Job Description
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Engineering & Design Oversight:
- Lead the detailed design execution with the Primary EPC Contractor, ensuring all deliverables align with project requirements, Shell standards, and topsides system integration needs.
System Integration Management:
- Ensure cross-discipline integration of topsides systems within the detailed design, fabrication, construction, and commissioning phases.
Vendor Coordination:
- Drive timely delivery and review of vendor engineering documentation to support the master engineering schedule and downstream fabrication/installation sequencing.
Completions and Commissioning Integration:
- Oversee the incorporation of completions, precommissioning, and commissioning activities into the design and construction planning.
Interface Management:
- Lead the technical and executional interface between vendor work packages – including engineering, equipment manufacturing, logistics, and installation sequencing.
Contractor Engagement:
- Collaborate, mentor, and align EPC contractor teams to meet Shell’s performance, safety, and delivery expectations.
EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
- Minimum 25 years of experience in deepwater FPSO and Brownfield projects, particularly within the Gulf of Guinea region and Bonga asset
- Extensive experience managing and coordinating complex offshore engineering scopes and design packages
- Proven track record in detailed engineering for Brownfield projects supporting SIMOPS and lifeextension initiatives
- Hands-on involvement from detailed design through onshore fabrication, offshore construction, pre-commissioning, commissioning, and handover
- Strong interface management skills across multiple EPC, OEM, and service contractors
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and interpersonal skills to align multidisciplinary teams and vendors
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (COREN registerable); advanced engineering credentials are a plus