Nigerdock’s fabrication yard is the standard by which excellence in the industry is measured. It has delivered on the country’s most important oil & gas construction projects including Total’s Usan and Akpo fields, ExxonMobil’s Erha and MIPS projects, Chevron’s Agbami and Escarvos Gas Projects as well as Shell’s Bonga project. The company’s capability includes construction of FPSO topside process modules, offshore platforms, flares, bridges and has built several of the world’s largest deepwater SPM buoys. The company is focused on becoming an FPSO topside integration centre for the industry.
Nigerdock is committed to the highest safety standards in the industry and has defined and maintained Health, Safety and Environmental Manuals, Policies and Procedures for all of its operations. The company’s workforce is consistently trained in the safe working practices of their individual fields.
Purpose
Plan, manage and oversee the daily activities of the Engineering Department to suit business needs
Key Aims
- Strategise engineering requirements for individual projects and functions
- Recruit fully competent engineering resources across multiple projects and functions
- Further building the capability and the capacity of the Engineering Department
- Promote the development of Nigerian talent
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership to the Engineering department
- Manage Engineering resources assigned internally to all areas of the business and the technical performance of engineering resources assigned externally to manage/interface with external/third parties
- Strategic engineering planning for all business needs including, where appropriate, outsourcing of detailed engineering design and associated activities
- Ensuring Engineering deliverables comply with all appropriate Industry Standards and Practices, approved Company Standards and Specifications, and any other specific documents as required under individual contracts
- Ensuring technical integrity, quality and adequacy of all Engineering deliverables within project budgets and schedules
- Initiating value engineering and construct ability reviews at appropriate stages in the development of work
- Provide technical assistance for all procurement activities as required, including coordination of specialist third party review by external consultants such as metallurgists, environmentalists etc, not available within Nigerdock
- Fully conversant with the HSE Management System of the Company and the project specific HSE plans
- Proactively participates in promoting the highest possible standard of HSE implementation
- Manage requirements for engineering software applications and associate hardware in consultation with the Head of IT and relevant budget holders
Key Reporting Requirements
- Monthly Engineering operations report
- Engineering personnel competency matrix
- Engineering non-conformances reports
- Others, as required
Reports To
- Director of Project
Direct Reports
- All Lead Discipline Design Engineers
- Lead Fabrication Engineers
- Lead Construction Work Pack Engineers
