URF Umbilical Project Engineer at Zigma Limited

Responsibilities

Pre-Award Technical and Contract Support

• Lead and coordinate technical clarifications and support contractual negotiations with tenderers, with input from corporate specialists, to support timely placement of the purchase order and compliance with local approval requirements.
• Monitor and manage all tenderers’ technical queries, qualifications, and COMPANY responses to ensure complete and timely closure.
• Ensure the technical design dossier and contract scope of work are fully understood, technically robust, and executable by the selected bidder.
• Ensure agreed interface requirements related to the umbilical scope are identified and properly addressed during the tendering and award process.
• Support reporting, technical meetings, bidder interactions, and follow-up of technical actions, including close-out of key review items where applicable.
• Coordinate fabrication site visits and audits as required and prepare the technical evaluation report for the recommended bidder with appropriate justification for internal and local authority review.

Post-Award Umbilical Delivery and Technical Assurance

• Ensure the umbilical Work scope is delivered in compliance with project technical requirements, contractual obligations, quality standards, and approved schedule.
• Monitor and manage engineering development, including technical changes, deviations, and derogations, to maintain compliance and fitness for purpose.
• Review engineering, qualification, and procurement documentation and ensure the required level of priority and technical attention is applied throughout execution.
• Ensure engineering, qualification, and procurement activities are performed in line with contract requirements, project specifications, and company standards within the project schedule.
• Ensure engineering maturity is sufficient before qualification, procurement, manufacturing, and fabrication activities commence, and that design outcomes are carried through into installation and pre-commissioning.
• Support manufacturing, fabrication, installation, and pre-commissioning activities and lead resolution of technical issues when required.

Interface and Contractor Coordination

• Evaluate and coordinate responses to contractor technical queries and correspondence in a timely and consistent manner.
• Coordinate and consolidate technical feedback from the project team, corporate specialists, and relevant stakeholders to support decision-making and execution.
• Ensure interface requirements are identified, tracked, and resolved in coordination with the Package Interface Engineer and other interfacing parties.
• Provide day-to-day liaison and coordination across the package technical team throughout all execution phases.

Quality, Fabrication, and Execution Support

• Coordinate with the QA/QC team to ensure appropriate supervision of umbilical fabrication activities at the contractor’s fabrication site.
• Identify schedule-critical and quality-critical activities and ensure adequate QA/QC coverage is in place for critical equipment and milestones.
• Ensure inspection and test plans for critical manufacturing and fabrication activities are reviewed in a timely manner and receive the appropriate level of attention from all relevant parties.

Change, Commercial, and Compliance Support

• Consolidate, assess, and document technical, schedule, and commercial changes in accordance with company change management processes, and advise the Package Manager on related impacts.
• Provide contractual and commercial support to the Package Manager, including review of contractor positions, estimates, SMRs, variations, and claims documentation.
• Monitor compliance with Nigerian Content requirements applicable to the SURF package, including reporting obligations, stakeholder coordination, and consolidation of performance data.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering or equivalent experience
• Minimum 10 years experience
• SURF / Umbilical Engineering Expertise
• Project Engineering & EPC Delivery Experience
• Interface Management