Engineering Manager - Project Engineering Lead

Position Overview

The Engineering Manager will take full accountability for overseeing the engineering operations throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring all deliverables are provided on schedule, comply fully with technical standards, and coordinate smoothly across disciplines and project phases. This role ensures alignment of engineering outputs with procurement, fabrication, and construction needs.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Formulate and execute the Engineering Execution Plan including defining the engineering work breakdown structure (WBS), deliverable timelines, resource planning, and staffing strategies.
• Manage timely preparation, review, and approval of design calculations, drawings, specifications, datasheets, and material requisitions, while monitoring progress according to detailed schedules and engineering KPIs.
• Lead multi-disciplinary coordination across process, mechanical, civil/structural, electrical, instrumentation, and process teams to resolve design conflicts and interface complexities ensuring integrated deliverables.
• Ensure stringent engineering quality assurance by adherence to Project Quality Plans, customer standards, and international codes such as ASME, API, ISO, and IEC through design reviews and independent verification promoting a "Right First Time" approach.
• Provide procurement engineering support by issuing material requisitions and technical bid evaluations, aiding vendor selection and approvals, and reviewing vendor documentation.
• Facilitate engineering support for construction and fabrication activities by ensuring engineering deliverables promote efficient fabrication sequences and construction methods, resolving site queries and field technical issues, and providing on-site support during execution.
• Support offshore installation and commissioning phases by preparing necessary engineering documentation, including system readiness, red-line markups, and as-built updates.
• Manage critical engineering interface coordination across internal disciplines and external contractors to resolve and track interface issues, collaborating with the Interface Manager.
• Work closely with the Planning Manager to integrate engineering schedules with procurement and fabrication timelines, ensuring engineering deliverables support overall project milestones and critical path.
• Oversee formal change management processes, assessing impacts on cost, schedule, and technical integrity, and support contractual variation and claim evaluations.
• Identify and mitigate engineering-related risks such as design changes, delivery delays, and technical uncertainties, contributing to risk assessments and mitigation plans.
• Implement and manage digital engineering systems including EDMS (e.g., Aconex), promoting digital initiatives such as 3D modeling and smart plant systems while ensuring document control and version tracking.
• Interface with client engineering teams, lead design reviews, and incorporate client feedback and approvals in a timely manner.
• Lead and manage multi-location engineering teams, ensuring adequate staffing, competency development, performance monitoring, and fostering a collaborative and accountable work culture.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Civil, Electrical, or Process Engineering; Master's degree preferred.
• 20 to 25+ years of experience in EPC oil and gas projects, including at least 8 to 10 years in engineering management roles.
• Demonstrated leadership in managing mega projects valued over USD 1 billion (preferably above 3 billion), including offshore and brownfield projects.
• Strong working experience in the Middle East region.

Technical Expertise

• Proficiency in managing multi-disciplinary engineering teams and EPC design lifecycles from FEED through detailed engineering.
• Knowledge of design codes and standards such as ASME, API, IEC, and ISO.
• Familiarity with vendor engineering and procurement processes.
• Experience implementing 3D modeling and smart engineering systems.
• Ability to coordinate interface and change management and comprehend construction and installation practices.

Behavioral Competencies

• Strong leadership and decisive decision-making capabilities.
• Excellent analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Effective communication and coordination abilities.
• High attention to detail and responsibility.
• Capability to manage complex, geographically distributed teams.