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We are working with a Major Oil & Gas operator to source for Handover Lead specialising in offshore compression. This is a long-term contract role working on a residential basis 6-days per week / 10 hours per day. Please see details below:
Title: Handover Lead
Start Date: Negotiable (typically within 1 month notice)
Duration: 36 months (potential for extension)
Location: Onshore (site based), Qatar
Working Schedule: 6-days per week / 10 hours per day
Job Purpose:
Lead the Project in developing the completions and assurance philosophies, procedures and processes, ensuring the flawless handover process of project from engineering into construction, transitioning to full mechanical completion, commissioning and ready for operations, by ensuring the facility and all its components are built and installed according to the design intent and function as agreed in project specifications. Assists with systemization, schedule, execution strategies, review and approval of contractors detailed procedures, precommissioning and commissioning to maximise the onshore and offshore commissioning schedule.
Key Accountabilities:
- Reports to Head of System Completions.
- Lead and assist EPC Contractor in the design, build and review of the System Completion Database, based on the actual information loaded, system boundary diagrams, cable schedules, carry over work information or any other detailed information if needed.
- Support the EPC Contractor in ensuring the certification database is up to date at all the times. In case deviations are found, provide support as and when required with the coordination of team members, contractors and Engineering to identify and apply the solution, in a timely manner.
- Support the database review process in obtaining the Project information required to assist the EPC Contractor in the creation of Sub-System boundaries and systemisation of systems & sub-systems.
- Support EPC Contractor in allocation of tags and Quality Verification Documents (QVDs) according to contractor's scope of work and project priorities and milestones where required.
- Support and participate where required in the evaluation of Management of Change (MOC) boundaries, to identify the overlaps with Sub-system boundaries and assist the correct interface with the certification process.
- Support EPC System Completion/Turnover and Acceptance with other department managers and staff members to solve any issues which may arise that impact the turnover and acceptance handover process.
- Supports EPC Contractor Preservation team in ensuring preservations routines are carried out and full audit traceability reported within System Completions Database maintained.
- Supports in the coordination of complex internal and external interfaces including the potential for simultaneous operations (SIMOPS).
- Support and provide guidance to walkdown team with the schedule and execution of walkdowns where required, and in line with the project walkdown & punch list procedures.
- Provide support in the consistency of Checksheet, Punch List, Exception and Readiness Reports.
Qualifications:
Bachelors Degree in Applied Sciences or Engineering.
Knowledge and/or Experience:
- 12 years experience with large-project commissioning in the Oil & Gas Industry, including 3 year of experience in a supervisory role,
- including acting roles, or oversight of service/vendor personnel.
- Advanced knowledge of handover/acceptance systems and completions software, with exceptional experience of building completions databases.
- Experienced in developing, managing and executing turnover and acceptance completions systems.
- Experience in project completions and assurance, project systemization, including check sheet development, check sheet
- allocation, writing of pre-commissioning / commissioning documents such as commissioning procedures and method statements.
- Experience with Oil & Gas companies, Contractors, or Service Companies.
- Expert in reading P&IDs, Datasheets, General Arrangement drawings and procedures.
- Knowledge in projects execution, engineering, operations, precommissioning, commissioning and systems completion.
- Knowledge in compliance with contract requirements including codes and standards, and contract technical specification compliance.
- Experience with vendors operating in the LNG industry, such as compressors, power generation, control systems, topsides, etc.
- Experience working in large scale operating organizations in Operations, Projects, Subsurface, etc.
- Experience in start-up support to Operation.
Technical and Business Skills:
- Strong organizational, leadership, coordination, planning, interface and technical judgment skills.
- Ability to adapt to tight deadlines, heavy workloads, and frequent changes in priorities.
- Able to identify and analyse complex issues and provide recommendations. Prepare contingency plans for unexpected scope changes (pro-active, forward-looking)
- Excellent communication skills and ability to read, write, and speak fluent English, with strong teamwork facilitation, with the ability to communicate and interact at all levels of the organization.
- Strongly Client focused with strong problem-solving skills.
- Execute work in full compliance with Qatar Energy LNG Standards of Business Conduct and Qatar Energy LNG Project Management System.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of software programs, advanced computer literacy.
- Knowledge of worldwide vendors and contractors.
- Good communication and influencing skills.
- Willing and able to travel as required.