Essential Qualifications and Education:

- Bachelor s Degree or Master s degree in Engineering

- 20+ years of experience in oil and gas with major contractors or consultants predominantly performing detail design

- Preferably Registered Qualified Engineer or member of professional engineering society as applicable

- 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 topics at lunch and learns; etc.)

- Detailed knowledge of design techniques and analysis methods and detailed knowledge of the theory, content, and application of standards, codes, and guidelines as applicable to offshore

- Knowledgeable in project coordination and execution skills

- Recognized across the company as a key leader, highly innovative designer, or highly skilled analyst

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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

- Communicate and explain highly complex ideas and anticipate potential objections, influencing outcomes

- When acting as Lead Engineer, in addition:





- Direct large Engineering team as a Lead Engineer on most unique and complex projects

- Lead the Discipline engineering design of the assigned work area and completed it within the planned schedule and budget, by standards, MDR, and project-specific procedures and to a high professional standard

- Plan, organize, and direct all aspects of Discipline execution on the assigned project including scope, deliverables, schedule, and all workforce resources - agree on allocations with the Discipline Manager

- Ensure interfaces and deliverables are identified

- Maintain responsibility for progress and productivity, identifying any required corrective action

- Act as project representative for 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, 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 work-hour estimates, identifying software requirements and any other project-specific requirements

- Prepare bids and projects Discipline engineering budget and execution plans, updating as required

- 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

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