Yard Engineering Lead

Overview

Position Title : Yard Engineering Lead

Contract Type : MFA (36 months)

Location : Qatar – Onshore

Department / Project : NFXP Onshore

Working Schedule : 10 hrs / day, 6 days / week, ~26 days / month

Estimated Start Date : ASAP

Estimated End Date : 2028

Job Purpose

The Yard Engineering Lead provides engineering support to fabrication yard construction and commissioning activities, ensuring seamless transition from engineering design to fabrication / commissioning. The role ensures compliance with industry standards and engineering deliverables while supporting the Topside Engineering Division to deliver projects safely, reliably, and on schedule.

Key Responsibilities

Provide follow-on engineering support to fabrication yards to assist with construction, commissioning, and close-out of engineering deliverables.

Review contractor engineering queries, redline mark-ups, and support as-built documentation.

Act as the technical interface between fabrication site and engineering office, resolving site engineering issues.

Participate in design workshops and ensure that recommendations (Lessons Learned, Value Engineering, HAZIDs, etc.) are implemented.

Coordinate with discipline subject matter experts to ensure compliance with design standards and endorsement of technical deviations where required.

Ensure contractor compliance with change management procedures for field-initiated design changes.

Support FAT / SAT and field commissioning activities.

Develop and coordinate procedures for smooth handover of equipment packages to operations.

Ensure timely issuance of engineering deliverables to support site activities.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering.

Experience & Knowledge

Minimum 8 years of relevant engineering experience in major oil and gas projects.

Broad knowledge of engineering execution, including design standards, specifications, codes, safety criteria, offshore facilities design, construction, and operations.

Technical & Business Skills

Excellent interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills.

Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to work in multi-disciplinary, multicultural teams in offshore environments.

Proficiency in technical report writing and presentations.

High level of proficiency in written and spoken English.

Computer literacy in professional office applications and relevant technical software.

Knowledge of mechanical equipment, piping, pipelines, structural, instrumentation, telecom, and electrical systems.

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