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If you have world-class ambitions to reach the stars while keeping your feet on the ground, we're the team for you. We've created a new breed of company - future-focused with reimagined ambition across all disciplines within the energy sector.

We love people who know their own potential and are not afraid to use it. We know that together, we're far more than the sum of our parts. So, we celebrate people who want to grow and develop as we work together on some of the largest projects on the energy world stage.

Our purpose and beliefs:

As Kent, we're tackling the greatest challenge of our time - to bring our world the energy it needs in the most responsible way ever imagined.

It's the energy of every member of our team driven by our beliefs that is making this happen. Whatever our skill, our language, or our culture. These beliefs define and direct us every day to be the very best - for ourselves, our clients, our key stakeholders, the communities we operate in and the planet:

We PLAY BIG

We thrive on EMOTIONAL AGILITY

We are FANATICAL ABOUT PERFORMANCE

We are built on INFINITE THINKING

Read more about the Purpose, Beliefs and Guiding Principles that drive us: https://kentplc.com/who-we-are/purpose-beliefs

Our vision for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging:

We recognize that diversity & inclusion are catalysts for success. We're heightening awareness on the benefits of people diversity, diversity of experiences and diversity of our perspectives. Creating a culture of inclusivity where all employees feel a sense of belonging.

Our combined energy is fueled by different nationalities, across 6 continents and 24 countries. Our commitment is to celebrate character - no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability.

About the job:

Reporting to the Project Manager, the Site Engineering Manager has a thorough in-depth knowledge of project execution and will manage a team of technical services discipline engineers and field engineering coordinators in their work. They collaborate with Commissioning and Construction Site Managers to ensure the execution of commissioning & construction deliverables are adhered to per contract requirements. Also collaborates with Commissioning & Construction Superintendents/Leads to monitor and or advise on the execution of Systems Completion activities.

Duties:

• Manage a team of three to five individuals on all technical services scope (discipline engineers, field engineering coordinators).
• This position requires complete comprehension of the overall life cycle of a project and each phase from Engineering, Construction, Commissioning & Turnover.
• Responsibilities include reading, analyzing, and interpreting engineering documents & drawings, technical procedures & specifications, government regulations, business correspondences and technical manuals. Has the ability to write reports, business correspondences, and procedures.
• Ability to train and coordinate all Technical Services Specialists assigned to the project in construction/ & commissioning methodology.
• Coordinate assigned work with client, engineering disciplines, construction disciplines, commissioning disciplines and other contractors & vendors.
• Ensure work complies with drawings and specifications by maintaining communication with Engineering, Estimating, Planning, and the Scheduling departments.
• Ability to determine the required resources for construction & commissioning activities (i.e. stakeholders, temporary facilities, equipment, temporary power, etc.)
• Advanced ability to understand and discuss technical issues pertaining to all crafts and can relay information for engineering.
• Able to verify reports for accuracy before approval and distribution.
• Ability to evaluate project discrepancies & questions and reports information utilizing the RFI system.
• Coaches' peers on the RFI process and the utilization of RFI system.
• Evaluates RFI submittals to reject, respond, or forward the inquiry.
• Recommends proposed solutions to the RFI submittals with proper approvals.
• Ensure supporting documents are adequate (e.g., pictures, drawings, redlines, etc.).
• Understands the construction project's scope of work and reviews information that will be used to classify and assess potential impacts to the project.
• Oversee development of Field Installation Work Packages, Test Packages and Turnover/Handover Packages as needed.
• Discuss and modify estimated labor hours & costs, material quantity & costs, equipment costs and subcontracted costs that will be needed to complete project with all stakeholders (e.g., Craft Supt., Subcontract Manager, Engineering, Vendors, etc.). Verification of all costs with project controls.
• Investigate and document all vendor back charge issues.
• Supervise the distribution of drawings, specifications, and the maintenance of revision control.
• Advanced understanding of system definitions and process control narratives.
• Ability to provide direction for hydrostatic testing programs and assist in walking systems during system turnover.
• Understand the Customer's start-up requirements to support their plan.
• Able to populate the system tracker (Smart Completions) from the project system definitions.
• Ensures that systems are ready for client walk (e.g., pre-walk systems).
• Able to walk systems with the client.
• Keeps track of exceptions resulting from system walks and drives them to completion.
• Perform additional assignments per project manager's direction.
• Develops or uses systems to organize and keep track of information (e.g., "to-do" lists, appointment calendars, follow-up file systems).
• Keeps clear, detailed records of activities related to accomplishing stated objectives.
• Understands a systemized approach to project completions and is able to lead and guide discipline construction & commissioning engineers in systemized project completion.
• Be able to raise & authorize site instructions to facilitate and assign additional work discovered during site surveillance activities and system walkdowns.
• Understands the process of mechanical completion, static commissioning, dynamic commissioning & system turnover workflows.

Your knowledge/skills, education, and experience: Qualification/ Certification:

• College/university degree in a major engineering discipline and 15+ years of Project Completion and Operations experience.
• Established track record in leading large teams through Mechanical Completion, Commissioning, Start Up and initial plant operations.
• Advanced understanding of technical documentation, document control, technical specification management and management of change.
• Advanced understanding of Microsoft Excel, Bluebeam, and 3D design review software.
• Able to read and understand system process definitions and P&IDs/SLDs etc.
• Ability to identify and define test packages from system definitions, P&IDs and collate associated documentation to support package development.
• Ability to effectively communicate with client, engineering disciplines, construction disciplines, and other contractors.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret engineering design drawings, technical procedures and specifications, government regulations, business correspondence and technical manuals.
• Ability to communicate directions effectively, verbally to others and respond to questions from clients, managers, and all levels of construction personnel.

Skills Requirement:

• Good understanding of Delta V control, Fire and Gas & SIS systems.
• Proven strong technical skills in discipline subject matter.
• In-depth knowledge of Project Completion standards, specifications, codes, and appropriate safety criteria.
• Strong understanding of Project execution, Engineering, Construction, Commissioning & Completion practices.
• Demonstrated management and organizational ability across diverse teams on a large project.
• Strong understanding of work planning, scheduling and tracking.
• Demonstrated work ethic with delivery focus with strong organizational ability.
• Approaches challenging tasks with a "can-do" attitude and has faith in one's own abilities to accomplish goals.
• Remains calm under pressure and can effectively handles several problems or tasks at once.
• Working knowledge of project permitting.

Communication:

• Read, write, and speak English fluently, especially as required to function effectively within a project team and to communicate with project management, contractors, and subcontractors.
• Accurate and concise in all communication.

Core Competencies:

• Must be able to work under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Must be able to work with the team in developing improved work processes for the department.