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Senior Principal Instrumentation Designer

McDermott Middle East - Qatar Branch

Job Type

Full-time

Work Type

On-Site

Location

Doha, Qatar

Experience

14 - 25 years

· Prepare and develop arrangement and detail conceptual, FEED, studies, and detail design drawings of high technical quality and professional consistent presentation ensuring clarity and ease of construction.

· Develop 3D models and ensure clash-free with other disciplines.

· Ensure design deliverables are completed and issued per project specifications, MDR, and project Level 2 & 3 procedures, and within agreed schedules and budgets.

· Apply knowledge and/or skills to a range of activities.

· Set priorities, organize own work and time to meet objectives, and (as a Lead Designer) forecast and plan resource requirements.

· Become fully familiar with the project scope of work, specification, schedule, and all inter-discipline requirements; identify concerns as early as practicable and take the appropriate initiative to address the issue.

· Identify changes to the scope and promptly raise change notifications and provide any necessary supporting documentation and estimates.

· Provide similar support for Variation Order.

· Interface with all disciplines to develop a clash-free design.

· Interface with other department to obtain input for Discipline design and drawing.

· Liaise with other discipline support groups to ensure clearly defined interface, deliverables, and schedule are met.

· Document substantive communication (communication that results in a significant decision or assignment of action) and forward copies to Discipline Lead Engineer and Discipline Manager.

· Assist Discipline Lead Designer in preparing estimates for proposal and job scope change, which include execution statement, work schedule, and manhour requirements, identify software requirements and any other project-specific requirement.

· Raise technical queries to obtain missing information, clarify work scope, and maintain preferred Company procedure, specification, standard, practice, and operational requirement.

· Participate in finalizing deliverable list and deliverable, ensure compliance with specification and functional integrity.

· Review project schedule and fabrication schedule in relation to construction sequence, milestone, and design scope.

· Attend project kickoff and review meeting, vendor/supplier meeting, engineering and design meeting, and offshore site survey, as required.

· Research customer standards and procedures to prepare project-specific design procedures and standards for submission to the Customer for approval.

· Set up and maintain the Discipline Master design drawing and document files.

· Develop and maintain the project job book.

· Prepare and review discipline deliverables such as:

o 3D model.

o Detailed design drawing.

· Develop conceptual layouts based on experience and good offshore engineering practice & develop these through detailed design.

· Assist the lead designer to supervise in the preparation of key discipline drawing.

· Liaise with the Engineer responsible for the timely expediting of Vendor Data to efficiently progress the project according to schedule requirement.

· Review drawings issued by other disciplines and incorporate the required data into Discipline drawing.

· Review vendor drawings and documents and incorporate required vendor data into discipline drawings and document.

· Assist in providing necessary design inputs to other disciplines to enable them to proceed with their deliverable.

· Generate IDC design documentation for the project.

· Perform design verification through single discipline checks (SDC)and/or inter-discipline checks (ID), provide comments to Lead Designer.

· Review all project IDC design documentation for detailed technical interface.

· Maintain single discipline and inter-discipline check drawings and filing, that include final archiving.

· Assist fabrication as required in the resolution of construction difficulties relating to design, problems, clash, etc.

· Monitor progress and maintain the deliverables register on an ongoing basis.

· Ensure compliance with the project execution plan and the timely completion and archive of drawings and document.

· Keep the Discipline Supervisor/Engineering Manager apprised of all activity and concerns, technical, budgetary, and manpower related.

· Assist in providing inputs for actual, plan, and forecast progress report that include associated productivity.

· Prepare forecast schedule of delayed deliverables.

· Advise the Lead Designer and Design Supervisor/Engineering Manager of problem areas and/or manpower concern.

· Report any error and suggest a resolution for the same.

· Participate in design review and audit.

· Highlight knowledge concepts and ensure learning is entered into the system.

· Act as a technical resource to others in their own discipline.

· Provide leadership, mentorship, and guidance to others.

· Assist in the maintenance of departmental technical guidelines and standards.

· Participate in the development and maintenance of Global Procedures, Software, Guidelines, and Standards.

· Incorporate approved lessons learned into level 2&3 drafting procedures and standards, as applicable.

· Develop an understanding of the business and process.

· Identify and provide training to staff in specific techniques and proprietary software.

· Assist the Department Manager in identifying departmental needs including the development of personnel and technical capability.