Rotating Equipment Senior Manager

Provide technical leadership governance and independent assurance for Rotating Equipment engineering across the OLNG growth project. Responsible for ensuring process safety asset integrity and machinery reliability across all project phases. The Jobholder shall act as the Technical Authority (TA 2) for Rotating Equipment governing EPC deliverables vendors and ensuring compliance with OLNG standards and lifecycle reliability objectives. The role will be in Project Office during project in Sur. Frequent business travel may be required.

Accountable for the development and implementation of the highest levels of Technical Rotating Equipment Engineering Excellence across the engineering production maintenance and technology within project and/or asset team.

The role will be in Project Office during project in Sur. Frequent business travel may be required.

MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Create a strategic plan of action for the Rotating Equipment Engineering Services to achieve the goal of zero incidents at the Qalhat LNG Complex for project phase including adoption of best practices from the industry and budget allocations.
• Build coach and performancemanage the rotating equipment team; develop succession and capability.
• Manage interfaces with owners EPC/EPCM OEMs utilities/authorities insurers and operations/maintenance.
• Provide executivelevel reporting and decision support.
• Set clear goals and expectations for team members regularly assess their performance against the set goals and provide constructive feedback for continuous improvement
• Devote time to train team members on new ways of working developing new competencies and upskilling to drive performance and productivity

FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

Projects/Asset Management and Delivery:

• Oversee concept/FEED detailed design and interdisciplinary interfaces (civil/structural mechanical I&C telecoms).
• Validate vendor data/OEM integration; ensure operability maintainability and reliability targets.
• Design the rotating equipment equipment rotating equipment distribution and generation system in accordance with HSSE standards OLNG standards and other regulatory requirements.
• Acts as the subject matter expert (SME) definitive source of knowledge technique and expertise within his/her area to provide professional and technical insight for design engineering and/or complex trouble-shooting activities. Mastery Specialist skills on a selected equipment is desirable.  
• Skills in load flow system studies fault level calculations & rotating equipment protection relay grading  
• Provide comprehensive support and expertise in technical studies for Rotating Equipment and all associated components including proficiency in Process and Instrument Diagram reviews Safety Integrity Level (SIL) assessments and HAZOP analyses.
• Well-versed in international codes standards and practices for oil and gas EPC projects.
• Oversee troubleshooting for all rotating equipment process incidents that may impact plant reliability and availability utilising appropriate methodologies such as Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Tripod as required.
• Ensure complete asbuilt spares O&M manuals training and warranty plans.
• Achieve performance tests and reliability run per contract support RAM targets.

Strategic Planning of Departmental activities:

• Establishes and applies best practices within their area of expertise leading teams through complex investigations and offering innovative expert guidance in Rotating Equipment Engineering to effectively address technical issues encountered during maintenance and project execution.
• Define rotating equipment execution strategy contracting model and phasing; align with project execution plan (PEP) and governance.
• Establish design basis standards and assurance gates for the rotating equipment scope.
• Chair rotating equipment risk reviews design reviews (rotating equipment) and rotating equipment readiness reviews (MC/PreComm/Comm/OR).
• Accountable for ensuring the technical quality of every aspect of Rotating Equipment Engineering projects including developing and upholding assurance processes across procedures organizational structure other business units staff and corporate functions to effectively identify monitor and manage risks within the relevant business scope.
• Accountable for establishing and sustaining discipline engineering assurance functions offering advanced specialist technical expertise to support other departments.
• Accountable for developing and implementing the long-term strategic plan for engineering discipline activities within the Asset Reference Plan ensuring alignment with production maintenance and project objectives to achieve effective delivery.

Stakeholder Management:

• Serve as the primary senior company interface for the client on all rotating equipment matters.
• Manage strategic relationships with joint venture partners key vendors and regulatory bodies.
• Experience to manage CONTRACTORS & Project deliverables for owner is distinctly preferred.
• Negotiate settlement of major claims and variations related to rotating equipment scope.
• Builds and sustains productive partnerships with a diverse range of stakeholderssuch as area maintenance managers turnaround managers project managers and senior leadership. This position requires dynamic involvement in several workgroups simultaneously ensuring information is shared effectively throughout the organization.
• Foster technical innovation and ongoing improvement by seeking new developments deploying opportunities and engaging with leadership in line with OLNGs core values and policies.
• Accountable for fostering and sustaining organisational alignment to achieve business objectives within the relevant discipline while ensuring overall consistency with corporate goals.

Management of Engineering Contracts:

• Establish technical requisition requirements and evaluation criteria; provide leadership in Technical Bid Evaluation (TBE) and vendor selection for Rotating Equipment.
• Manage rotating equipment change orders claims avoidance/defence and commercial exposure for rotating equipment packages.
• Initiate new contracts for Major Rotating Equipment Maintenance & Projects and carry out technical evaluation.
• Responsible for planning major engineering contracts from the beginning including developing contract strategies evaluating and choosing contractors. Also ensures that significant contracts are delivered on time within budget and in compliance with safety quality and contractual requirements.

Quality Assurance:

• Drive zeroharm culture; ensure compliance with rotating equipment safety standards (e.g. DEP where applicable).
• Ensure design and construction adhere to applicable codes environmental and regulatory permits.
• Own rotating equipment QA/QC plan ITPs and nonconformance management.
• Accountable that all the rotating equipment discipline procedures within an ISO certified quality assurance system.
• Accountable in setting the requirement of regular rotating equipment spare parts.

Qualifications :

• BSc in Mechanical Engineering or Equivalent.
• Minimum of 12 years relevant oil and gas industry experience with 810 years in large industrial/ O&G projects with LNG experience
• 5 years in leadership of multidisciplinary rotating equipment teams; track record of firsttimeright energization.
• Technical Authority Level 2 (TA-2)
• Minimum 4 years of experience in troubleshooting analysis of Rotating Equipment
• Technical Authority Level3
• Demonstrated experience in the execution engineering construction commissioning or management of major industrial projects preferably within the Oil & Gas LNG or energy sector

Additional Information :

• Omani Nationals preferred. 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time