Cost Engineer
- Location: Los Angeles
- Salary: Market related
The Project Cost Engineer will provide project cost control services to a broad portfolio of projects ranging from highly standardized / small scale to complex and unique facilities. You will also provide guidance and deliver project cost control plans to suit the project execution strategy and needs from both an internal and external aspect.
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Responsibilities Assist process engineering design and coordinate process engineering deliverables with Engineering firm Including, but not limited to: Review vendor equipment approval drawings with focus on interface management between vendorsReview/approve PIDs generatedReview/approve PFDs generatedReview/approve Area Process Narratives/Functional descriptionsReview/approve Equipment specificationsReview/Approve Instrumentation specificationsReview/approve project Basis of Technical DesignReview/approve mass and energy balancesPerform project engineering role with focus on schedule and on facilitating clear communication between the various stakeholders on technical barriers to design advancement.Support construction efforts by answering technical questions and providing quality control oversight on installation and startupAssist with equipment layout developmentProvide technical assistance to procurement and project management with equipment bidding process, including package documentation, bidding, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)s and bid comparisons. Generate project mass and energy balancesReview and provide feedback on equipment, line, valve, specialty item and instrumentation lists generated by Engineering firm.Ensure project compliance with engineering and equipment standardsApply process safety management (PSM) experience to assist with items such as management of change (MOC) and pre-start up safety reviews (PSSR).Interface effectively with commercial, safety, accounting, legal, environmental, engineering, QA/QC, process safety management, and procurement to assist with project needs.Develop plans for commissioning/start-up and assist in executing same. Education/Experience/Skills Required Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or applicable related field.5 to 10 year total industry experienceMinimum of 5 years experience with field work or operations or constructionMinimum of 5 years experience working with Process Safety principlesExperienced in using TEAMS, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Visio and PowerPointExperienced in using Navisworks 3D viewing softwareBuilds Shared Vision
Position Summary To provide technical equipment engineering advice and support to offshore operations (Ops), onshore discipline & maintenance engineers, and production engineering teams. Develop and optimize maintenance strategy and program in accordance with business objectives and KPI, as well as providing short to long-term strategies and plans to continuously improve reliability and availability to ensure rotating equipment ops maintenance activities are executed in a safe, timely and cost-effective manner. Responsible as the Technical Authority for rotating equipment and turbomachinery ops and maintenance. Principle Accountabilities 1. HSSE a) Responsible for HSSE and Regulatory Compliance within their relevant discipline to provide leadership support to achieve goal zero for the organization. b) Ensures HSSE issues are given primary consideration in all activities undertaken within area of responsibility, based on the ALARP principle. c) Maintain technical assurance for SCE and Process Safety items concerning the discipline. d) Actively support and provide technical know-how in technical studies and failure investigations, Process and Instrument diagram reviews, Safety Integrity Level (SIL) assessments and HAZOP's etc. e) Ensure surveillance audits are conducted on SCE related PMs to ensure the assurance task as per the Performance Standard are met. f) Ensure verification tasks are completed as required by the SCE Performance Standard. 2. Accountability a) Be accountable as the Technical Authority, for all rotating equipment on the facilities and analyze and approve deviations from standards and practices, as required. b) Owns Rotating Equipment Engineering as Subject Matter Expert (SME) and act as the primary source of knowledge, techniques and expertise within the area to provide professional and technical insight for design, engineering, and complex troubleshooting activities. c) Develops and manages the delivery of technical excellence within Rotating Equipment Engineering, and liaises with engineers, leads and senior managers within maintenance and ops to develop and strengthen assurance processes to ensure uninterrupted plant operation. d) Provide recommendations, steer & direction to contractors, maintenance team and offshore personnel regarding mechanical rotating equipment O&M management to optimize equipment and associated machinery usage to the assets. e) Executable rotating equipment tasks and targets based on optimization of costs and available resources. f) Facilitate/lead/participate any incident or defect elimination investigation according to defined methodologies with the relevant teams. g) Accountable for review and update of performance standard sections related to rotating equipment. h) Strategize optimum engineering & maintenance methodologies for effective medium and long-term life and performance. i) Provide assurance for regulatory and industry compliance j) Provision of support that will be multidisciplinary in nature k) Responsible to assess condition of rotating equipment based on baseline developed earlier, and lessons learns from other plants/site through LFI l) Carries out Troubleshooting/Inspection to establish root causes of failure (RCFA) and prepare Corrective Maintenance plans/options m) Proposes and develops in cooperation with Maintenance/Reliability Group reliability and safety improvement projects for the asset n) Recommends design upgrades of rotating equipment and systems as required to improve Asset Integrity o) Establish FMEA and maintenance strategy and conduct continuous improvement program, facilitate Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM) exercise, oversee continuous KPI monitoring and reporting methods p) Responsible to review and provide assurance scopes for turbomachinery and critical equipment on Long Term Service Agreements 3. Maintenance tasks a) Provide scope, review effectiveness, and approve turbomachinery and critical equipment contract on CSA/ LTSA in supporting Maintenance team as Contract Holder b) Review and approve and inspect parts repair at vendor workshop c) Review and approve and inspect equipment undergoing factory acceptance tests (FAT) for equipment d) Carry out assurance verifications to have effective PM and CM tasks implemented for all rotating equipment e) Review the Quality of Execution of maintenance activities such that Preventive Maintenance, Inspections and Corrective Maintenance job routines are executed in accordance with the agreed work management plans, based on best practices for the industry f) Develop optimum maintenance tasks for new rotating equipment on the facilities and ensure tasks are incorporated in CMMS g) Identify and plan potential defects elimination for defects relating to leakage, looseness, vibration, excessive heat, missing or broken parts and wrong materials h) Provide with fit-for-purpose maintenance strategies in line with the company's set-up and capabilities 4. Technical Advice and Support a) Provide guidance, support and technical advice to Ops group concerning rotating equipment and to act as Technical Authority, to review and approve deviations from standards and practices b) Technical support for the frontline crew is to be expected during all reasonable times 5. Management of Change a) Make & Review recommendations to organization concerning changes in work scope, job specifications, task descriptions, CMMS scheduling, task instruction relating to rotating equipment to ensure that these offshore equipment function safely and efficiently b) Provide support to other disciplines 6. Material Identification and SCM Assistance a) Assist in resolving material identification, procurement problems, managing warehousing management and improvements 7. Contract management / development a) Liaise with vendors as part of long-term service contracts, ensure contract terms & conditions are fulfilled b) Define technical working scope and evaluation procedure. Appraise bids and provide advice to line organization of best "all round" offers regarding materials, equipment, and procurement c) Manage key contracts Price Agreements and for contractor teams in order to ensure that offshore rotating equipment continues to function safely and efficiently, within budget and available resources 8. Bid Evaluation a) Provide Bid evaluation criteria to project team on selecting new equipment b) Assist in evaluating bids and provide advice to the organization of best "all round" offers regarding on-site and off-site repairs and materials procurement for rotating equipment 9. Budget Preparation/Cost Control a) Assist in the preparation of engineering & maintenance budgets and controlling costs within approved budget limits b) Contribute to cost savings/ avoidance effort with maintenance optimization exercise 10. Planning & RCAs a) Participate in major maintenance planning, including leading risk assessments and providing lead technical inputs for RCAs b) Multidisciplinary knowledge is expected at this job level and as such, its corresponding site support 11. Quality Assurance/Audits & Surveillance a) Participate in qualifying contractors and performing quality assurance surveys b) Strategize and perform audits as necessary. To ensure that the machines meet the required standards set per code or OEM or Industry best practices c) Provide and approve QAQC verifications of repair work for rotating equipment 12. Continuous Improvement: a) Work with maintenance & production teams to optimize the quality of O&M. Optimize and revamp obsolete practices that will remove redundant & overly conservative work b) Improve and update and make executable Maintenance and Operating philosophies and strategies c) Introduce best practices from other industries and operating units to improve current practices to strive for safer, better, and cheaper technologies and best practices 13. Requisitions and Work Orders a) Write work orders for appropriate maintenance tasks when necessary b) Suggest and approve material requisition proposal by maintenance team, aligning with ops and maintenance strategies to maintain optimized but adequate inventory levels c) Write and assist facilities engineering and project team to new project scope relating to rotating equipment d) On larger or critical jobs verify job preparations are done properly, and jobs are closed out effectively with lessons learned recorded Requirements 1. Minimum Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering Discipline 2. Minimum 10-15 years of working experience in Rotating Equipment engi
At least 10 years E&P industry experience (Operator Background)Operations and maintenance experience, front end engineering exposure, prior experience in managing partnerPrimary Functions/Responsibilities: Responsible in ensuring Company's interest is protected in the assets.Responsible in monitoring and analysis of production and operational aspects of Partner Operated Assets.Responsible in developing performance and production input and regulatory reporting.Responsible for all operational and production issues, including project related activities that impact operations and production.Developing and maintaining strong working relationships with partners and the other upstream operators in Malaysia.Support achievement of production goals through the management of downtime and operating efficiency.Influence the operators' management of costs. Only Malaysians will be considered
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My client are currently looking for an experienced grid engineer to join their established team in Dublin. The client is one of Europe's most experienced wind energy developers and has successfully developed renewables projects with over 3,500MW of rated capacity to date. Specific Responsbilities: To work closely connected both with the project development teams in Ireland and Germany· Interacting with grid regulation authorities and grid operators in their role as project stakeholders.· Providing input for Pre-feasibility studies and technical risk assessment.· Developing and optimising grid connection solutions for wind, solar and energy storage projects.· Seeking alternative network access solutions based on grid studies, including technical, legal and commercial evaluations.· Representing the client on industry grid policy committees / working groups, applying learnings from these forums and providing regulatory advice to the strategic aims of the company in both jurisdictions.· Preparing grid applications and managing the grid application process.· Supporting project tendering and acquisition processes by creating technical documents and checking documents issued by others. To work closely connected both with the project execution teams in Dublin and Wiesbaden offices· Preparing requests for quotation for engineering, construction, procurement and testing of the electrical balance of plant for renewable and / or sustainable energy projects.· Creating, checking and or reviewing technical documents according to our company wide workflow procedure.· Preparing inspection and test plans and supervising construction work.· Controlling electrical project construction costs and project variations.· Carrying out tasks / projects assigned by the Electrical Department in Germany and other ad hoc projects as required by the Director of the Dublin office.
Senior Petroleum EconomistJob description- Overall responsible for Upstream assets and development projects economic valuation in SMJSB.- A member of SMJ EP team, reporting to SMJ Upstream Director, working together with other members of SMJ EP team and assisting SMJ's Upstream Director to deliver SMJ EP business objectives- Responsible to develop, update and maintain petroleum economic and financial models, perform regular quality checks to ensure models are bugs free, accurate and efficiently organized and documented for quality control and audit trail purposes- Responsible to organize and quality check on input data and assumptions, on technical and financial, to the economic and financial models and quality check on output data to make sure modelling and calculations are error free prior to releasing results to stakeholders- Responsible to perform exploration and late life asset economics both using deterministic and probabilistic approach- With the support and input from external consultant, carry out comprehensive economic evaluations backed up with appropriate commercial terms in all Upstream asset acquisition exercise.- Responsible to prepare and report out, make presentations to management team on results and recommendations on economic and financial evaluations- Contract holder and manager for engaging external consultants on inputs to Upstream economic and fiscal terms modelling.- Actively participate in company's HSE and CSR initiatives and programs that include but not limited to, safety observations and HSE Trainings, community and society contributionsQualifications and Skill:- Minimum with Bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering or equivalent engineering or economics- Min 15 years' experience in the Oil & Gas company with considerable experience in petroleum economics- Experience in Upstream commercial negotiation would be an added advantage- experienced in managing wide range of petroleum economics and fiscal terms in Malaysia like PSC and PITA terms, cost recovery, ARO issues etc..- experienced in managing wide range in exploration (EMV approach), project FIDs (incremental approach) and production economics (enhancement, efficiency and Late Life Assets).- Strong and fast in Microsoft office tools and good data management skills- Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills and the ability to draw and support technical and commercial conclusions. - Good communication and presentation skills, strong interpersonal skills. Ability to express professional opinions both orally and in writing. - Able to mentor junior petroleum economist staff in EP works. - Able to cope with high pressure working environment in fast turnaround and off office hour works.
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering in Petroleum / Mechanical / Process or equivalent.10 years’ experience in well services / petroleum engineering and operations.Broad knowledge / engineering expertise in all related disciplines in well completion such as geology, reservoir, drilling, production, etc.Ability to integrate and communicate with specialists of corresponding disciplines.
Job Decriptions Provide reservoir engineering expertise, including expertise in field development planning, reservoir modeling/simulation, economic evaluation, feasibility studies, and due diligence.Expertise in conducting reservoir engineering analysis and economic evaluation utilising technical and economic software packages (Petrel, Eclipse) or industry-equivalent software packages. Assess and evaluate option to optimise production and recovery utilising data acquisition, interpretation, and analysis as well as techniques such as static and dynamic model utilising reservoir simulation software, well test interpretation, reservoir surveillance (KAPPA Suite, OFM, etc.), and well performance modelling. Contribute to the evaluation, classification, and audit of reserves and resources in accordance with the SPE Petroleum Reserves Definitions.Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to identify, execute, and optimise well performance opportunities.Supervise and provide direction for drilling and field production operations. Requiremnts Technically proficient, with an MSc in reservoir engineering, petroleum engineering, or geosciences. Minimum 8 years of relevant practical experience in Geomodelling/Reservoir engineering from an E&P company and/or oilfield services company, with proficient skills in using Petrel and flow simulators like ECLIPSE and similar tools.Curious, self-driven, willing to learn and share knowledgeStructured, analytical, and proactive approach to solving business problems and client challenges. Energetic team player, willing to travel. Programming skills such as Python are desirable.Proficient in English (written & spoken).-Malaysian only / Right to work in Malaysia.
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The ideal candidate for Senior Mechanical Engineer will be responsible to lead the planning, execution, monitoring and control of the maintenance of assets; in line with the Company's key business goal. Provide daily technical support to rigs under remitAssist with technical downtime issuesLiaise with OEM's as requiredTravel offshore to assist in technical problem solving and troubleshooting as requiredAssist with technical audit function in relation to maintenance and technical proceduresAssist with PM development as requiredAssist with annual budget preparationAssist with offshore minor projects and rig modificationsAssist rigs in follow up to ensure compliance with Technical MOC procedureAssist with follow up on onshore equipment repairs as requiredAssist with client related technical issuesCarry out rig familiarisation visitsAssist with Project Engineers when requiredAssist HOD with the design and implementation of troubleshooting guidesParticipate in duty phone roster system for technical issues outside office hoursBe familiar with all systems, directives and procedures and actively participate in the implementationBe familiar with all rig mechanical systems and controls fleet wideBe prepared to travel worldwide at short notice when requiredLead safety by example for all employees to followPromote safety awareness and safe work practice among all the personnelReport all hazards and positively intervene in all observed unsafe actsParticipate in emergency drills, including post-drill debriefs Candidate should fulfil the following: Preferably a degree in Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Mechanical and minimum 5 years' experience in technical support and or project engineeringFamiliar with computerised control systemsExperience on /with Offshore Drill Rigs and Rig equipment and TroubleshootingSound knowledge of rotating equipmentSound knowledge of hydraulic controls and systemsTrained in Mechanical trade or engineering degree
We have an immediate opening for a sr. IT Industrial System Engineer based at The Hague, Netherlands office The sr. IT Industrial System Engineer is responsible for developing the detailed technical configurations required to ensure that the many and varied plant floor computing platforms operate in a reliable manner and integrate seamlessly with each other and with the enterprise computing environment. The position provides information technology support and ensures continued operation of the systems, processes, and technologies that comprise our clients' Industrial Control Systems. The candidate will need strong IT infrastructure skills including network, client, server, and security.Plant floor computing requires a broad variety of operating systems, software applications and communication protocol alternatives. These systems must communicate with various electronic devices and together they form the core of plant automation. The blend of IT and non-IT components present technical challenges that must be considered in the design. What you'll do: Primary role will represent IT Plant Computing Engineering efforts on new capital projects (> $0.5 Billion USD) located in Uzbekistan and in various port locations throughout Europe based on project demands. This person will be embedded in the day-to-day design efforts and work closely with our clients' Engineering centers in the UK and India. This role will require travel within Europe and Central Asia as part of these new facility IT infrastructure deployments.Work with Process Automation Engineers to build and deploy control systems for new plant projects or control system upgrade projects. Participate in Industrial Control System cybersecurity assessments and deployments.Configure and install PCs and Servers for Process Control Applications.Provide first level incident response for Process Control PCs and Servers.Develop Zone & Conduit Diagrams and Perdue Enterprise Reference Architecture models for Process Control Systems.Develop, design, configure and deploy Plant Floor applications for malware, antivirus, disaster recovery, safelisting, asset management, remote access, intrusion detection and various other layer of protection for OT assets.Work with vendors and follow industry best practices for proper infrastructure support.Optimize work processes and implement automation to drive service efficiency and productivity.Help train, orient, bring up to speed new team members.Travel to our clients' plant sites, spend minimum of 25% of your time travelling.Participate in on-call support rotation, including evenings and weekends per rotation schedule. What we're looking for:Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or equivalent work experience.15+ years IT experience or comparable experience with process control systemsExperience with Windows PC Operating Systems (Windows 7, Windows 10, Windows 11) and Windows Server Operating Systems (Windows 2016, 2019, 2022)Experience with Symantec Endpoint Protection, Acronis Backup, Netop Remote Control, and McAfee Application safelistingExperience with networks (TCP/IP network protocols, DNS, DHCP), firewalls, and Active DirectoryFluent in IEC 62443, NIST SP-800 and Saudi HCIS (High Commission for Industrial Security) and NCA (National Cybersecurity Authority) a plusISA99/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Fundamentals Specialist Certificate a plusWillingness to learn and develop security administration skillset Familiarity with industrial control systems like Siemens PCS7,Honeywell, ABB ; Siemens and Honeywell are preferredAbility to manage multiple project priorities and competing demandsGood communication, leadership and teamwork skills are required, including the ability to work independentlyMust be a creative thinker, results oriented, focused, and attentive to detail and accuracyMust be sharp, quick, dedicated and innovative problem solverMust be able to safely handle physical demands of the position, including ability to lift up to 25 pounds, install equipment in tight spaces, and pull wire, cables, and run conduits as needs arise.
Senior SCADA Engineer - HVDC This is an opportunity to work for a leading global player in the energy sector, an organisation that has been a staple in the industry for over 150+ years. With a rich history of driving technological advancements, they are looking to bring on an experienced, results-driven professional to help them with their continuous success in shaping the energy landscape. Be part of a diverse team dedicated to delivering cutting-edge SCADA solutions, contributing to the efficient and reliable operation of critical infrastructure. Description - Role: Senior SCADA Engineer Location: Southern Germany Length: 16 months (until 31/07/2025) Schedule: 40 hours per week Start date: May/June 2024 Rate: Competitive salary + complete benefits package (including Health insurance, holiday days, sick days, social security, pension etc) Role Overview - Project engineer in the field of HVDC control technology for SCADA Communication Gateway components Development and maintenance of specifications and manuals, coordinatingsignal lists with both internal interfaces and external customers & suppliers Creation and maintenance of the central control technology - signal database and configuration of the central data gateway (eg IPCOMM, ipConv) System integration and commissioning of the various components