Construction Readiness Engineer, Chad

28/28 rotation (Contract)

Primary responsibility:

Reporting to the Manager of Construction and Projects the Construction Readiness Engineer’s primary responsibility is to ensure projects where detailed design is complete have achieved a state of readiness for construction prior to construction commencement.

Responsibilities:

•  Review project specific construction work packages for completeness prior to construction commencement
•  Complete detailed reviews of project specific engineering deliverables to ensure completeness prior to construction commencement
•  Complete detailed reviews of project material take offs, purchase orders and project drawings in order to compile a comprehensive report on the materials readiness state for upcoming projects
•  Work closely with the project team to ensure any material identified as required following readiness reviews is procured and delivered to site in a timely manner
•  Work closely with the site based construction team to effectively hand over ‘ready for construction’ work packages to the site team
•  Participate in engineering led construction readiness reviews on projects during the detailed design phase
•  Participate in constructability review exercises as required
•  Develop technical scopes of work for work order development as required
•  Develop construction work packages for site managed projects
•  Work closely with the commissioning team to ensure that commissioning plans are fully integrated into the overall project schedule
•  Complete site scoping as required to support projects in the FEED or detailed engineering phase.
•  Work with the London Project Team to provide feedback into ongoing design work to optimize designs with field design input

Health, Safety and Environmental Responsibilities

•  Demonstrate commitment to excellent HSE performance in all aspects of the work
•  Lead by example by strictly adhering to all HSE policies and procedures
•  Ensure all design work meets or exceeds Glencore HSE standards or equivalent international standards
•  Shall attend regular safety, health and environmental awareness training provided by the company

Experience and/or educational requirements

•  Bachelor’s degree in Engineering is required, preference given to electrical or instrument discipline
•  A minimum of 5+ years of experience in project engineering in a site based role
•  Team player with the ability to grow within a growing E&P Company
•  Ability to manage scope of work and liaise successfully with contractors and nationals as needed
•  Preference will be given to candidates that have worked previously in Africa or the Middle East
•  Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
•  Must possess strong communication and interpersonal skills.