Project Engineer at Hamilton Lloyd and Associates

Our client is an indigenous Oil exploration and production company with a focus on West Africa and the Gulf of Guinea as its core production areas.

Job Summary

• The Project Engineer will be responsible for completing engineering projects by organizing and controlling project elements in leading middle and large-scale projects in the offshore/onshore sector (Oil and Gas).

Job Responsibilities

• Maintain project schedule by monitoring project progress; coordinating activities; resolving problems.
• Determines project specifications by studying product design, customer requirements, and performance standards; completing technical studies; preparing cost estimates.
• Monitor work for compliance to applicable codes, accepted Engineering practices, processes and standards.
• Ensure effective communication and coordination on assigned projects between all disciplines and all other project participants.
• Contribute in preparation of weekly and monthly reports.
• Oversee procurement department and execution planning.
• Maintain close contact with respective clients throughout the project to ensure satisfactory reaction to client’s needs or criticisms.
• Monitor and control project performance against budget, schedule, and quality and safety requirements using appropriate control tools and reporting of same to Management and clients.
• Manage multi-discipline engineering teams in the delivery of scopes through regular progress meeting and by facilitation where multi-discipline issues require discussion and resolution.
• Maintains safe and clean working environment by enforcing procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Commitment to and promotion of the Company’s values and ensuring the realization of company and project health, safety, environmental, quality and ethics, systems, policies and procedures.
• Ensuring that the Department/Disciplines quality management system is followed taking into account any special contractual requirements.

Person's Specifications

• Education: A Bachelor or/and Master's Degree in an Engineering field (Petroleum Engineering Preferably)
• Professional affiliations/certifications.
• Experience: 3-5 years of experience in engineering through multiple function and project assignments, preferably with engineering consultants/contractors or from client's side.
• Proven capabilities of interfacing/interacting with all stakeholders including licensors, client, statutory authorities and vendors on all aspects of project execution.
• Broad knowledge of industry standards and related work processes
• Fully conversant with all aspects of project execution cycle from engineering to contacting strategies, procurement, field engineering, construction, commissioning and handover.

Additional Requirement/Competences:

• Detailed understanding of Oil and Gas operations and Equipment.
• Leadership skills in Project Engineering with ability to handle complex multi-office projects.
• Carrying the responsibility for the project success and providing strong direction for the team.
• Ability to initiate and define work scopes, including experience preparing scopes of work.
• Excellent communication and co-ordination skills (both verbal and written).
• Flexibility to travel within and outside Nigeria on a regular basis.
• Understanding of Project business case and reflect this in the work environment such as productivity, schedule, workhour control, innovation etc.
• Should have been involved in the development and implementation of activities such as the latest technology and methods to improve efficiency, accuracy and productivity for the department.
• Takes personal responsibility for a safe and healthy environment on the projects.
• Experience in coordinating and controlling team delivery in accordance with agreed cost and schedule.
• Fully capable of working with Sales team on opportunities and proposals, adding value, and providing inputs for preparation of reports and executive summaries.
• Fully understand project budgets and procedure, costing, Execution and Quality plans, invoicing, cash flow and gross margin.
• Demonstrate full commitment to Safety and Quality.
• Strong leadership, influencing, and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent spoken and written English language skills, communication skills.
• Strong organizational, coordination, planning, and interface skills.
• Ability to clearly discuss technical issues to a non-technical audience.
• Great team working and mentoring skills