JOB OBJECTIVE
- Receive general guidance, objectives and some specific work assignments from the Engineering Manager
- Act as the technical authority and focal point for all engineering questions related to Telecom & IT engineering
- On behalf of company, take the responsibility for Lead Telecom & IT engineering throughout the engineering, the construction installation and commissioning stages of the Surface Facilities Projects
- Coordinate among Facility teams, in the company, with PMC and Contactors
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Provides leadership to the IT &Telecom engineers and in conjunction with the Engineering Manager assigns priorities
- Coordinates, supervises and checks the work of those IT &Telecom personnel assigned to projects under his/her direction
- Review design for completeness and coherence in the discipline and with other disciplines
- Identify potential errors, omissions or risks in the design basis and participate in preparation of design
- Identify problems needing the involvement of specialists, define and organize required specialist involvement
- Assess impact of proposed technical changes in the discipline
- Review design and make recommendations for improvement
- Review and / or issue design change notices for approval by engineering manager
- Attends/Chair all design review events (HAZID, HAZOP, Peer Reviews, etc.) with Project Management team and Contractor as necessary
- Assist in the development of technical solutions for areas of conflict or concern identified during design review
- Sign documents as checked
- Quality control of the Telecom & IT engineering
- Support the project control to prepare plans and schedules
- Analyzes and/or reviews the Telecom & IT discipline progress reports against the schedule and inform of any foreseeable delay
- Coordination and Assists PMC and the contractor in developing/reviewing schedule corrective actions and recovery plans when progress slipping and ensures needed action plans are implemented
- Provide Telecom & IT discipline progress report and contractor’s performance
- Obtain from or through the Engineering Manager and/or the EPC Team Leaders all information relevant for the discipline
- Responsible for coordination of interfaces with the other disciplines
- Monitors Telecom & IT discipline material status reports against construction schedules and reviews them with project control, Contracts and Construction Groups
- Prepare reply to technical and field queries
- Assist site with technical advice upon request of site
- To work at site under company’s standard security policy
COMMUNICATIONS & WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
Internal
- Frequent contacts with Company’s Engineers
- Frequent contacts with other Team Leaders
- Frequent contacts with other Departments
- Regular contacts with engineers of Suppliers and Contractors
- Frequent contacts with Telecom & IT Discipline Leaders of EPC Contractors and LLI Vendors
- Frequent visit to site to support site construction and production
- Regular contacts with PMC, EPC and LLI Contractor Management
QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Telecommunication Engineering
- Proven experience in oil and gas industry
- Working in hardship situation
- Over 10 years’ experience, 7 years in oil field, preferably experience in recent large oil fields projects in Iraq
- Previous experience in a large intercultural environment is preferred
- Extensive familiarity with the applicable standards
- Extensive familiarity with oil field telecommunication
- Proven ability to perform in a lead capacity, possess good written and oral communications and presentation skills, and have a thorough of industry practices and regulations
- Good team player and forthcoming to support the section with additional task requests as necessary
- Proactive and positive attitude willing to closely follow up and push issues to a successful resolution
- Strong analytical, tactical and strategic thinking skills with a bias towards action
- Self-Starter with strong work ethic, and great time management and communication skills
- Fluent in English oral and writing.
*Only applicants meeting the strict criteria outlined above will be contacted as part of the shortlisting process.