Engineering Lead
Location
Qatar (fabrication yard / offshore project support)
Contract type
Project-based / Fixed-term
Work pattern
Site-based (yard and commissioning environment)
Overview
An opportunity is available for an experienced yard engineering lead to support large-scale offshore topsides fabrication and commissioning activities. The role provides critical engineering oversight within a fabrication yard environment, ensuring seamless transition from detailed engineering into construction, pre-commissioning, and final handover.
You will act as the key technical interface between engineering teams and site execution, ensuring compliance with project specifications, engineering standards, and international codes.
Key responsibilities
- Provide on-site engineering support during fabrication, construction, and commissioning activities
- Review contractor engineering queries, redline mark-ups, and as-built documentation
- Act as the engineering interface between fabrication yard and design engineering teams
- Resolve technical engineering issues across multiple disciplines during site execution
- Ensure timely delivery of engineering inputs to support construction and commissioning progress
- Participate in design and technical workshops and ensure follow-up actions are closed
- Support implementation of lessons learned, value engineering, and safety reviews
- Coordinate with subject matter experts to validate technical deviations where required
- Ensure management of change procedures are followed for any site-driven design changes
- Attend factory and site acceptance testing and support commissioning activities
- Support preparation and coordination of procedures for equipment handover to operations
- Monitor engineering deliverables to ensure alignment with site execution requirements
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent
- Minimum 8 years’ experience in engineering roles within large oil and gas projects
- Strong understanding of offshore topsides, fabrication yard operations, and construction execution
- Knowledge of engineering standards, design codes, specifications, and safety requirements
- Experience across multiple disciplines such as mechanical, piping, structural, electrical, instrumentation, or telecoms
- Strong coordination experience between engineering and site execution teams
- Ability to work in multicultural, multidisciplinary project environments
- Strong communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills
- Excellent written and spoken English
Additional information
This role is heavily site-focused within a live fabrication and commissioning environment.
Requires frequent interface between engineering office and yard execution teams.
Strong focus on safety, technical compliance, and delivery assurance is essential.
Candidates must be comfortable working in complex offshore project environments.