Engineering Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the Nigerian engineering team: allocate work, set priorities, and check the quality of output before it is issued.
• Lead the joint site assessment at the terminal and close out the site data the design depends on: tie-in point, plot, power supply interface, firewater, and fire and gas interfaces.
• Organize the company’s review of engineering partner deliverables ahead of each gate: assign reviewers, consolidate comments, and track them to close-out.
• Manage the civil/structural and technical safety subcontracts: scope, deliverables, schedule, and verification of invoices against progress.
• Act as the client’s routine point of contact in Nigeria, prepare each gate with the Project Manager, and report Nigerian content in line with NCDMB requirements.
• Prepare the technical content of regulatory submissions and support regulatory engagement, which is routed through the client.
• Recruit, coach and appraise the engineers, and prepare the team to carry the design into detailed engineering.

Role

• Head the company’s engineering group in Nigeria. On the FEED, this position leads the Nigeria site and in-country work and coordinates every Nigerian engineering activity so that it supports the programme and gates run from the engineering hub in Canada.

Requirements

• B.Eng. or B.Sc. in chemical, mechanical or a related engineering discipline; COREN registered.
• At least 15 years in upstream oil and gas facilities engineering, including at least 5 years leading multidiscipline engineering teams.
• Has taken at least one FEED or detailed design from kick-off to completion, preferably on a producing brownfield terminal or flow station.
• Working knowledge of Nigerian regulatory requirements NUPRC, EGASPIN, NCDMB.
• Experience of HAZID/HAZOP and of managing engineering subcontractors; produced water experience an advantage.
• Right to live and work in Nigeria, with an NYSC discharge or exemption certificate.
• Willingness to stay at a Niger Delta terminal for periods of up to 30 days when the work requires it.
• Must be willing to work unconventional hours due to the time difference of the parent company which is Canada based.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: recruitment@wendernek.com using the Job Title as the subject of email.