Engineer I - Projects (Piping)

Role Overview

Petrofac is seeking an Engineer I - Projects (Piping) to join its team in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The company is an established international services partner to the energy sector, supporting a broad range of leading global energy clients.

Primary Duties

• Examine contract documents to understand the scope, client obligations, timeline, risk points, and required action plans, and prepare the agenda for the client kick-off meeting using inputs gathered from the relevant disciplines.
• Complete the list of contractual deliverables after coordinating with the relevant sites, then submit it to the client for review and approval.
• Work closely with engineering teams to ensure deliverables such as material requisitions, technical bid evaluations, purchase requisitions, drawings, procedures, and calculations are produced for procurement and project execution, while tracking progress weekly and taking corrective action where delays arise.
• Liaise with procurement teams to monitor purchase activity status and step in where corrective action is required.
• Run weekly progress meetings with the client, covering completed work, next-week forecasts, and any open issues that need resolution.
• Coordinate with other companies as required under the contract, ensuring engineering documents, clarifications, and related coordination matters are exchanged and resolved with client concurrence.
• Organise and lead post-award kick-off meetings with vendors, then monitor vendor deliverables against the contract, execution schedule, purchase order terms, and conditions; ensure sub-orders align with supplier engineering and manufacturing schedules; track deliveries and address issues that could affect them.
• Identify delivery and execution risks, work with stakeholders to reduce delay and cost impact, support recovery actions, and maintain updated records of order progress.
• Build and sustain constructive working relationships with suppliers and take part in supplier performance review and appraisal activities.
• Coordinate with suppliers on technical matters, assess deviations, and determine whether the current arrangement remains workable.
• Handle site queries related to missing materials, non-conformance reports, and drawings by discussing them with engineering, procurement, and expediting teams to arrive at practical site solutions.
• Check field-expediting requirements at supplier premises, take part in expediting visits after consulting the Principal Project Engineer or Senior Project Engineer, maintain inspection plans, coordinate with QA/QC, and follow up on inspection approvals and release notes.
• Issue shipping release notes to suppliers and logistics teams to initiate shipping, follow up on shipping documentation, coordinate dispatch timing, and monitor movement until the material receipt voucher is received on site.
• Support investigations into excess, shortage, and damage issues, work with suppliers and procurement to close them out, and protect the accuracy of material receipt records.
• Guide suppliers on invoicing requirements, check and process supplier invoices against progress milestones, and support payment administration.
• Drive purchase order close-out by securing the final material record book and all other required close-out documents, initiate completion certification for progress and final payment, and track supplier performance metrics and evaluations.
• Assist with decisions on freight charges, shipment method, dispute handling with suppliers, liquidated damages recommendations, inspection waivers or applications, and field expediting needs when delegated by the Project Manager.
• Carry out any other related duties assigned by the reporting manager.

Requirements

• An engineering degree is required.
• At least 6 years of project management experience in the oil and gas industry is required.

Additional Information

This role is based in Sharjah, UAE and is a full-time, on-site position.