Date Posted: 15 Oct 2024
Legal Entity: Yinson Production Offshore Pte Ltd
Job Function: Engineering
Location: Singapore Office
Employment Type: Permanent
Yinson is a dynamic, equal opportunity employer with great organisational culture where people are valued and empowered to deliver
powerful solutions.
Job Summary
This role requires good organizational/coordination skills and management of the engineering team. Direct contact with the client, contractors and vendors will be necessary. The role of the Engineering Manager is to:
- Prepare, manage and maintain the engineering plan including budget, contracting strategy and schedule.
- Technical Authority for the FPSO.
- Manage, plan and administer all project engineering resources (staff and contractors).
- Ensure FPSO performs as per specification, including nameplate capacities and availability.
- Provide project technical specifications.
- Plan, define, award and manage various Engineering Contractor's technical deliverables for both basic engineering and detailed design, initially to IFC and subsequently to As-Built status, as well as their timely issuance to support construction and integration activities.
- Plan, define and award and manage Marine Package Vendor's technical deliverables and equipment delivery.
- Support planning and definition of refurbishment & life extension scope of work. This activity may involve site inspection of the candidate vessel and existing documentation gathering and cataloguing.
- Ensure management of internal/external interfaces, design change control and queries.
- Ensure compliance with Client basis of design and corporate specifications.
- Prepare, interface with client and maintain a deviation request list with regards to all Client specifications.
- Ensure that project-specific discipline-related technical specifications and drawings are prepared with regards to all Client, Company and Classification Society requirements.
- Ensure that all contractors and vendors meet the contractual, Classification Society and technical requirements related to mechanical engineering discipline.
- Ensure development and consolidation of multi-discipline engineering registers/lists.
- Plan timely document reviews of contractor and vendor documentation.
- Ensure Model Reviews are performed and actions are closed.
- Ensure compliance with Safety Study recommendations and best practices, and closeout of actions.
- Provide technical support to project manager for schedule/planning, variation orders and change management.
- Provide technical support and assist trouble-shooting during construction, mechanical completion, pre-commissioning and commissioning, through to start-up, and including during operating regime.
- Travel as required, including but not limited to shipyards in SE Asia region, China, Middle East region, other Yinson Offices (Oslo, Malaysia), candidate vessels (onshore/offshore), operational production units (offshore) and onshore support bases.
Key Competencies
- Commercial Focus
- Must be focused on achieving timely and cost-effective results for the project and company.
- Shall be able to converse with client and respond to their queries while protecting the interests of the company.
- Shall be able to converse with and respond to Contractor's queries while protecting the interests of the Company.
- Shall be able to identify and react to changes in Company's contractual scope of work.
- Maintain close working relationship with other managers.
- Ensure optimized solutions.
- Functional Know-How
- Good technical knowledge on discipline-specific codes and standards, Classification Society Rules and be able to converse effectively with experts of all disciplines.
- Good working knowledge of FPSO equipment packages and systems.
- Interpersonal Effectiveness
- Able to work effectively with the project teams, achieve a good working relationship and act in the interests of the company at all times.
- Leader of the Discipline Engineers, Project/Interface Engineers and Marine Package Engineers.
- Work in close liaison with Topsides Engineering Manager and Vessel Engineering Manager (where present)
- Communication & Influence
- Shall have excellent verbal and written language skills, fluent English verbal and written.
- Analysis & Problem Solving
- Shall be able to quickly identify problems and coordinate solutions.
- Accountability for Results
- Shall be self-motivated, proactive and able to take responsibility for own actions.
- Make good technical decisions and ensure that solutions are properly implemented.
- Personal Development
- Shall be committed to developing own skill base but also providing support to other people within the company's project team.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
- Perform as Technical Authority for the FPSO Engineering scope of work.
- Ensure that costs to Yinson are minimized and that project schedule is maintained.
- Technical Oversight of the Engineering Contractors and Equipment Vendors. Follow-up and monitor Contractor schedule and progress and ensure any deviation is mitigated by corrective action coordinated with YP team.
- Interact with Client as required.
- Identify and ensure execution of the whole FPSO engineering scope of work in accordance with the legal obligations, contract terms, scope of work, technical requirements and company policy.
- Interact with and support the engineering contractors as required (including Marine Engineering, Hull Engineering, Structural Engineering, Topsides Module Engineering, Integration Engineering, LQ Engineering, Shipyard Engineering, etc) and equipment/package vendors.
- Achieving resolution of multi-discipline equipment problems by coordinating with the discipline engineers and project management team.
- Update job knowledge by tracking and understanding emerging methodology improvements; and absorbing new practices from clients and partners.
- Engineering problem solving and troubleshooting, even when not directly in own discipline (taking a holistic approach to the project).
- Coordinate discipline issues between client, contractors, vendors and other relevant parties.
- Provide input to weekly/monthly progress reporting and other relevant status information as needed.
- Participate in audits and review processes as necessary
- Interact with non-technical disciplines as required (document control, cost control, planning).
- Other tasks as requested by the Project Manager.
- QHSSE Duties every employee shall:
- Take care of themselves and others who may be affected by their acts or oversights;
- Not interfere with or misuse anything supplied for their health, safety and welfare;
- Report quality related problems and HSSE hazards or deficits within their area to the QHSSE department;
- Promote and take part in the QHSSE continuous improvement process.
Qualifications
- Essential
- Degree qualified in a technical subject
Skills & Experiences
- Essential
- Good use of Word and Excel
- Good use of Navisworks
- Able to write Technical Reports
- Experience of FPSO projects
- Experienced in oil & gas Engineering (10-years)
- Previous leadership role at engineering contractor
If you want to team up with us as we dream and stride towards a better tomorrow we would love to hear from you!
