Senior Engineer Structural Design

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Job Description

JOB PURPOSE:

The principal role of the Structure Engineer is to regularly carry out physical audits on company Drilling offshore/onshore sites and advise on the status of the technical integrity of assets structure on company Drilling sites thereby ensuring that safe and consistent application of Company and regulatory codes and standards takes place and good engineering practices are followed.

The Structure Engineer, is accountable for ensuring that the integrity of assets structures are safeguarded whilst having due regard for the principles of best practice and risk-based decision-making. In addition, the Structure Engineer may form part of a composite team charged with considering overall business risk to include financial, commercial and reputation as well as technical risk.

As part of the responsibilities the Structure Engineer, will keep abreast of developments in relation to Integrity Management, and to manage, direct, and in some cases carry out, specific studies and evaluations (both contracted-out and performed in-house) for marine items of company Drilling assets. They will direct and participate with other AID Teams, in reviewing detailed specifications and scopes of work for contracted activities, advice/ endorse contractors pre-qualification, and endorse technical evaluation for contract awarding.

Key Accountabilities

Job Specific Accountabilities

• Carries out regular audits of company Drilling assets either independently or as part of a team with the objective of determining the status of the integrity of company Drilling assets structures. Identifies and reports on all integrity risks to company Drilling through failure or anomalous behaviour of assets structures. Plays a role in reviewing proposed solutions preventing business interruptions due to integrity breakdown by pro-active identification of structures defects.
• Advises the Business managers on all cases where the integrity of asset structure is compromised, including requesting through the Integrity Manager, for a cessation of activity where such lapses are serious in nature.
• Participates in all investigations of incidents related to structures with a view to identifying root cause of the incident and also assists in providing long term solutions to prevent recurrence.
• Provides support to all areas of the business in the form of technical advice on assets structures.
  
  

• Facilitates the liaison between the Integrity Manager, and the Technical authorities in the business units for all discussions on assets structures. Provides functional guidance and expert advice in the application of corrective actions where integrity risks are identified
• Keeps abreast of developments in Codes of Practice, Standards and Procedures etc related to the designated area of expertise; Endorses and audit the use of appropriate Codes, Standards and Procedures within company Drilling for all assets structure.
• Ensures company Drilling processes and procedures relating to their area of expertise are current and in compliance with best practices and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Ensures through regular audits that the inspection and maintenance crews in their respective sites implement correctly the appropriate inspection and testing programmes.
• Acts as the advisory link with project and operations teams for the major projects.
• Provides expert advice and support in the event of integrity breakdown.
• Acts as the Approval Authority for continued operation of equipment where one or more integrity deficiency is identified, specifying additional controls if required. Responsibility includes tracking the close out of deficiencies in define time frame for return to normal unrestricted operations:
• Reviews Management of Change requests for integrity of critical systems and equipment. Specifies additional requirements, if necessary.
• Keeps abreast of related developments and best practice in their designated area of expertise within the oil and gas industry and elsewhere. Includes attending and representing company Drilling in conferences, seminars, society meeting and trade shows to identify new development of interest to the Company.
• Proactively contributes to group company initiatives and Forums on matters related to area of expertise.
• Identifies Company-wide issues affecting Integrity Management performance in the area of responsibility, such as optimization practices, cost drivers, etc. Keeps abreast of developments in all fields of their area of expertise, evaluating new practices, procedures and products; Ensures the coordination and involvement of all stakeholders to contribute to resolving such issues and implementing solutions. Ensures that best practices are shared within the company, Group Companies and international drilling contractors.
• Directs and participates with other company Drilling Teams, in vetting detailed specifications and scope of work for contracted activities related to their area of expertise. Advises/endorses contractors pre-qualification, vets tenders and contract documents and endorses technical evaluation for contract awarding.
• Complies with all UAE, company, company Drilling and client Asset Integrity Management codes of practice.
  
  

• Plan, supervise and coordinate all activities in the assigned area to meet functional objectives.
• Train and develop the assigned staff on relevant skills to enable them to become proficient on the job and deliver the respective section objectives.
  
  

• Provide input for preparation of the Department budgets and assist in the implementation of the approved Budget and work plans to deliver Section objectives.
• Investigate and highlight any significant variances to support effective performance and cost control.
  
  

• Implement approved Section policies, processes, systems, standards and procedures in order to support execution of the Sections work programs in line with Company and International standards.
• Comply with all applicable legislation and legal regulations
  
  

• Contribute to the achievement of the approved Performance Objectives for the Section in line with the Company Performance framework.
  
  

• Design and implement new tools and techniques to improve the quality and efficiency of operational processes.
• Identify improvements in internal processes against best practices in pursuit of greater efficiency in line with ISO standards in order to define intelligent solutions for issues confronting the function.
  
  

• Support the institution of an HSE culture and ensure compliance with relevant HSE policies, procedures & controls and applicable legislation and sustainability guidelines across the Division in line with international standards, best practices and Corporate Code of Practices and to ensure integrity and safety of assets.
  
  

• Provide inputs to prepare Section MIS and progress reports for Company Management.
  
  

• Daily contact with Integrity Manager.
• Regular contact with Rig management, Engineering and Maintenance teams to coordinate integrity management activities.
• Frequent contacts with senior company Drilling personnel up to general management level to provide technical opinion and coordinate integrity management requirements for structures.
  

• Occasional external contact with consulting / contracting firms on technical matters. QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:
  

• Bachelor Degree in structure engineering discipline.
  

• 8 years of broad experience as Structure engineer in an oil/ gas or petrochemical industry.
• Good knowledge of rig Structure equipment and materials.
• Good knowledge of spoken and written English.
• Must be computer literate.