Superintendent Construction Engineer In Training

About Petrofac

Petrofac is a leading international service provider to the energy industry, with a diverse client portfolio including many of the world’s leading energy companies. We design, build, manage and maintain infrastructure for our clients. We recruit, reward, and develop our people based on merit regardless of race, nationality, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status or disability. We value our people and treat everyone who works for or with Petrofac fairly and without discrimination.

The world is re-thinking its energy supply and energy security needs; planning for a phased transition to alternative energy sources. We are here to help our clients meet these evolving energy needs. This is an exciting time to join us on this journey.

We support flexible working requests and have adopted a hybrid approach for most of our office-based roles. We ask employees to be present in the office at least three days per week. Are you ready to bring the right energy to Petrofac and help us deliver a better future for everyone?

Key Responsibilities

• Work to a 90-day look ahead schedule and provide leadership and guidance to site-based construction supervision (multi-discipline) and construction contractors.
• Assist subcontractors in finding the best method to execute the works.
• Monitor daily construction details and daily progress in the area (PPC).
• Understand Petrofac scope of work, and the detailed scopes for each subcontractor, together with an appreciation of the contract type, e.g. reimbursable, unit rates etc. On reimbursable contracts, the Construction Superintendent is responsible to verify that all subcontractor personnel and equipment are being used efficiently and sign off on daily timesheets verifying this.
• Be contractually aware, identifying changes in project scope and formally notifying the Subcontracts Manager before implementation.
• Support Construction Manager / Engineer in finalizing technical decisions.
• Take ownership of safety; review subcontractor HSSE plans and instigate required changes.
• Oversee and conduct toolbox talks before commencement of work, briefing about the risks involved and the mitigation measures to be taken.
• Inspect the jobsite daily to confirm that housekeeping standards are met and take immediate action if standards are not being met.
• Encourage the subcontractor and subordinates to report all near misses, unsafe acts etc.
• Understand project quality requirements. Monitor the subcontractors' trade personnel to identify skill shortages and training requirements.
• Ensure quality control inspection on material received and report any damaged or missing material.
• Ensure adequate storage and preservation of equipment and bulks before and after installation.
• Attend pre-walkdowns and walkdowns for MC verifying the work scope is completed as per drawings to reduce the punch list.
• Resolve Technical Queries (TQs) and Non-Compliance Reports (NCR) that are issued to subcontractors.
• Install equipment to a high standard ensuring the job task is performed right first time following QinC Quality in Construction approach.
• Actively participate in quality control inspection of EIT works in line with approved ITPs.
• Coordinate with field engineering to obtain client approvals related to construction.
• Be knowledgeable in all facets of construction and field engineering methods and techniques.
• Review and approve all construction method statements submitted by subcontractors, ensuring industry best practices are used and new applicable standards are implemented.
• Attend subcontract and cost awareness sessions and understand the responsibility matrices, BOQ and preambles of subcontract.
• Review responsibility matrix and ensure subcontractor is complying within the contract.
• Review any work scope that has been missed within the subcontract with subcontractor and notify management.
• Lead the four-week schedule review meetings (weekly) and review the weekly work plans to support the overall schedule and commodity curves.
• Submit daily and weekly reports that identify work in progress and completed.
• Identify all work that is falling behind schedule, propose remedial action and re-forecast completion dates to assist management.
• Understand the systems turnover plan and sequence and support the discipline subcontractors to construct to that sequence.
• Manage vendors to ensure they are at site for a minimum period, plan mobilisation to coordinate with construction installation.
• Ensure to meet the requirements and all pre-requisites before mobilizing vendor onsite.
• Accountable to sign off vendor timesheets and maintain vendor mobilization tracker identifying vendor costs and forecasts to Construction Manager / Subcontracts Manager.
• Share technical knowledge with subcontractors and Petrofac staff.
• Training and development of nationals, which involves shadowing, mentoring or on the job training for certain designated positions and supervising junior engineers while job training is ongoing.
• Define clear roles and responsibilities for subordinates.
• Provide clear and honest feedback to construction supervision on their performance and provide coaching and mentoring to enhance their skills.
• Assist in closing all punches and assist in commissioning plan.
• Coordinate closely with client and ensure all concerns are tackled.
• Ensure quantity reporting is established and reported accurately.
• Input site construction feedback in Construction Observation Form.
• Verify that personnel engaged in critical activities have passed the VoC or Third Party assessment.
• Provide training onsite if nominated by Construction Manager.
• Be trained in lifting and scaffolding supervision (if required).
• Cables glanding and termination.
• Installation of lighting system (JB, lighting DB, lighting poles, lighting fixture).
• Installation of electrical power and control cables (cable pulling procedure, testing, megger, continuity, Hi-pot test, cable pull card control).
• Installation of cable trays, ladder and conduit system.
• Implement and follow cable trenches procedure.
• Installation of electrical heat tracing.
• Installation of motors, generators, transformers, batteries, chargers and UPS, switchgears, motor control centres and bus duct.
• Installation of neutral earthing resistor, small power distribution system, installation of cathodic protection system, earthing and lightning protection system.
• Instrument calibration.
• Installation of instrument cables, fibre optic cables.
• Installation of field mounted instruments, control panels, junction boxes, marshaling cabinets, consoles, and desks.
• Installation of fire and gas detection system, communication system.
• Instrument loop release, loop checks.
• Ensure preservation procedure is in place, followed and implemented by site team.

Essential Qualifications and Skills

• 15+ years electrical, instrumentation and telecom site experience in direct hire construction with an international oil and gas EPC company and with subcontractors.
• Experience working in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS/FSU), Middle East, and/or North Africa.
• Prior experience working with a diverse international workforce.
• ATEX training is preferred.