Sr Principal Instrument

Job Description

Essential Qualifications and Education:

- Bachelor s Degree in Electrical, or Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering (Master s Degree is preferred)
- 20+ years of experience in oil and gas with major contractors or consultants predominantly performing detail design
- Preferably Registered Professional Engineer or member of a professional engineering society
- Detailed knowledge of design techniques and analysis methods, and detailed knowledge of the theory, content, and application of standards, codes, and guidelines as applicable
- Knowledgeable in project coordination and execution skills
- Recognized across the company as a key leader, highly innovative designer, or highly skilled analyst
- Recognized as having good communication and presentation skills (e.g., published technical papers are written, actively participates in conferences and/or seminars, and/or is a capable presenter of design solutions or presenting topics at lunch and learns; etc.)

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Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

- Perform conceptual, FEED, and detailed analyses and design as per design basis, project specifications, design codes, and standards
- Develop creative and innovative solutions that are reliable and cost-effective for problems and challenges when they arise
- Apply expertise to the most complex problems
- Manage own time to meet objectives and (as Lead Engineer) forecast and plan resource requirements
- Develop and manage plans to achieve business objectives
- Clearly communicate and explain highly complex ideas and anticipate potential objections, influencing outcomes
- When acting as Lead Engineer, in addition:
- Direct large Instrumentation Controls Engineering team as Lead Engineer
- Lead the Discipline engineering design of the assigned work area and completed within the planned schedule and budget, in accordance with standards, MDR, and project-specific procedures and to high professional standard
- Plan, organize, and direct all aspects of Discipline execution on the assigned project including scope, deliverables, schedule, and all manpower resources - agree allocations with the Discipline Manager
- Ensure interfaces and deliverables are clearly identified
- Maintain responsibility for progress and productivity, identifying any required corrective action
- Act as project representative for the Discipline during meetings with the Project Team, Customer discipline lead, and relevant agencies such as certifying authorities, auditors, third parties, etc.
- Become fully familiar with the project scope of work, specifications, schedule, and all inter-discipline requirements, including identifying concerns as early as practicable and taking appropriate initiatives to address the issues
- Interpret contractual requirements as they relate to engineering execution
- Identify changes to scope and promptly raise change notifications, including providing any necessary supporting documentation and estimates
- Provide similar support for Variation Orders
- Interface with all disciplines to develop clash-free designs
- Interface with other departments to obtain input for Discipline designs and drawings
- Maintain close coordination with other engineering disciplines, Planning, Fabrication, Marine, and Project Management Teams, as required
- Document substantive communications (communications that result in significant decisions or assignment
- of actions) and forward copies to the Discipline Lead Engineer and Discipline Manager
- Prepare estimates for bid proposals, including technical query reviews, execution statements, and manhour estimates, identifying software requirements and any other project-specific requirements
- Raise technical queries to obtain missing information, clarify work scope, and maintain preferred McDermott procedures, specifications, standards, practices, and operational requirements
- Prepare, review, and (as Lead Engineer) approve Discipline engineering design basis, philosophies,
- and technical specifications
- Participate in finalizing deliverables lists and deliverables, ensuring compliance with specifications and functional integrity
- Review project schedule and fabrication schedule about construction sequence, milestones,
- and engineering scope
- Attend project kickoff and review meetings, vendor meetings, engineering meetings, and offshore site surveys,
- as required
- Provide technical direction and review of Designers producing products related to Instrumentation and Controls Engineering
- Prepare, review, and (as Lead Engineer) approve design reports and procedures
- Assist in providing necessary design inputs to other disciplines to enable them to proceed with their deliverables
- Assist procurement personnel in procuring Discipline equipment, materials, and services; ensuring that work produced complies with Customer objectives and procedures
- Procurement assistance includes preparing, reviewing, and (as Lead Engineer) approving requisitions, evaluating technical quotations, preparing queries, compiling bid tabulations and recommendations, preparing purchase requisitions, and coordinating
- with Procurement to expedite vendor documents, as directed by the Discipline Lead Engineer
- Assist in updating weight report based on receipt of vendor information
- Review and (as Lead Engineer) approve vendor and subcontractor submittals, checking for compliance
- with project specifications and providing comments as necessary
- Review and (as Lead Engineer) approve design verification through single-discipline check/inter-discipline check (IDC)
- Provide technical support to fabrication queries, including identifying defect/rectification requirements
- Keep the Discipline Manager and Project Management Team apprised of all activities and concerns, technical, budgetary, and manpower related
- Assist in providing inputs for actual, planning, and forecasting progress reports including associated productivity
- Check final subcontractor and vendor data manuals to ensure that all requested data has been received and approved
- Present issues and problems to Customers in timely manner and assist the Lead Engineer in negotiating resolution by project and company requirements
- Perform (as required) Technical Quality Audit reviews by MDR Global Procedures
- Assist Lead Engineer with responses to Customers and other agencies (such as certifying authorities, auditors, third parties, etc.) on their review and approval
- Capture lessons learned and entered them into MDRs Lessons Learned system
- Provide leadership, mentoring, and guidance to other Engineers
- Supervise and guide assigned engineers and coordinate with project Lead Designers for Discipline engineering and design deliverables
- Assign personnel to analyze and design tasks based on knowledge of individual strengths and capabilities
- Monitor costs of own work processes
- Evaluate costs associated with products and solutions
- Assist in the maintenance of departmental technical guidelines and standard calculation notes
- Participate in the development and maintenance of Global Procedures, Software, and Standards
- Incorporate approved Lessons Learned into MDR Level 2 3 engineering procedures, as applicable
- May participate in standards development committees or task groups such as API
- Assist Department Manager in identifying departmental needs including the development of personnel and technical capabilities
- Participate in McDermott forums and represent McDermott as subject matter expert (SME)
- Provide information on employee performance to the Discipline Manager
- Assist the Discipline manager in interviewing job applicants
- Prepare, review, and (as Lead Engineer) approve automation system definition, including philosophy, specifications, safety drawings, and system architecture
- Prepare, review, and (as Lead Engineer) approve ESD logic (as applicable) / cause effect diagrams and FG logic (as applicable) / cause effect diagrams
- Review and (as Lead Engineer) approve specifications and data sheets for Instrumentation Controls equipment
- Review and (as Lead Engineer) approve IC equipment spare parts lists
- Review and (as Lead Engineer) approve inputs to PID development and markups based on receipt of vendor information
- Review and (as Lead Engineer) approve IC equipment testing procedures
- Attend IC equipment FATs, as required
- Participate in HAZOP, SIL, and Classification Studies, as required
- Assist in closing out HAZOP action items
- Provide construction, pre-commissioning, and commissioning support, as required
- Participate in automation testing, as required
- When acting as Lead Engineer, in addition:
- Act as project-based Discipline point of contact in communications and meetings with Customer counterparts
- Ensure substantive communications are documented
- Prepare bids and projects Discipline engineering budget and execution plans, updating as required
- Identify project staff needs to be based on knowledge of individual engineers skill sets and provide requests
- to the Discipline manager
- Plan, organize, and assign tasks, responsibilities, and manhour budgets to the discipline team, and verify tasks are completed within budgets
- Plan Discipline Level 4 detail deliverable schedule/ register compliant with the overall execution plan
- Prepare working forecasts identifying change management plans, corrective action, and real-time schedule
- Provide Discipline inputs for actual, planning, and forecasting progress reports including associated productivity
- Alert the project team of any deviation from the scope or need for a change order
- Monitor I measurement results, and take corrective action as necessary to improve Discipline performance, including performance at interfaces with others
- Coordinate with other Discipline Lead Engineers and Designers to ensure timely receipt of necessary design inputs
- Review and approve requisitions, technical quotation evaluations and queries, compiled bid tabulations and recommendations, and purchase requisitions; and coordinate with Procurement to expedite vendor documents as required
- Lead the Discipline team during project audits (internal, Customer, and third-party technical audits) and Design Reviews
- Review comments from Customers other agencies on documents and drawings produced by the team,
- and resolve and give guidance on their update and incorporation
- Assist the Discipline manager in the preparation of quartery forecasts and manpower planning
- Anticipate project engineering needs and plan accordingly
- Coordinate with vendor for discipline-managed/procured items
- Assist the Discipline manager and Project Engineering Manager or Project Manager in the Performance Evaluation of project team members