Fabrication Manager at Vantegral Consulting

This position has the following responsibilities;

• Oversee Fabrication Activities and Yard end to end
• Contribute to overall Fabrication business strategy and manage the deliverables, including revenue and profit as it affects both external and internal customers.
• Provide operational support to the various projects in the Group on all fabrication work or activities while evolving management processes and best practices to ensure outstanding levels of customer service and support.
• Maintain control and approval for all manpower hires (direct and indirect) as well as equipment required to support individual projects.
• Ensure overall compliance to government regulations, policy and industry standards as far as is reasonable and practicable for the scope of works.
• Direct Coordinator, Supervisors, and other direct reports by empowering them to take ownership and ensuring safe working practices are strictly adhered to while maintaining a safe work environment.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Supervise and make requisitions for materials needed for different projects or jobs and prepare monthly chargeback of work done.
• Supervise the fabrication, machinist workshop and spare production.
• Design and construct any of the engineering projects that relate to fabrication.
• Deliver on project welding requirements (Fabrications and Welding Specifications, WPS, Welding Books, Project procedures, etc.)
• Coordinate, and organize welding workforce to ensure cost effectiveness in welding works, ensuring standards are adhered to
• Coordinate activities of team members, Supervisors, Foremen, Welders, Welding Operators.
• Implementation of processes that would improve welding quality trends, checking project defect rate and welders defect rates.
• Ensure Quality Control activities and NDT activities are performed in accordance with standard, project technical procedures and schedule.
• Interface management with Assets team for preventive and routine equipment maintenance.
•     To read and interpret assembly instruction, ensure that the required parts are available, and they meet quality control standards
• Ensure adequate report of daily/weekly/monthly are prepared and shared to respective stakeholders.
• Minimum of first degree in Engineering is required.
• A master’s degree in business administration
• Professional qualifications (COREN) will be an added advantage
• Knowledge of Engineering Designs related to Oil & Gas End Facilities Fabrication and Installation
• Knowledge of the welding processes for fabrication yard activities
• Knowledge of international standards to develop and review Preliminary Welding Procedure Specification (PWPS) and Welding Procedure Specification (WPS).
• Knowledge of mechanical and metallurgical testing to be performed during Procedure Qualification Record (PQR) execution and review
• At least 15 years of cognate experience-not less than 10 years supervisory experience in fabrication yard management, in related industrial sectors especially mechanical and fabrication projects.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills at all business and management levels.
• Ability to read and interpret technical project documents such as isometrics, standards for support, P&IDs, piping arrangements, plot plants, alignment sheet, fabrication drawings.
• Knowledge of the different materials to be welded for piping and structural steel, such as carbon steel, stainless steel, duplex, galvanized, etc.
• Demonstrate ability to financial analysis, business analysis, budgeting, cost, resource, and risk management.
• Track record of success and direct impact or contributions to the bottom-line and growth of current and past organizations.