Lead Piping Engineer

Salary / Rate:

GBP 1.00 ( Negotiable) 

Location:

Aberdeenshire 

Rate:

Yearly 

Job Type:

Contract 

Sector:

Piping Engineering 

Date Posted:

29/07/2010 

Reference:

NESUK-58598 

Our client has an urgent requirement for a Lead Piping Engineer for a long term contract position to be based in Aberdeen.

ALL CANDIDATES MUST PERMITTED TO WORK IN THE UK.

Detailed Job Description

Job Description

Provide supervision, direction and support for all Mechanical/Piping discipline engineering personnel.
Develop and maintain a Mechanical/Piping team structure to provide a scalable resource base to meet project demands.
Develop and maintain the Piping work plans and ensure delivery against the plans.
Proactive interaction with other interdependent disciplines on the project team (Engineering, Construction, and Maintenance)
Provide first point piping technical consultancy to the team and liaise with company specialist consultants and client TA where necessary.
Promote and develop new design technology solutions for the overall benefit of project delivery. Review of lessons learnt from decommissioning projects to promote continuous improvement in the execution of decommissioning projects.
Ensure that all Piping work complies with the management system and that technical integrity standards are maintained.
Review Client Engineering Technical Practices for applicability to decommissioning projects and obtain deviations as required.
Monitor Piping discipline performance, develop and implement discipline business improvement plans.



Skills/Qualifications

Able to work within budgets and prepare accurate cost and man hour estimates from client outline requirements.
Coach and develop younger engineers and designers.
Proficient with use of Microsoft database, spreadsheet and word-processing packages.
Demonstrates Excellent Oral & Written Communication.
Ability to interface with client on a daily basis and have a positive �can do� attitude.
Able to confront & resolve difficult personnel issues.
Demonstrates integrity and accepts responsibility.
Supervisory skills.
Must be able to work with minimal supervision.
Full certification to travel to UK offshore installations preferred. Willingness and fitness to obtain such certification essential.
Thorough competency in piping materials, specs, codes and standards, piping layout.