Category: Engineering
Type: Full Time
Location: Chennai India
Overall purpose of role
The Principal Mechanical Engineer (Static Equipment) must have a minimum of 20 years of total experience, including at least 10 years as a lead in detailed, concept, or FEED engineering within the oil and gas, refinery, or petrochemical industries. This role involves leading a team of engineers and senior engineers as the lead engineer for one or multiple projects, ensuring design deliverables meet contract requirements, approved budgets, and schedules, while adhering to Lamprell policies and procedures.
Primary responsibilities, authorities & accountabilities
- Ensure compliance with HSES policies and applicable information security policies and procedures.
- Lead and own the preparation of design deliverables, ensuring adherence to relevant codes and standards.
- Coordinate with leads of other departments to incorporate up-to-date inputs.
- Organize and manage the workload of the mechanical discipline team within the project schedule.
- Select and specify various mechanical and process-related equipment.
- Perform FEED and conceptual studies.
- Conduct basic engineering reviews of process data sheets, P&IDs, equipment layouts, and related documents.
- Perform engineering calculations for pressure vessels, atmospheric storage tanks, and heat exchangers.
- Support bids and proposals by obtaining cost and budget estimates for equipment and exploring alternative options for optimization.
- Estimate manpower requirements, plan and forecast work, and ensure effective utilization of resources.
- Monitor progress and ensure timely completion of engineering documents.
- Apply recognized engineering practices.
- Provide technical support and guidance to engineers and designers on mechanical design.
- Lead mechanical engineering design review meetings.
- Monitor and review design changes.
- Take ownership of deliverables and ensure their quality.
- Capture all project-intimated changes and modifications before releasing deliverables.
Attainment
- Education: BSc or BE degree in a relevant engineering discipline; MSc or M.Tech degree is an advantage.
- Experience: Minimum 12 years in offshore oil and gas facilities, refineries, or petrochemical industries with a major EPC contractor and/or consultant.