Manager for Middle East and North Africa needs to be a seasoned Engineering Manager who can manage/overview the various office Engineering Managers functionally including supporting with people systems process and then supporting the engineering function. This role has been combined with the Kuwait role but this does not need to be the case going forwards flexibility depending on candidates.
5. An Engineering Manager to support our growing business in Kazakhstan for onshore upstream oil and gas developments both Greenfield and Brownfield work types targeted.
6. An Engineering Manager in Baku Azerbaijan for an offshore Brownfield Oil & Gas contract for BP.
The following job description is applicable to all of the above positions.
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Job Title: Engineering Manager
Job Grade: Grade 1
Responsible to Line: Project Manager
Responsible for Line: Engineering Team
Responsible to Function: Regional Engineering Leadership
Function: Engineering
Purpose / Role
- To provide a competent engineering resource to deliver right first time predictably to agreed schedule and budget in cooperation with Project Teams.
- To implement Client engineering processes and systems.
- To develop the engineering team supported by the Discipline Lead Engineers.
Key Aims and Objectives
- To establish with Project Team scope schedule and budget and then to deliver accordingly providing technical integrity for the work.
- To input technical content to tenders including manhour estimates technical scope appreciation and systems/processes descriptions.
- To continually improve the engineering teams capability and efficiency.
Prime Responsibilities and Duties
- Lead the engineering team supported by the Discipline Lead Engineers
- Work together with the Project Teams and Department Heads to achieve Project objectives
- Manage the engineering resource in delivering the work.
- Coordinate across disciplines and manage technical interfaces.
- Conduct succession planning within the engineering team especially for key roles.
- Engender team attitude to deliver designs safe to build and operate.
- Implement Client systems and processes and provide local additions as required.
- Implement competence assessments and regular performance assessments with Team.
- Ensure team know and work to procedures in order to be efficient and right first time.
- Provide development opportunities for personnel - to increase breadth of experience and capability.
Allied Occasional Duties
- Represent the Company at external functions roll-outs and communication sessions such as graduate recruitment and events.
- Site visits to demonstrate safety leadership.
- Support workshare opportunities and to assist relevant PM in achieving technical integrity of distributed work.
- Support Growth Regions Engineering Leadership in implementing Operational Excellence and other improvement objectives.
- Support business development initiatives
Key Internal Interfaces
- Project Managers Department Heads - Project Services Safety QA Planning Procurement DMG Commercial and Cost.
Key External Interfaces
- Client Teams.
- Vendors and suppliers.
- Growth Regions engineering leadership.
Core competencies
- Offshore oil and gas engineering experience in depth.
- Engineering contracting team management experience and skills.
- Team player.
- Good communicator.
- Culturally aware and sensitive.
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Candidate Description
Qualifications
Essential:
- Bachelors Degree or equivalent in appropriate engineering subject
- Chartered Engineer and member of appropriate engineering institution
Experience
Essential:
- Minimum 12 years of relevant engineering professional practice
- 5 years of offshore oil and gas engineering experience including engineering management
- Appreciation of engineering for safe construction and operation
- Ability to coordinate engineering disciplines including technical interface management
Desirable:
- 15-20 years oil and gas engineering experience mostly working with contracting organisation
- Engineering or Project Engineering Manager for offshore scopes - mix of Greenfield and Brownfield
- Working with Client and aware and supportive of Client principles and methods
- Experience in environment similar to AMECs Growth Regions
Likely Current Role:
- Achieved senior engineering position as engineering or project engineering manager.
Personal Qualities Aptitudes and Skills
- Able to motivate and encourage work colleagues - positive attitude team player.
- Potential to be able to take and lead in motivation training and ongoing development/coaching of eng team.
Competencies - role specific
- Engineer with sound technical background and wide ranging expertise.
- Ability to lead engineering team and represent team with management
- Competent understanding of personnel issues
- Personality and capability to develop the engineering team applying Client principles and working methods
Competencies - generic
- Capability to work in team of Nationals and Expats respecting cultural differences and sensitivities.
- Competent communicator written and spoken
Competencies - project / department specific
- Capable of working with other departments to support achievement of Project objectives.
- Knowledge of engineering processes and systems to implement Client procedures as mandatory and to provide local additions to suit specific project requirements.
- Capability to motivate and lead engineering team to deliver - in establishing scope schedule and budget and then achieving those objectives in co-operation with Project Team.
- Ability to work within Growth Regions engineering team to support implementation of initiatives from Operational Excellence and from GR systems and processes cascade
Applications for this position must meet the following minimum requirements to be considered:
- Bachelors Degree or equivalent in appropriate engineering subject
- Chartered Engineer and member of appropriate engineering institution
- Minimum 12 years of relevant engineering professional practice
- 15-20 years oil and gas engineering experience mostly working with contracting organisation
- 5 years of OFFSHORE oil and gas engineering experience including engineering management
- Ability to coordinate engineering disciplines including technical interface management
- Engineering or Project Engineering Manager for offshore scopes - mix of Greenfield and Brownfield
- Commercially aware and ability to develop estimates and work schedules.
- Familiar with international oil & gas standards
- Familiar with design office work processes procedures and computer aided design systems.
- Potential to be able to take and lead in motivation training and ongoing development/coaching of eng team.
- Engineer with sound technical background and wide ranging expertise.
- Competent understanding of personnel issues
- Personality and capability to develop the engineering team
- Capability to work in team of Nationals and Expats respecting cultural differences and sensitivities.
- Capable of working with other departments to support achievement of Project objectives.
- Experienced in supporting development of junior design engineers to professional level.
- This role requires a level of management experience to date and will provide career development opportunity in a relatively high profile and important business unit.
Please note that each of these roles requires specific previous experience:
1. Engineering Manager for a PMC Contract in Abu Dhabi offshore O&G development some billions overall value. The role is in supporting the companys Client to manage various Contractors. Requires significant relevant Engineering Management experience in offshore O&G.
2. Engineering Manager for onshore O&G Contract in Kuwait an onshore existing field with engineering modifications and extensions. The company is the engineering contractor and manages procurement and construction on behalf of the Client.
3. Engineering Manager to support a new country development in Qatar The company has a JV with a local company and they are looking to develop in onshore O&G asset support type work. This role will be a self starter working in a small team and supporting other activities including business development.
4. A regional Engineering Manager for Middle East and North Africa needs to be a seasoned Engineering Manager who can manage/overview the various office Engineering Managers functionally including supporting with people systems process and then supporting the engineering function. This role has been combined with the Kuwait role but this does not need to be the case going forwards flexibility depending on candidates.
5. An Engineering Manager to support our growing business in Kazakhstan for onshore upstream oil and gas developments both Greenfield and Brownfield work types targeted.
6. An Engineering Manager in Baku Azerbaijan for an offshore Brownfield Oil & Gas contract for BP.
The following job description is applicable to all of the above positions.
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
Job Title: Engineering Manager
Job Grade: Grade 1
Responsible to Line: Project Manager
Responsible for Line: Engineering Team
Responsible to Function: Regional Engineering Leadership
Function: Engineering
Purpose / Role
- To provide a competent engineering resource to deliver right first time predictably to agreed schedule and budget in cooperation with Project Teams.
- To implement Client engineering processes and systems.
- To develop the engineering team supported by the Discipline Lead Engineers.
Key Aims and Objectives
- To establish with Project Team scope schedule and budget and then to deliver accordingly providing technical integrity for the work.
- To input technical content to tenders including manhour estimates technical scope appreciation and systems/processes descriptions.
- To continually improve the engineering teams capability and efficiency.
Prime Responsibilities and Duties
- Lead the engineering team supported by the Discipline Lead Engineers
- Work together with the Project Teams and Department Heads to achieve Project objectives
- Manage the engineering resource in delivering the work.
- Coordinate across disciplines and manage technical interfaces.
- Conduct succession planning within the engineering team especially for key roles.
- Engender team attitude to deliver designs safe to build and operate.
- Implement Client systems and processes and provide local additions as required.
- Implement competence assessments and regular performance assessments with Team.
- Ensure team know and work to procedures in order to be efficient and right first time.
- Provide development opportunities for personnel - to increase breadth of experience and capability.
Allied Occasional Duties
- Represent the Company at external functions roll-outs and communication sessions such as graduate recruitment and events.
- Site visits to demonstrate safety leadership.
- Support workshare opportunities and to assist relevant PM in achieving technical integrity of distributed work.
- Support Growth Regions Engineering Leadership in implementing Operational Excellence and other improvement objectives.
- Support business development initiatives
Key Internal Interfaces
- Project Managers Department Heads - Project Services Safety QA Planning Procurement DMG Commercial and Cost.
Key External Interfaces
- Client Teams.
- Vendors and suppliers.
- Growth Regions engineering leadership.
Core competencies
- Offshore oil and gas engineering experience in depth.
- Engineering contracting team management experience and skills.
- Team player.
- Good communicator.
- Culturally aware and sensitive.
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Candidate Description
Qualifications
Essential:
- Bachelors Degree or equivalent in appropriate engineering subject
- Chartered Engineer and member of appropriate engineering institution
Experience
Essential:
- Minimum 12 years of relevant engineering professional practice
- 5 years of offshore oil and gas engineering experience including engineering management
- Appreciation of engineering for safe construction and operation
- Ability to coordinate engineering disciplines including technical interface management
Desirable:
- 15-20 years oil and gas engineering experience mostly working with contracting organisation
- Engineering or Project Engineering Manager for offshore scopes - mix of Greenfield and Brownfield
- Working with Client and aware and supportive of Client principles and methods
- Experience in environment similar to AMECs Growth Regions
Likely Current Role:
- Achieved senior engineering position as engineering or project engineering manager.
Personal Qualities Aptitudes and Skills
- Able to motivate and encourage work colleagues - positive attitude team player.
- Potential to be able to take and lead in motivation training and ongoing development/coaching of eng team.
Competencies - role specific
- Engineer with sound technical background and wide ranging expertise.
- Ability to lead engineering team and represent team with management
- Competent understanding of personnel issues
- Personality and capability to develop the engineering team applying Client principles and working methods
Competencies - generic
- Capability to work in team of Nationals and Expats respecting cultural differences and sensitivities.
- Competent communicator written and spoken
Competencies - project / department specific
- Capable of working with other departments to support achievement of Project objectives.
- Knowledge of engineering processes and systems to implement Client procedures as mandatory and to provide local additions to suit specific project requirements.
- Capability to motivate and lead engineering team to deliver - in establishing scope schedule and budget and then achieving those objectives in co-operation with Project Team.
- Ability to work within Growth Regions engineering team to support implementation of initiatives from Operational Excellence and from GR systems and processes cascade
Applications for this position must meet the following minimum requirements to be considered:
- Bachelors Degree or equivalent in appropriate engineering subject
- Chartered Engineer and member of appropriate engineering institution
- Minimum 12 years of relevant engineering professional practice
- 15-20 years oil and gas engineering experience mostly working with contracting organisation
- 5 years of OFFSHORE oil and gas engineering experience including engineering management
- Ability to coordinate engineering disciplines including technical interface management
- Engineering or Project Engineering Manager for offshore scopes - mix of Greenfield and Brownfield
- Commercially aware and ability to develop estimates and work schedules.
- Familiar with international oil & gas standards
- Familiar with design office work processes procedures and computer aided design systems.
- Potential to be able to take and lead in motivation training and ongoing development/coaching of eng team.
- Engineer with sound technical background and wide ranging expertise.
- Competent understanding of personnel issues
- Personality and capability to develop the engineering team
- Capability to work in team of Nationals and Expats respecting cultural differences and sensitivities.
- Capable of working with other departments to support achievement of Project objectives.
- Experienced in supporting development of junior design engineers to professional level.
- This role requires a level of management experience to date and will provide career development opportunity in a relatively high profile and important business unit.
