• Application Deadline: Mon, 2 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Principal Welding Engineer


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 15 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field Engineering / Technical 
  

Service Description

• Ensure HSSEQ Compliance: Ensure all welding activities comply with HSSEQ (Health, Safety, Security, Environment and Quality) standards and promote a safety-first culture on-site.


• Enforcing IOGP (International Oil and Gas Producers) HSE (Health Safety and Environment) policies and procedures at Company worksites.


• Review Welding Procedures: Review detailed welding procedures, specifications, and instructions developed by the EPC contractor to ensure compliance with project requirements and industry standards.


• Ensure Technical Assurance: Provide technical assurance for all welding-related deliverables during the Detailed Engineering Design phase, ensuring they meet project specifications and quality standards. Respond to technical clarification and queries from contractor.


• Manage Welding Qualifications: Oversee and verify welding qualification tests, including Procedure Qualification Records (PQR), Welder Qualification Tests (WQT), and Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS), ensuring compliance with project requirements and industry standards.


• Conduct Welding Inspections: Perform and oversee welding inspections and non-destructive testing (NDT) to ensure weld quality and integrity.


• Review and Approve Welding Plans: Review and approve welding plans and procedures submitted by the EPC contractor, ensuring they are robust and meet project standards.


• Resolve Welding Issues: Address and resolve welding-related technical queries and issues during design, procurement, fabrication, and installation phases.


• Interface Management: Manage interfaces between welding activities and other project disciplines, including Subsea Hardware, FPSO, and Umbilical systems.


• Conduct Technical Reviews: Participate in technical reviews, including HAZIDs, HAZOPs, and constructability reviews, providing expert input on welding-related matters.


• Maintain Industry Knowledge: Stay updated with the latest welding technologies, industry standards, and best practices to ensure the project utilizes the most efficient and effective welding methods.


• Provide Training and Support: Provide training and technical support to project personnel and contractors on welding-related issues.


• Oversee Contractor Performance: Monitor and evaluate the performance of contractors’ welding activities to ensure compliance with project requirements and industry standards.


• Document Control: Ensure all welding documentation, including reports, certificates, and records, are accurately maintained and readily available for review and audit.


• Champion Quality Assurance: Promote and enforce quality assurance practices throughout all phases of the welding operations to achieve high standards of workmanship and reliability.


• Support Installation Activities: Provide technical support during the installation and commissioning phases, ensuring welding activities are completed on schedule and to the required quality standards.


• Responsible for safe, timely and efficient execution and drive progress of work scope based on project schedule.


• Work with Contractor to ensure quality issues are properly identified, documented, reported and timely dispositioned.


• Author and deliver daily, weekly, and monthly status, progress, and site reports.


• Liaise with internal stakeholders i.e., Quality, HSE, project control, engineering disciplines, planning, etc. to ensure adequate support for project execution.


• Log and track lessons Learned during the detailed design and manufacturing activities within the Package.

Requisite Qualifications

• Minimum of 15 years work experience with at least 10 years relevant experience in welding engineering, with a focus on pipeline and structural welding in an upstream Deepwater or similar environment.


• Minimum of bachelor’s degree in Welding Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgy, or a related discipline, with professional registration.


• Extensive experience in developing, reviewing, and approving welding procedures, specifications, and instructions.


• Proven experience with welding qualification tests, including Procedure Qualification Records (PQR), Welder Qualification Tests (WQT), and Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS).


• Proficiency in conducting and overseeing welding inspections and non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques.


• Good understanding and application of Industry standards and codes for welding (DNV, API, ASME, etc.).


• Knowledge in use of MS Office tools or similar software.


• Ability to communicate, work, interface, interact and influence effectively within a multi-disciplinary team of professionals located globally.


• Knowledge of personal and process safety.