Project Engineer

Overview

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?

Job Title

JOB TITLE: OPERATIONS PROJECT ENGINEER

Key Responsibilities

• Follow the Petrofac Project Management Process in the management and discharge of Project activities.
• Demonstrate visible leadership and commitment to the Petrofac values, including excellent HSSE and quality performance.
• Maintain active development and involvement as a member of Petrofac\’s Project Management Academy and Centre of Excellence.
• Accountable for competently performing assigned project tasks without supervision.
• Work as a member of the client asset management team.
• Responsible for maintaining progress against agreed cost and schedule.
• Able to analyze, diagnose and use project management tools and professional judgement to resolve discreet problems at a project level.
• Appraise the relevant project management focal point of the performance of the project element.
• Work to the project interface document to maintain the alignment of client and Petrofac processes during the project lifecycle.
• Maintain communication with Asset, Engineering, Construction and Commissioning leads where necessary within the project element.
• Support the risk management process during the project.
• Support the management of change process during the project.
• Work to the Project Execution Plan, ensuring compliance and assurance of delivery against the PEP objectives.
• The Project Engineer is accountable for solving short term production issues, delivering trouble shooting support from all Functions to the Operation teams. He/she is the off- and onshore focal point for daily troubleshooting.
• The Project Engineer also identifies/addresses threats and long-term improvement opportunities, working together with the Reliability Engineer and other Functions/disciplines to develop and implement ideas to mitigate threats and realise opportunities.
• Provide a range of support to the operations team, for example:
• Support in preparing and delivering Statement of Fitness (SOF).
• Line Of Defense 1 assurance support (LOD1: Self-Assessment).
• Prepare and facilitate reviews.
• Support in progressing MOC/FSR/Deviation Management when blockers are identified by the operation teams.
• Liaise with the Functions for the status of Modifications and Projects.
• Organises or leads failure/incident investigations and/or secures input from other Functions for such investigations, for example for process upsets and equipment failures or incidents.
• Provides or arranges Operational input for Maintenance, Projects and Modifications in all phases Initiation, Assess, Select, Define, Execute and Operate/Maintain.
• Support in maintaining/updating the Operations Strategies for the Production Unit.
• Drives Continuous Improvement initiatives within the PU.
• Go See visits to the PU installations and carry out health checks.

Essential Qualifications And Skills

• Working toward a project management qualification (preferred).
• Working toward membership of a relevant institute (preferred).
• Knowledge of project management processes.
• Exposure to on and offshore operations
• Provide support to the project team and suggest improvements where applicable within the project.
• Strong communicator able to state key project goals and objectives and present them clearly to the project team and stakeholders.
• Able to challenge others in a constructive manner and negotiate successfully with relevant contacts to influence positive decisions and working methods.
• Ability to support and partake in risk management practices.
• Will have broad project management knowledge and the ability to apply it.