Senior Civil/Structural Engineer

Our Client in the Oil and Gas/ Petrochemical industry is searching for a Senior Civil/Structural Engineer with a minimum of 10 years of experience in Petrochemical, duties will include but not be limited to:
• Responsible for the administration, overall technical direction and co-ordination of civil / structural engineering and design work on assigned projects or a section of a large or complex project.
• Responsible for the assessment of technical and human resources for assigned projects.
• Ensures that all assigned civil engineering activities are carried out within the agreed manhour budgets, cost budgets and time schedules.
• Reviews and approves project schedules to see that all dates, rates of progress and design periods are realistic.
• Assists in the preparation of manhour estimates for Civil Engineering activities for proposals and projects.
• Provides guidance to client, project engineers, other specialist engineers and inspectors on civil/structural engineering matters.
• Assigns and coordinates the activities of Civil Engineers reporting to him/her.
• Performs engineering design calculations and prepares design sketches in accordance with the standards and procedures.
• Checks and approves calculations and other project deliverables performed by Civil Engineers reporting to him/her.
• Attends progress meetings and prepares project progress reports.
• Advises the Chief/Principal or Lead Civil Engineer of any schedule slippages and their causes and proposed corrective action.
• Advises the Chief/Principal of or Lead Civil Engineer of any technical problems and unresolved differences with other groups.
• Identifies circumstances considered likely to result in contract changes and prepares manhour estimates to support contract changes.
• Prepares contract requisitions and specifications for civil and structural work on assigned projects.
• Prepares technical evaluations of civil and structural contract enquiries.
• Liaises with specialist consultants appointed by the company.
• Liaises with construction personnel and addresses site queries during construction.
• Carries out periodic inspection of civil and structural work during construction to ensure correct interpretation of designs and issues completion certificates for structural work carried out on assigned projects.
• Provides guidance and training to junior and trainee engineers.
• Keeps abreast of development in the civil and structural engineering field.