Careers

TAQA is offering a new opportunity for an Senior Project Engineer in the projects team, based onshore in the Aberdeen office. 

This position is open to both staff and contractors. If applying via an agency, this will be a contract position, and any internal contractor who applies and is successful will remain with their current contracting company.

TAQA supports diversity in the workplace and along with an inclusive environment, aims to ensure everyone feels that they can be themselves at work.  This includes supporting people with a disability or health issue in a non-judgemental environment. 

TAQA offers onshore employees and contractors a Compressed Working Week (CWW)  The CWW is an arrangement where employees and contractors work a standard two-week work period (10 days) over a compressed period of 9 working days i.e. employees contracted to work 37.5 hours per week will work 75 hours over 9 days (instead of 10 days). The 10th day in the second week of the CWW period is known as 'Flex Friday', a non-working day.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

BASIC PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

• Responsible for the delivery of multi discipline engineering and D&D modifications safely and successfully to the business on an Asset or specific project basis from initiation to closeout and handover.
• Responsible for managing the development of work scopes, technical queries, supervision of contractors for delivery of technical documents.
• Key point of contact for onshore and offshore support for engineering work scopes

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage the initiation, development and routing of work through the work initiation and eMoC process
• Provides support in the areas of feasibility, scope definition, cost and schedule
• Ensure compilation of work scopes and work specifications.
• Ensure execution of work and deliverables are compliant with project requirements.
• Input into the review and monitoring of delivery programs and cost estimates.
• Input into the preparation of project control documents and processes and their upkeep.
• Project management of engineering/construction contractor and other key service providers, review and challenge of contractor performance, review of work schedules/plans, identifying opportunities to improve performance, reduce costs, maximise use of resources, etc.
• Occasional offshore trips required to monitor/plan progress and oversee key tasks.
• Vendor management, package management and interface with 3rd Party Contractors

QUALIFICATIONS/TRAINING

Essential

• Degree in engineering discipline

Preferred

• Project management qualifications e.g., APM, PMI, PRINCE2
• Current Offshore Survival Certificate

EXPERIENCE/KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS

Essential

• Project engineering experience
• Highly effective relationship builder at all levels, internally and externally
• Excellent communication skills (verbal, interpersonal, written and presentation)
• Strong initiative and orientation towards focused delivery
• Experience of applying risk and change management processes
• Past exposure to multi-discipline work
• Knowledge of process/engineering drawings & schematics

Preferred

• Knowledge of project delivery framework for decision making and assurance
• Knowledge and experience of financial control, cost estimating and planning
• Design engineering awareness and good understanding of codes, standards, risk-based decision making, quality assurance and compliance
• Experience in systems for construction, pre-commissioning and commissioning activities (Orbit System or equivalent knowledge)
• Experience of CMMS systems (Maximo)

ADDITIONAL SKILLS/REQUIREMENTS

• Collaborative and flexible approach
• Good understanding of project delivery processes and when and how to apply them

INTERACTIONS

INTERNAL INTERACTIONS

• Internal TAQA Project and Engineering Team 
• Platform onshore / offshore operations, planning, construction, Wells and Business service teams

EXTERNAL INTERACTIONS

• Engineering and 3rd party contractors
• Key vendors
• Independent Verifier