Engineering Manager

1. Position Details

• Position Title: Project Engineering Manager
• Location: Abu Dhabi / Engineering Centers (India/UAE)
• Reporting To: Project Director
• Functional Reporting: Engineering Director / Corporate Engineering Head
• Direct Reports:
  • Discipline Engineering Managers (Mechanical, Civil, Electrical, Instrumentation, Process)
  • Engineering Coordinators
  • Design & Document Control Team

2. Role Purpose

To lead and manage the entire engineering function of the project, ensuring:

• Timely delivery of all engineering deliverables
• Full compliance with technical specifications and standards
• Seamless integration across disciplines and project phases
• Alignment of engineering outputs with procurement, fabrication, and construction requirements

3. Detailed Key Responsibilities

3.1 Engineering Strategy & Planning

• Develop and implement the Engineering Execution Plan (EEP)
• Define: 
  • Engineering work breakdown structure (WBS)
  • Deliverable schedule aligned with project milestones
• Establish engineering resource plan and staffing

3.2 Engineering Delivery Management

• Ensure timely preparation, review, and approval of: 
  • Design calculations
  • Drawings and specifications
  • Datasheets and material requisitions
• Monitor engineering progress against: 
  • Level 2 / Level 3 schedules
• Ensure adherence to engineering KPIs and milestones

3.3 Multi-discipline Coordination

• Lead coordination across: 
  • Process, Mechanical, Civil/Structural, Electrical, Instrumentation disciplines
• Resolve: 
  • Interdisciplinary design conflicts
  • Interface issues between systems
• Ensure consistency and integration of design outputs

3.4 Engineering Quality Assurance

• Ensure compliance with: 
  • Project Quality Plan
  • Customer standards
  • International codes (ASME, API, ISO, IEC)
• Conduct: 
  • Design reviews
  • Independent checking and verification
• Ensure “Right First Time” design philosophy

3.5 Procurement Engineering Support

• Ensure timely issuance of: 
  • Material Requisitions (MRs)
  • Technical Bid Evaluations (TBEs)
• Support procurement in: 
  • Vendor selection and approvals
• Review vendor drawings and documents

3.6 Construction & Fabrication Support

• Ensure engineering deliverables support: 
  • Fabrication sequences
  • Construction methodologies
• Resolve: 
  • Site queries (Field Engineering Queries – FEQs)
  • Technical issues during fabrication
• Provide site engineering support during execution

3.7 Offshore Installation & Commissioning Support

• Support engineering requirements for: 
  • Load-out and installation
  • Hook-up and commissioning
• Ensure readiness of: 
  • System documentation
  • Red-line markups and as-built updates

3.8 Interface Management (Critical for Mega Projects)

• Identify and manage engineering interfaces across: 
  • Internal disciplines
  • External contractors and packages