Senior Civil Engineer in London

The Senior Civil Engineer uses best practices and knowledge of internal or external issues to improve the Civil discipline within McDermott. They will act as a resource for colleagues with less experience and share their conceptual and practical expertise related to the Civil discipline. They solve complex problems and use discipline-specific knowledge to improve their products or services. The Senior Civil Engineer impacts a range of customer, operational, project, or service activities with the Civil team and other related teams and ensures that they work within the appropriate guidelines and policies.

Responsibilities

• Perform conceptual, FEED, Studies, and detailed analyses and design as per design basis, project specifications, design codes, and standards.
• Direct Engineering team as a Lead Engineer on small projects.
• Apply knowledge and skills to a wide range of standard and nonstandard situations.
• Prepare clear and accurate detailed design calculations and analyses, including design reports and procedures.
• Manage own time to meet agreed deadlines and budgets and develop plans for short-term work activities in own area.
• Communicate and explain complex issues and work to establish understanding.
• Train/mentor Engineers.
• Assist MOPEX offices with projects.
• Initiate interface with other disciplines to obtain input for discipline designs.
• Provide engineering support as required.
• Perform engineering checks of drafting.
• Perform engineering checks prepared by others within the discipline.
• Perform design verification through single discipline check and assist with inter-discipline checks (IDC).
• Prepare MTOs of foundations and structures.
• Prepare specifications.
• Prepare subcontract documents.
• Review vendor data.
• Prepare technical bid evaluations.
• Check designs for operational requirements, constructability, and maintainability.

Tasks as Engineering Specialist

• Perform independent computer analyses of foundations and structures.
• Prepare details and layouts of foundations and structures.
• Prepare structural analyses and reports on calculations or perform specialist tasks (i.e., architectural designs, underground piping designs, complex foundations/structures, weight control reports, the center of gravity reports).
• Specialized in several fields (geotechnical, steel, concrete, dynamic calculations, FEM, fatigue calculations, earthquake, blast, architectural).
• Specialized in some design codes (EC, ACI/AISC/API, GOST).
• Prepare project engineering guides.
• Coordinate and check the work of engineers and designers.

Tasks as Lead Engineer

• Work as Lead Engineer on small projects or act as area lead or deputy lead.
• Full Responsibility for all engineering and design work on small-size projects.
• Full control and manage work hours, materials, progress.
• Work closely with the Design Coordinator, area leads, etc.
• Coordinate with project management.

Assist the Project Manager in:

• Prepare deliverable control.
• Prepare schedule.
• Prepare progress reports.
• Prepare labor and capital expenditure estimates.

File engineering work and give relevant feedback to the department.

Reports to: Project: Lead Engineer/PEM Functional: Supervising Department Manager

Liaise with: All Engineering disciplines, Construction site/Fabrication Group, Safety Dept, Document Control, Procurement Group, Subcontractors and Vendors, and Customers.

Supervises: Engineers and Designers.

Essential Qualifications and Education

• Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree in Engineering.
• 8-15 years in oil and gas with a major contractor or consultant, predominantly performing detail design.
• Strong working knowledge of many design techniques and analysis methods, and detailed knowledge of the content and application of standards codes and guidelines as applicable.
• Preferably Registered Professional Engineer or member of professional engineering society as applicable.
• Seasoned knowledge of engineering standards and specifications.
• Good knowledge of engineering software.
• Able to work independently.
• Good working knowledge of English, both oral and written.
• HSE, TQM, and cost-conscious.
• Good technical structural knowledge.
• Good organizer, motivator, and supervisor.
• Keen on improving the effectiveness of the work.
• Show flexibility and ensure proper hand-over with regards to:

• The reassignment to other departments/construction sites/fabrication yards.
• The replacement of colleagues during illness and holidays.
• The provision of assistance to other colleagues with heavy workloads (also other projects) when possible/desirable.
• The managing/learning of current working methods and software applications.
• Reassignment to other McDermott offices.
• Good understanding of the other engineering departments.