Principal Welding Engineer at Westpaq Engineering Nigeria Limited (WPQ)

Service Description

• Ensure HSSEQ Compliance: Ensure all welding activities comply with HSSEQ (Health, Safety, Security, Environment, and Quality) standards and promote a safety-first culture on-site.
• Enforcing Shell and IOGP (International Oil and Gas Producers) HSE (Health, Safety, and Environment) policies and procedures at Company worksites.
• Review Welding Procedures: Review detailed welding procedures, specifications, and instructions developed by the EPC contractor to ensure compliance with project requirements and industry standards.
• Ensure Technical Assurance: Provide technical assurance for all welding-related deliverables during the Detailed Engineering Design phase, ensuring they meet project specifications and quality standards. Respond to technical clarification and queries from the contractor.
• Manage Welding Qualifications: Oversee and verify welding qualification tests, including Procedure Qualification Records (PQR), Welder Qualification Tests (WQT), and Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS), ensuring compliance with project requirements and industry standards.
• Conduct Welding Inspections: Perform and oversee welding inspections and non-destructive testing (NDT) to ensure weld quality and integrity.
• Review and Approve Welding Plans: Review and approve welding plans and procedures submitted by the EPC contractor, ensuring they are robust and meet project standards.
• Resolve Welding Issues: Address and resolve welding-related technical queries and issues during design, procurement, fabrication, and installation phases.
• Interface Management: Manage interfaces between welding activities and other project disciplines, including Subsea Hardware, FPSO, and Umbilical systems.
• Conduct Technical Reviews: Participate in technical reviews, including HAZIDs, HAZOPs, and constructability reviews, providing expert input on welding-related matters.
• Maintain Industry Knowledge: Stay updated with the latest welding technologies, industry standards, and best practices to ensure the project utilizes the most efficient and effective welding methods.
• Provide Training and Support: Provide training and technical support to project personnel and contractors on welding-related issues.
• Oversee Contractor Performance: Monitor and evaluate the performance of contractors' welding activities to ensure compliance with project requirements and industry standards.
• Document Control: Ensure all welding documentation, including reports, certificates, and records, are accurately maintained and readily available for review and audit.
• Champion Quality Assurance: Promote and enforce quality assurance practices throughout all phases of the welding operations to achieve high standards of workmanship and reliability.
• Support Installation Activities: Provide technical support during the installation and commissioning phases, ensuring welding activities are completed on schedule and to the required quality standards.
• Responsible for safe, timely and efficient execution, and drive progress of work scope based on project schedule.
• Work with Contractor to ensure quality issues are properly identified, documented, reported, and timely dispositioned.
• Author and deliver daily, weekly, and monthly status, progress, and site reports.
• Liaise with internal stakeholders i.e., Quality, HSE, project control, engineering disciplines, planning, etc., to ensure adequate support for project execution.
• Log and track lessons learned during the detailed design and manufacturing activities within the package.

Requisite Qualifications

• Minimum of 15 years work experience with at least 10 years relevant experience in welding engineering, with a focus on pipeline and structural welding in an upstream Deepwater or similar environment.
• Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in Welding Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgy, or a related discipline, with professional registration.
• Extensive experience in developing, reviewing, and approving welding procedures, specifications, and instructions.
• Proven experience with welding qualification tests, including Procedure Qualification Records (PQR), Welder Qualification Tests (WQT), and Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS).
• Proficiency in conducting and overseeing welding inspections and non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques.
• Good understanding and application of Industry standards and codes for welding (DNV, API, ASME, etc.).
• Knowledge in the use of MS Office tools or similar software.
• Ability to communicate, work, interface, interact, and influence effectively within a multi-disciplinary team of professionals located globally.
• Knowledge of personal and process safety.