Senior Director Engineering

3 weeks ago

Dubai, United Arab Emirates Precision Hire Solution Full time

Company Overview:

People power our future. That is why advancing a dynamic inclusive environment where everyone grows and thrives is critically important to us.

Our ingenuity fuels daily life. Together weve forged some of the most trusted partnerships across the energy value chain to make what was once just an idea a reality: laying subsea infrastructure thousands of feet below sea level installing offshore platforms hundreds of miles from shore and using our expertise to design and build offshore wind infrastructure.

For more than 100 years weve been making the impossible possible. Today were driving the energy transition with more than 30000 of the brightest minds across 54 countries.

Here what you do matters.

Job Overview:

The Senior Director Engineering executes Engineering or Engineering (Eng) strategy to achieve key business objectives. The Senior Director Engineerings work is guided by company strategy and Engineering (Eng) business objectives and directly impacts business results. The Senior Director Engineering evaluates key business challenges and directs the development of new and innovative solutions. This role requires indepth knowledge of the Engineering (Eng) business and commercial expertise to differentiate The company from the competition.



Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

  • Vision/Strategy
    • Promote business ethics and values
    • Prepare KPIs for the team in line with organization goals and objectives
    • Guide ULN (Unifi Leadership Network) team members for process improvements and involvement in technical reviews
    • Participate in reviews to ensure appropriate rigor and quality of review is achieved
    • Provide leadership and direction for a multidiscipline group of Engineering departments
    • Create and foster a positive working environment that promotes teamwork within the Engineering function and all other functional areas (Sales Estimating Project Management Project Controls Manufacturing Construction and HR)
    • Develop business plans in line with business line objectives
    • Represent and ensure compliance with company policies and standards
    • Directs the resolution of complex or unusual business problems that crossdiscipline and functional lines
  • Finance/budgets
    • Has full responsibility for Engineering overhead budgets for one or multioffice reporting to them
    • Prepare and submit budgets for business line approval
    • Approve and manage Engineering overhead budgets and forecasts
    • Develop and administer Engineering salary plans
    • Participate in Proposal gate reviews
  • Operations
    • Accountable for performance and results of multiple disciplines within engineering offices and/or departments
    • Propose scope split between MDR offices and or subcontractors (as applicable) at the bid stage and at the award
    • Assist the project teams in identifying and accessing McDermott Technical Authorities as required
    • Support the development of Proposals and Project Estimates and approve engineering schedule work hours and material quantity estimates
    • Keep abreast of project performance by reviewing all engineering schedules and quality performance work hours and material quantity estimates
    • Suggest ideas for costcutting and efficiency improvements
    • Provide Projects with qualified resources processes and tools necessary to ensure the quality schedule and budget performance of projects
    • Support and drive the collection of closeout reports and closeout metrics
  • People
    • Organize and monitor training and coaching of staff toward professional development
    • Evaluate performance and compensation for reports
    • Collaborate with HR on recruiting and resolution of personnel issues
  • Business Line
    • Support the continuous improvement and Lessons Learned process initiatives
    • Promote support and develop potential work sharing and resolve utilization opportunities with other MDR offices located worldwide
    • Evaluate new systems tools and technology advancements against existing design standards to improve delivery certainty and advise on suitability where applicable
  • Vision/Strategy
    • Develop business plans to achieve functional regional and/or global matrix objectives
    • Approve Departmental Datasheets
  • Finance/budgets
    • Monitor overhead budgets lead quarterly budget reviews
    • Ensure departmental plans are aligned with business financial and operational objectives
    • Approve salary increases and promotions
    • Approve expense reports
    • Approve requisitions for other departments expense
  • Operations
    • Review and approve the engineering element in proposals including cost schedule work hour estimates material quantities and execution plans (including MOPEX)
    • Attend project kickoff meetings
    • Review project engineering execution plans including cost schedule work hour estimates material quantities and execution plans
    • Participate in Project Gate reviews
    • Monitor and drive Independent Design Reviews
    • Review schedule quality and budget performance on projects:
    • Attend monthly PMRs
      • Conduct monthly Engineering reviews
      • Review Material forecasting reports
      • Review and follow up on Progress and productivity reports
    • Approve Projectspecific procedures
    • Review of project closeout reports
    • Conduct periodic technical audits for compliance
  • People
    • Monitor the creation of Competency matrices
    • Conduct staff FEED Back meetings
    • Monitor the creation of and followup of succession plans
    • Monitor hiring strategies/recruitment effort/recruitment of juniors
    • Establish and maintain relationships with universities
    • Identify high potentials through Engineering People Meetings and 9box Talent management
    • Monitor development and training plans make sure PPDPs are in place for key personnel
  • Office
    • Maintain the office workload forecast (MPS) and provide input on monthly input to key proposals scenarios and key assignments
    • Support global and business line engineering by creating and implementing Improvement initiatives
    • Follow up on internal design competitions
    • Ensure the Lessons Learned process is followed

Reports to: Vice President of Engineering
Liaise with: Operations Manager(s) Office Leads Functional Directors Project Director/Manager Clients Authorities
Supervises: Director of Engineering Department Managers Engineering


Essential Qualifications and Education:

  • Bachelors or Masters degree in Engineering
  • 30 years of experience in relevant industry
  • Professional registration preferred (e.g. Eur Ing CEng PE)
  • Participate in meetings with critical clients/vendors during the proposal and execution phases of projects
  • Flexible to take up assignments globally
  • Keen to improve the effectiveness of the work
  • Selffollow and promote others to follow to work ethical manners in the organization
  • Critically assess the balanced skilled manpower deployment on projects

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