Purpose and Scope
The Senior Piping Engineer is responsible for effectively planning, controlling and delegating responsibilities within a project team, and monitoring project progress in order to deliver the necessary Piping design output, on schedule, within budget and to the complete satisfaction of the Client. He reports functionally to the Head of Discipline and operationally to Project Managers or Engineers.
Key Responsibilities:
Be it in the context of preparation for a tender / proposal or involvement in a project as Lead Piping Engineer, the key responsibilities of the Senior Piping Engineer are:
1.Planning the Piping Discipline deliverables in the following areas: Analysis of Piping Design Criteria, Definition of Basic Engineering inputs, Overview of Plot Plan designs, Assimilation of input from Piping engineers and other Disciplines for the execution of the Preliminary and Final Piping General Arrangements, Overall responsibility to ensure the production of engineering design, specifications, documents and drawings in the following areas: Isometric drawings, 3D Models, Piping Support, Execution of final checks on all Piping Documents for a project, Review of drawings from other Disciplines. All design review procedures are as per GENERAL WORKING PROCEDURE
2. Coordination with, Project Managers/Lead Engineers from other Disciplines for the inter-disciplinary tasks stated in Protocol General Section 1.3 and in GENERAL WORKING PROCEDURE.
3. Planning and implementation of the Project to ensure that deliverables are issued on schedule, project milestone dates are met, and given tasks are completed within the allowed budget; Early prediction of potential problems and resolving same to prevent or minimize impact on project schedule.
4. Technical and administrative management of the engineers/designers/draftsmen team; Assignment and co-ordination of activities within the team to execute the design/procurement related activities of assigned projects;
5. Ensuring that the design is carried out as per the industry standard practices and in conformance with the quality management system of TPME. Applying effective QA procedures to all activities throughout the production of deliverables and maintaining vigilance in their application.
6. Distributing all correspondence and technical data as required to the Piping task force and ensure the all information necessary to complete the work is available to the design team; Expediting outstanding information from other disciplines vendors.
7. Determining manpower requirements to meet project schedules; Manpower management/supervision
8. Monitoring progress and reporting to Project Dept.
9. Document Control; This entails the development /update of the Document Register with accurate progress information on a regular basis. Each Lead Discipline Engineer is responsible for the discipline filing system for the project. He/she selects useful documentation and data at the end of the project and includes these in the Department main filing system. Document Control procedures are defined in GENERAL WORKING PROCEDURE and GENERAL WORKING PROCEDURE.
10. Monitoring the day to day activities within the task force and highlighting any problem areas, e.g..data requirements not fulfilled, major holds; Monitoring man-hour consumption against progress to assess ongoing performance.
11. Co-ordination with Project and client, subcontractors and/or suppliers
12. Providing support to site engineers on technical query issues
13. Coordination with client engineers on Piping engineering issues
14. Providing support m the Piping area for procurement activities
15. Assisting in the preparation of project proposals and tenders in what relates to Piping engineering design.
16. Identification of issues that impede project progress and reporting to Project Managers /Discipline Heads
17. Contributing towards, maintaining and implementing both company and client HSE Management System objectives and procedures, as specified in GENERAL WORKING and the HSE Manual 1357 A -HSEM – 2
18. Assimilating the evolution of new products and technology, and updating oneself on the latest international standards in terms of engineering design practices and their applications.
19. Conforming and contributing to the Discipline technical standards, knowledge database and Quality procedures. Identifying new methodology of work process required for higher productivity.
20. Complying with the applicable company procedure for the Engineering Department and the Piping Discipline as they are documented in DEPARTMENT WORKING PROCEDURE and DEPARTMENT WORKING PROCEDURE respectively, as well as those procedures in the references listed therein.
Operational Duties:
As Lead Discipline engineer, when assigned on projects, responsible for managing the team of engineers, designers and draftsmen, and delivering the engineering requirements of the project as outlined in the previous section.
As Acting Head of Discipline, whenever nominated, responsible for the day to day administrative management of the Discipline as per the Head of Discipline's job Description.
As QMR, whenever assigned, responsible to ensure that the TPME quality system is understood by Discipline members and that the Quality Management System is implemented.
Educational Requirements: BSc in Engineering (any field)
Experience Requirement:
Total of 15 years experience and 8+ years in Managerial Experience
Specific Experience Piping – Layout, design control, coordination and Preparation of Tender documentation.
Knowledge of international standards
Extensive record in Bid Evaluations
Candidate should posses basic knowledge of:MS Office,AutoCAD 11, 12, & 14,Smart Plant Viewer
