Lead Project Engineer

Job Purpose

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of ‘Third Party Technical Assessment’ program ensuring its overall planning, coordination within QatarEnergy LNG and external parties, data gathering, logistics, supporting assessment execution and report out, facilitating and steward recommendations/actions through company stakeholders and work processes, providing progress updates to various stakeholders and driving continuous improvements.

Job Context & Major Challenge(s) - I

• All QatarEnergy LNG assets will undergo an independent ‘Third Party Technical Assessment’ mandated by QatarEnergy with the following focus areas: Process Safety, Maintenance & Inspection, Asset Integrity & Corrosion Management, Safety Critical Element/Barrier Assessment & Assurance and Asset Life Extension.
• The Third-Party Assessment program covers all operating QatarEnergy LNG assets (11 Joint Venture Assets and more coming into operation with the ongoing expansion projects) with support from discipline technical authorities and representatives spread across 5 business lines. This requires intensive communication and engagement.
• Role is responsible for the organisation and delivery of all elements associated with the Third-Party assessments including planning, preparation, execution, reporting, stewarding recommendations/actions in alignment with company stakeholders and work processes and providing progress updates to relevant stakeholders.

Job Context & Major Challenge(s) - II

• Single point responsibility for managing/coordinating with internal and external stakeholders. Sets up and operates within a structured environment with a clear reporting framework and accountable for driving the assessment program.
• Interacts heavily with other department across QatarEnergy LNG such as Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, HSEQ etc. This role must ensure that appropriate stakeholder management plan is in place to align, manage and deliver stakeholder expectations.
• Establishes the assessment schedule for various operating assets considering internal and external availability of resources and other constraints such as shutdowns, other critical studies/activities etc.
• Leads and actively participates in assessments including organising face-to-face sessions with the participation of required company resources, onshore and offshore site visits
• Outcome of Third-Party Assessments is expected to have significant synergies with existing company initiatives aimed at enhancement of processes/systems, particularly the Barrier Management Project. Flawless interaction and interfaces among them are key for company’s success.

Key Job Accountabilities - I

• Lead overall coordination and delivery of Third-Party Assessment of QatarEnergy LNG assets with support from Third Party Assessment team established within QatarEnergy LNG.
• Facilitate day-to-day interface with Third Party Assessment Consultant, acting as the first point of contact, and QatarEnergy LNG stakeholders across various departments and business lines, establishing and maintaining relationships.
• Develop assessment schedule for various QatarEnergy LNG assets in coordination with company stakeholders and Third-Party consultant.
• Review and develop the detailed assessment plan per asset with the consultant, obtaining necessary clarifications and finalising the program. Coordinate the plan with company stakeholders ensuring its delivery and organising the availability of resources from various departments in line with assessment schedule.
• Provide technical oversight and all relevant inputs required by the consultant to prepare for the assessment including data gathering from company programs and systems.

Key Job Accountabilities - II

• Participate and facilitate in the assessments and associated onshore/offshore site visits. Coordinate all associated logistics such as training, IDs, gate pass etc. to ensure smooth and efficient site visits and assessments.
• Provide a robust quality review of assessment report produced by the consultant ensuring recommendations are actionable, clear, based on facts/ground reality and targeted at underlying causes. Ensure consistency between different asset assessments, where applicable.
• Steward assessment recommendations including alignment with relevant company stakeholders, translating them into actions and tracking via appropriate company mechanisms. Maintain oversight of action progress and establish means of measuring action closure effectiveness.
• Prepare status updates and deliver communication sessions to various stakeholders to report on progress and key findings, for information and decision making.
• Identify lessons learnt and improvement opportunities after each assessment including stakeholder inputs to operationalise the improvements and enhance the program execution and outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering.

Knowledge and/or Experience - I

• 11 years’ experience in oil and gas industry with broad experience of Process Safety and Asset Integrity management in engineering and operations. Experience in an operating company is a must.
• Skilled in major accident hazards, safety case, barrier management, asset integrity, maintenance management systems, and risk management/cumulative risk.
• Skilled in process safety and asset integrity audits/assessments.
• Familiarity with relevant industry standards and guidelines related to barrier management (e.g., IOGP Report 544).
• Familiar with performance dashboard, computerized maintenance management system, SAP, and typical software used in the management of integrity program.

Technical and Business Skills - I

• Strong effective communication skills in written and spoken English.
• Strong stakeholder management skills – ability to interact and manage relationships across organisational levels from senior management to frontline.
• Fluent in understanding sensitivities of managing internal and external stakeholders
• Strong technical background, with strong analytical, interpretative, constructive thinking, coupled with decision making skills and reporting skills.
• Computer literate with knowledge of Bowtie and project control software.
• Skills in project planning, execution, and monitoring, ensuring timely completion and adherence to quality standards.
• Ability to work as a delegate to Manager and provide required guidance and technical support to the team.