Job Title: Principal Engineer – Mechanical
Organisation: Addax Petroleum is a subsidiary of the Sinopec Group
Desired Expertise: Mechanical Engineering, Design, Fabrication, Offshore, Projects
Experience: 20+ years
Minimum Education: Bachelors/3-5 yr Degree
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job Objective/ Purpose of Job: – To provide mechanical engineering expertise to aid in the execution of the Company's onshore and offshore projects and ongoing operations. – The majority of these projects will be executed under a recently established Alliance between Company and a relatively inexperienced, but fully committed, indigenous contractor.
Job Duties/ Responsibilities/ Accountabilities:
•To act as a focal point/technical authority for mechanical engineering questions throughout all phases of engineering design, construction and offshore installation, commissioning and operation
•To provide mechanical engineering input to other disciplines to assure that design outputs are consistent.
•To act as Company / Alliance authority for the review of Design Bases, design drawings, specifications, etc.
•To act as required as the Company / Alliance representative (Mechanical) to ensure that design work by contractors meets Company standards and relevant industry codes
•To monitor the performance of design contractors and suggest remedial actions
related to mechanical design.
•To assist Company / Alliance resident and/or project engineers with the mechanical engineering aspects of Facilities design.
•To assist construction and commissioning teams with field questions encountered during installation
•To initiate and coordinate tasks needed for project execution including permitting or government reviews, material specification, installation procedures, testing, etc.
•To participate in HAZOP's and other key design reviews.
•To assist in the development Nigerian mechanical engineers
•To provide input to Front End/Conceptual Engineering studies with respect to mechanical design aspects
•To establish and maintain a facilities mechanical installations database
•Provide input to Integrity Management and Planned Maintenance planning
JOB SPECIFICATIONS:
Education Qualification: University Engineering Degree (Mechanical) – 2nd Class Honours
Professional Qualification: Membership of a relevant Professional Institution preferred
Experience:
•Minimum twenty (20) years relevant experience with an oil industry design and fabrication contractor
•Must have worked in as a mechanical engineer/senior mechanical engineer for an Operator and have been involved in both onshore and offshore projects
•Must be used to working in a multi-discipline environment
•Must have worked in an expatriate situation for at least five (5) years
KEY COMPETENCIES REQUIREMENTS:
Functional/ Technical:
•Good understanding of project management controls and procedures.
•Ability to work under pressure against tight deadlines whilst maintaining a high standard of consistency and accuracy.
•Solid working knowledge of oil and gas industry mechanical engineering codes and standards.
•Have thorough knowledge of the design of onshore and offshore oil production facilities
•Have the ability to utilise common process and mechanical design software for systems design and analysis
•Sound understanding of HSES management systems and the application thereof, particularly with respect to design integrity and safety.
•Ability to manage interfaces both internally and externally with contractors
•Apt reporting skills with the ability to write well structured and easily understood reports
•Able to prepare and deliver effectively presentations for information dissemination both internally to management and externally to 3rd parties
•Fluent spoken and written English.
•Strong interpersonal skills, able to deal with a broad spectrum of cultural and organisational styles
•Basic computer literacy (MS Word, Excel, Project, Lotus Notes, PowerPoint)
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