Title:
Senior Project Engineer - Design
KBR is a global provider of differentiated, professional services and technologies delivered across a wide government, defense and industrial base. Drawing from its rich 100-year history and culture of innovation and mission focus, KBR creates sustainable value by combining engineering, technical and scientific expertise with its full life cycle capabilities to help our clients meet their most pressing challenges today and into the future.
We deliver science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world. KBR employs approximately 37,000 people worldwide with customers in more than 80 countries and operations in over 29 countries. KBR is proud to work with its customers across the globe to provide technology, value-added services, and long-term operations and maintenance services to ensure consistent delivery with predictable results. At KBR, We Deliver.
We are looking for a Senior Project Engineer with significant Design Management experience to join our team. Ideally the candidate would have worked at a Senior Designer or Lead Designer level within the Piping or Structural discipline before moving to Project Engineering.
Key Responsibilities
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Supporting the Engineering Manager in the development of project basis of design, philosophies, key studies, novel technologies and value improvement practices.
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Being familiar with the contract terms and scope of work, communicate them properly to the engineering staff, and perform all activities required of engineering, as required by the contract.
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Prepare, issue, and maintain a project design basis document. Changes to the document after issue should be considered changes to the scope of work. This will require the coordination of multi-discipline input.
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Work with the engineering disciplines to ensure readiness for project stage gate reviews. Work as the Object Engineering Champion on a project and support successful roll out on projects.
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Advocate the KBR staged execution approach ensuring the correct sequence of working between disciplines to support project success.
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Support Project Controls in development of project schedules and resolve potential conflict between disciplines. Support the disciplines for mitigation measures where additional parallel working is required.
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Support and collate the ITT package ensuring a high level of quality through engagement of key stakeholders.
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Facilitate project workshops around lessons learnt, risk management and other discipline specific workshops.
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Keep up to date with KBR Digital solutions and initiatives and support their effective roll out on projects.
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Support the KBR Project Start up process ensuring the project works through the requirements in a timely manner.
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Committed to the success of KBRs global workshare execution methodology.
Key Attributes / Skills
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Experience in multiple project delivery as a Project Engineer or Design Manager across different phases of projects FEED, Detail Design etc.
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Aspirations to develop into a Project Engineering Manager.
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Willing to travel on business trips and to site locations if required.
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Experience in developing scoping documents with multi-discipline inputs.
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Collaborates well within a team environment and demonstrates good communications skills for internal and external stakeholders.
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Demonstratable flexibility and ability to adapt to changing project-related priorities and deliver high quality, accurate work within deadlines.
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Ability to work with clients to resolve issues, including conflicting demands, sensitive situations, and conflicts with other groups.
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Experience of working with clients in lump sum environments with a focus on change management.
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Extensive experience in 2D and 3D applications to drive efficiencies with the discipline teams.
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Have an understanding of project safety requirements, international standards and implications on design
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Experience leading 3D Model Review meetings and coordinating multi-discipline input to the review and resolution of actions.
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Experience communicating across a multi-discipline team and across different offices.
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IT literate and fully conversant with Microsoft Office suite and in particular Microsoft Project.
Desirable
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Experience of the configuration and management of 3D databases
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Experience working with Building Information Management (BIM)
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Experience in UK project execution
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Experience in Nuclear Project Execution
Qualifications:
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Degree in Engineering BEng or BSc.
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Professional accreditation with registered Institution or Engineering Council or equivalent
KBR Company Information
When you become part of the KBR team, your opportunities are endless. Through collaboration with our customers, we’re defining tomorrow’s challenges, then providing the solutions and services to overcome those challenges, always maintaining our commitment to total safety and reliability.
At KBR, we partner with government and industry clients to provide purposeful and comprehensive solutions with an emphasis on efficiency and safety. With a full portfolio of services, proprietary technologies and expertise, our employees are ready to handle projects and missions throughout their entire lifecycle, from planning and design to sustainability and maintenance. Whether at the bottom of the ocean or in outer space, our clients trust us to deliver the impossible on a daily basis.
Working at KBR means being rewarded for your contributions. In addition to competitive benefits and professional development, our people are empowered to use all their potential, creating meaningful change for themselves and our clients. We attract the best minds in the world because our expertise thrives on creativity, resourcefulness and collaboration. That is how we supply our clients with cutting-edge solutions and services.
As the needs of the world change, we’re ready to respond and guide the way forward with strategic, sustainable, and technological advancements grounded in more than a century of practical application and execution.
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