Piping Construction Engineer

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KBR is looking for a piping construction engineer with experience in MEGA EPC projects to be based in Abu Dhabi for a PMC project.

2. Qualifications:

A bachelor's degree in engineering (mechanical) or equivalent from an accredited university with twelve (12) years of relevant experience in the completion/turnover within commissioning/operation readiness environment with experience in the GCC region as preference. Must have at least five (5) years of experience in a similar position in oil & gas or petrochemical projects with preference of commissioning sour gas, utilities, power steam and generation, and air separation projects. Well versed with completion management system as user, and reporting applications are preferred. Familiar with large database populations checking and quantifying completion data.

4. Roles & responsibilities:

Leadership and management:

• Support systemization activities, including system and subsystem definition.
• Provide advice and support for onshore completion lead and senior commissioning manager as and when required.
• Review completion/turnover deliverables issued by EPC contractor.
• Verify mechanical completion certificates requirements for various systems and subsystems.
• Participate in completion and commissioning meetings and other related meetings.
• Verify the readiness of systems/subsystems for MC and RFSU certificates issuance.
• Ensure completion and handover methodology is proceeding in compliance with related contractual documents.

Planning and execution:

• Ensure project completion management system database populations are reliable for project tracking and monitoring prior to completion acceptance.
• Utilize completion management systems for tracking and reporting.
• Monitor contractor’s mechanical completion (MC) and pre-commissioning activities on a day-to-day basis.
• Ensure the implementation of completion deliverables is progressing as per commissioning sequence plan and project schedule.
• Ensure all installations are complete and compliant with project requirements.
• Participate in system walkdowns and final acceptance inspections.
• Support generation and tracking of punch items (Category A/B/C).
• Verify closure of punch items, ensuring critical items are addressed prior to completion acceptance.
• Support onshore completion lead and senior commissioning manager to ensure completion milestone is meeting the contractual requirements.
• Report completion progress, key issues, and readiness status to other departments.

HSE & quality assurance:

• The senior completion engineer is responsible for the assurance of EPC contractor complying with company HSE regulations during construction, quality, and commissioning activities.
• Provide support and advice for onshore completion lead and commissioning team regarding managing risks prior to starting any pre-commissioning and commissioning activities by ensuring completion deliverables are fully compliant with project standards and requirements.

Interface & stakeholder management:

• Coordinate with contractor, QA/QC, commissioning team, and operations representatives.
• Support onshore completion lead, senior commissioning manager, and operation readiness team leader to approve mechanical completion and RFSU.
• Support onshore completion lead and senior commissioning manager to verify the process of facilities final handover to operation is in line with project contractual requirement.