Head of Engineering - Offshore

Job Summary and Purpose

Head of Engineering Offshore combines the technological problem-solving ability of engineering and the organizational, administrative, and planning abilities of management in order to oversee the operational performance of complex offshore engineering projects in close coordination with commercial (estimating), production (workshops) and operations (project management & planning) departments and provides contract management services for contactor oversight. Responsible for the delivery of best practice offshore engineering services for repair and new building jobs within the work stream and as aligned with the yard strategy.

Accountabilities

1. Provide Subject Matter Expert (SME) input and advice (mechanical, naval, structural, electrical) to the Offshore repair services and new build products. This includes product engineering the process of designing and developing devices, assembly, or systems through the production manufacturing process.
2. Ensuring that both early-stage estimation and production/ installation stages are resolved on issues of cost, producibility, quality, performance, reliability, serviceability, intended lifespan and user features.
3. Apply Project Management techniques to manage the design and development progress in the product development process with intent of designing products in such a way that they are easy to manufacture.
4. Manages respectively the hull/structure, Architectural Outfit, electrical and piping/mechanical functions of the Offshore Engineering Office.
5. Support in translating annual workforce and work strategies into action plans to meet the operational requirements.
6. Monitor performance against targets and deliverables for all services including performance of own team and subcontracting partners.
7. Cascade and feedback communication to provide clarity to business direction in relation to people and/or priorities to mitigate uncertainty.
8. Contribute with timely updates and inputs such as lead and lag indication data to inform stakeholders to support internal decision making and performance review processes.
9. Model a collaborative and cross-organizational relationship within and between business and support functions to ensure alignment to desired high-performance culture.
10. Apply skills, knowledge and ability to ensure people and resources enable production throughput rate to be safely achievable in line with Section Plan and KPIs in line with Qatar Shipyard Technology Solutions Values and IMS system.
11. Monitors Section Performance Indicators defined in the Qatar Shipyard Technology Solutions Quality Policy and Objectives Matrix.
12. Engage and develop all personnel through initiating clear directives, driving continual improvement efforts and leading change management.
13. Develop key performance indicators to be used for feedback to the team, to address performance issues, make changes and monitor performance improvements.
14. Manage, monitor and align resource and cost allocation in compliance with budget requirements and work plan.
15. Drive a safety culture within the team through role modelling safety values and behaviors.
16. Ensure compliance with health, safety, security and environment standards.
17. Drive high quality standards in the department to ensure all employees compliance to deliver high quality services and products and achieve customer satisfaction.
18. Conducts section reviews to requirements defined in the Qatar Shipyard Technology Solutions.
19. Employee should prioritize wellbeing of themselves and their colleagues while maintaining a safe and healthy work environment. Adhere to all health & safety protocols, participate in wellbeing & wellness programs, and promptly report any concerns regarding the wellbeing of oneself & others in order to foster a culture of best practice.
20. Responds to customer complaints and takes corrective actions on errors of staff and subcontractors to requirements defined in the Qatar Shipyard Technology Solutions Quality Policy.

Competencies

Achievement OrientedCollaboration & TeamworkCustomer CentricityDrive VisionEmpower & Nurture TalentInteractive CommunicationSolution Oriented

Key Result Areas

• The delivery of best practice Engineering services for defined marine repair, conversion and new building & offshore jobs within the work stream and as aligned with the yard strategy.
• Fit for purpose engineering design and drawing work within minimal to no re-work.

Interactions and Working Relations

Internal: All Operations section management and engineering staff. Operations - Project Managers

Purpose: Manage and delegate section work objectives and ensure integration of the adjacent process disciplines in the production planning & execution value chain.

External: Clients, Subcontractors, Service Engineers

Purpose: Communicate and coordinate work specifications and deliverables.

Qualifications, Experience and Job Skills

Qualifications:

• Degree or Diploma in Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Certificate of Competency (Marine Engineer Officer) Class 1 (Motor ship), or its equivalent.
• Candidates without a degree but have undergone a traineeship in the marine industry and have extensive supervisory experience in a similar field will also be considered.

Experience:

• 10 years of related experience of which a minimum of 5 years in a senior or managerial position.
• Experience in assisting in the management of execution and delivery of work within project engineering disciplines.

Job Specific Competencies:

i. Behavioral Competencies (See Competency Framework for Competency Definitions)

a) Drive Vision
b) Interactive Communication
c) Customer Centricity
d) Solution Oriented
e) Empower & Nurture Talents
f) Collaboration & Teamwork
g) Achievement Oriented

ii. Technical Competencies

h) Business Risk
i) Projects Management (Engineering)
j) Technical & Engineering solutions (Marine & Offshore - Structural, Electrical & Instrumentation, Naval Architecture, Piping & Mechanical disciplines)
k) Business Systems Knowledge (Engineering)
l) Regulatory Knowledge
m) Business Process Knowledge

n) Commitment to Qatar Shipyard Technology Solutions Core Values, Analytical thinking & Problem-Solving Skills, Budgeting/ business planning, Coaching and mentoring skills, Verbal and written communication skills, Computer literacy- Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Leadership skills, Negotiation skills, Performance appraisal skills, Presentation skills, Project management skills, Knowledge of shipyard operations