Senior Site Engineer - Mechanical

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WSP Middle East is seeking a highly skilled Senior Site Engineer - Mechanical, you will be responsible for overseeing site activities, implementation, ensuring adherence to design specifications, safety standards, and project timelines, collaborating with project managers to develop project plans and schedules, ensuring that milestones are met on time and within budget, and monitoring and reporting project progress to senior management.

Your new role, what's involved?

Project Management:

• Manage and oversee mechanical activities and interfacing from inception to completion.
• Ensuring compliance with contract requirements, design specifications, applicable codes and regulatory requirements to ascertain quality and safety.
• Be well versed with the applicable codes, local regulations and industry standards to discharge duties.
• Collaborate with project managers, site staff, engineers, and contractors to develop mechanical project plans and schedules.
• Prepare project progress reports, documentation, and as-built drawings for client review and approval.
• Ensure the timely completion of mechanical project milestones within the allocated budget.
• Regularly report on project progress to senior management.
  
  

Mechanical System Design:

• Review of site related documentations like method statements, installation drawings, site testing procedures etc.
• Review of decommissioning study, feasibility study and associated risk assessment.
• Review and interpret mechanical engineering drawings and specifications.
• Provide technical support during construction activities and resolve any issues or discrepancies that may arise.
• Collaborate with design teams to review engineering drawings, specifications, and technical documents.
• Addressing technical queries and providing solutions to any challenges encountered during implementation.
• Provide valuable input into the design phase to optimize mechanical systems.
• Ensure strict compliance with local mechanical codes and regulations.
  
  

Installation and Maintenance:

• Raising the NCR (Non-Compliance Report) as and when any non-compliance found by EPC/contractors. Also, guide the EPC/contractors to resolve the issues to meet the project requirements/codes and standards.
• Closely monitor, guide and regulate the interfacing issues between contractors and providing heads up to avoid re-work.
• Investigate and report any safety incidents or near misses.
• Conducting regular inspections to monitor progress, quality, and safety standards.
• Collaborating with stakeholders to optimize project outcomes and mitigate risks.
• Supervise the on-site installation of mechanical systems and equipment.
• Conduct systematic inspections to ensure the quality and safety of mechanical installations.
• Oversee preventive and corrective maintenance activities.
  
  

Team Leadership:

• Lead and motivate a team of mechanical technicians and support staff.
• Offer guidance, training, and mentorship to junior team members.
• Cultivate a culture of safety and professionalism within the team.
• Assist in training and mentoring junior engineering staff members as needed.
  
  

Quality Assurance:

• Establish and maintain robust quality control procedures for mechanical work.
• Perform meticulous quality inspections to identify and rectify issues promptly.
• Safety and Compliance:
• Guarantee that all mechanical work adheres to safety regulations and industry best practices.
• Investigate and report any safety incidents or near misses.
  
  

Budget Management:

• Efficiently manage the mechanical project budget, including cost estimation and control.
• Identify opportunities for cost savings without compromising quality.
  
  

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong problem-solving abilities.
• Proficient in relevant software and tools.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and challenging construction environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or a closely related field.
• Minimum of 8 10-15 years of mechanical engineeringsite supervision experience, with a focus on power generation projects.
• Experience with Combined Cycle Gas turbines
• Profound knowledge of mechanical systems, codes, and standards.
• Demonstrated expertise in project management and team leadership.
  
  

What's in it for you?

What if we can have work-life balance? What if we can be rewarded in ways that support our individual needs? What if we can be accepted for who we are? Here at WSP – we can!

As well as rewarding you with competitive pay, WSP offers standard benefits including first class medical cover, generous days annual leave, and paid professional subscriptions.

Apply now and be the future of WSP!

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