Division / Project

KBR's Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) group is seeking a Project Engineer I – Building & Office Tower Projects to support the planning, design, procurement, construction, and commissioning of office towers, administration buildings, control centers, and associated facility infrastructure under PMC contracts.

Primary objectives

• Management of support services for supervising and directing engineering, procurement, and management of construction contractors appointed by the client.
• Ensure the successful delivery of projects through all phases, including concept design, FEED, detailed engineering, tendering, construction, commissioning, and handover.
• Act as primary technical coordination interface with client to ensure that the client’s expectations are satisfied.
• Ensure the project conforms to the client’s approved basis of design and local authority requirements, building regulations, sustainability objectives, and applicable international codes and standards.
• Coordinate architectural, structural, MEP, fire protection, security, ICT, vertical transportation, and interior fit-out disciplines to achieve an integrated design solution.

Responsibilities

• Support project mobilization, setup, takeover, and handover activities.
• Set up, take over / hand over of projects.
• Establish clear objectives and deliverables for design consultants and engineering teams.
• Management of PMC’s engineering teams during FEED. Prepare and review scopes of work, technical specifications, employer requirements, and tender documentation.
• Compilation of the scope of work documents, technical part of invitation to bid documents, and the documentation of project milestone reviews.
• Coordination of reviews and comments on engineering and other technical deliverables of third-party companies like P&IDs, line lists, equipment datasheets, instrumentation index, cable routing, etc. within the agreed review time.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable project standards and specifications.
• Ensure proper compilation and updating of as-built documents, redlines, MTOs, loop folders, commissioning binders, and handover documentation.
• Ensure the delivery of the as-built (end of job) documentation to the client in time and good quality.
• Contribute to the development of overall project schedule.
• Ensure work progress as per approved schedule in close cooperation with project controls team.
• Set up and regularly maintain a project dashboard in close cooperation with project controls team.
• Monitor with support of the project controls team cost aspects of the project within direct control to forecast final costs, trends, and take action to avoid cost overruns.
• Evaluate earned value / value of work for project completion with support of the project controls team.
• Build and maintain a healthy relationship with clients and act as project focal point for the client.
• Proactively resolve scope and schedule issues with the third-party contractor as they arise.
• Know the contract between the FEED- or EPC-contractor and between the client and third-party contracts.
• Know the PMC contract between KBR and the client.
• Ensure change order recording and participation from project team in technical parts of change order assessment.
• Regularly provide input to project reports to internal project management and the clients.
• Assess and provide feedback on third-party contractor’s project reports.
• Define and communicate team’s priorities such as achievement of milestones and other key project objectives.
• Listen to the team, discuss the issues, resolve problems, and direct activities to remove roadblocks and achieve objectives.
• Effective communication with the design and engineering teams (inside PMC and third parties) and other project stakeholders like operations, maintenance, etc.
• Regularly chair and record project team meetings within the PMC organisation and with the client and with the third-party contractors or consultants.
• Responsible for preparation and status tracking of all projects related correspondence and transmittals / project documents.
• Perform together with relevant discipline engineers technical bid evaluations (TBE) and award recommendations.
• Participate or delegate participation of discipline engineers in factory and site acceptance tests.

Qualifications including required education, experience, & skills

• B. Sc. Eng from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum 15 years post-graduation total experience.
• Minimum 10 years experience post qualification in infrastructure, buildings projects.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a senior project engineer / project manager role.
• Must have demonstrated ability of effective functioning in a multi-cultural environment, preferably in the Middle East.

Essential skills / experience

• Project planning and execution.
• Multidisciplinary design coordination.
• Commercial and contract awareness.
• Construction and commissioning management.
• Stakeholder engagement and client management.
• Problem-solving and decision-making.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Presentation and reporting skills.
• Leadership and team coordination.
• Risk management and change control.
• Proficiency with project management and BIM platforms.
• Analysis and problem solving.
• Creativity / innovation.
• Communications, written and oral.
• Ability to influence and persuade.
• Decarbonization – energy transition – sustainability.

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