Job Title:                                        Pressure Vessels Site & Precom-com Engineer
Location:                                        Buliisa, Uganda
Industry:                                        Oil and Gas
Employment Type:                        Contract
Client-Sided Role

Key Responsibilities:

 Field Engineering:

• Review Contractor and sub-contractors field engineering and site documents, according to the project’s requirements and schedule. and follow up incorporation of Company comments by the contractor.
• Ensure all engineering holds related to the disciplines are fixed prior to installation or register / maintain in a master file.
• Ensure that requests for changes and change notices are properly logged / maintained in a master file, implemented, and compiled by contractors.
• Ensure engineering mark ups/red-line mark-up are logged and correctly transposed from one subcontractor to another by the contractors and formally issued and accepted.
• Supervise, control and monitor all field engineering related topics of the pressure vessels, Tanks and structural/civil discipline on Site.
• Review and prepare answers to the site concessions requests related to her/his discipline.
• Act as 3D model Navisworks coordinator at site, generate reports, screenshots, simplified Navisworks 3D models for assisting construction and field operation teams on request (for scaffolding, erection sequencing, Test packs and hydrotest packages studies...)

Construction supervision:

• Review construction execution plans and participate to constructability meetings. Supervise and promote pipe spooling activities.
• Ensure that Approved AFC documents are used by construction teams.
• Oversee all specific installation against vendor and site procedures (ceramic drying...), 3D models, layout drawings and structural – Foundation drawings.
• Ensure proper nozzle locations, elevation and orientation against equipment general drawings and piping general arrangements.
• Ensure fabrication findings are Punch if deficiency found and ensure Contractor logs it correctly in a master file.
• Ensure that all construction risks are well anticipated and reduced as much as possible by the contractors and subcontractors.
• Provide expertise and assistance to the construction team on technical aspects of his/her discipline

o Organizing technical discipline meetings as and when required: o Focusing on critical scopes and equipment.
o Liaising with welding engineer and corrosion protection/prevention engineer as required

• Ensure proper insulation, cathodic protection, earthing, instrument installation, leak detection with other field disciplines.
• Ensure that, for his discipline and area, the site deliverables, as-builts and quality assurance record books are properly documented maintained by the contractors.
• Ensure, for the discipline that approved detailed Engineering, Project Specifications and Procedures, Company General Specifications and international codes are well followed.

Pre-Commissioning and Commissioning:

• Participate in technical reviews during pre-commissioning and commissioning phases.
• Supervise testing activities (site acceptance test / Pre-com com) for static equipment and tanks.
• Contribute to the use of OPERCOM methodology to perform pre-commissioning.
• Contribute to Site Acceptance Tests, pre-commissioning preparation and ICAPS items population.
• Contribute to the use ICAPS for the progress & punch list follow-up and their clearance.
• Gather all information and explain the situation for any multidisciplinary RFI, RFC on static equipment /tanks, Engage assistance with project management team. Investigate if any risk of potential claims from contractors.

In Any phase:

• Ensure that Safety, Health, Environment Policy and Management System are adhered and that safe working practices are carried out at all times.
• Comply with HSE policy and documents (directives, rules, specifications, procedures, etc.) and ensure those are properly understood.
• Ensure that any incident or anomaly (unsafe act/situation) is immediately reported and analyzed.
• Participate in actions for identifying and minimizing risks, and the impact of activities.
• Take part in incident, accident and anomaly investigations and analyses when is required.
• Attend and actively participate in any HSE, inspection, audit or other improvement activity when is required.
• Analyze and timely closure any NCR or HSE findings to their own area of work.
• Issue lessons learned.
• Aid Package engineers with review of possible change orders, planning constraints etc when related to his/her discipline.
• Keep regular and good quality communication with his/her counterpart(s) on Contractor’s side and put in place technical meetings to follow up progress, explain main comments, and provide guidance. Participate to technical constructability / testing session, risk assessment and kick off meetings on request.
• Involve him/herself in safety aspects of the design and report any anomalies noticed on site, in particular when related to his/her discipline.
• Comply with the HSE Training required for the position.

Reporting and Progress Follow Up:

• Evaluate performance of Contractors Team.
• Monitor progress of contractors.
• Propose progress parameters based on accurate records in liaise with home engineering, construction, engineering, planning, and commissioning teams expectations.
• Report any issues to the PVV-Tanks-Structural lead.
• Prepare Daily and Weekly report for the management.

Required Expertise:
Qualification:
Diploma, Technician / Engineer / Specialist in Static equipment, Mechanical, thermal equipment and storage tanks.
Experience

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in Oil and Gas and Petrochemical industry specifically infrastructure/construction projects, with thorough knowledge on various safety regulations, standards, procedures etc.
• Previous experience with other major IOC’s in large oil and gas construction projects.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Understanding of oil and gas production equipment, processes, and utility systems
• Good interpersonal and organizational skills, as well as a good level of computer literacy and be proficient in Microsoft Office.
• Must be able to work on their own initiative and proactively interact with discipline teams to obtain information.
• Must be able to react quickly and decisively to constantly changing demands and circumstances and be able to identify, analyze & solve problems within the scope of the role.
• Ability and willingness to effectively and robustly challenge the views of contractors and internal contacts.
• English mandatory.
• Valid Medical Certificate which complies with company Standards.