Job Overview:
The Manager of Project Engineering is responsible for managing the engineering scope of a McDermott project and establishing and implementing project procedures to ensure deliverables meet quality and technical content requirements by contract documents. They will manage the technical execution to support the business considerations established for the project and are responsible for the administration and technical management of the department. The Manager of Project Engineering is accountable for assigning staffing for the Project Engineering positions on projects and proposals.
ResponsibilitiesKey Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Manage the engineering scope of a McDermott project
- Establish and implement project procedures to ensure deliverables meet quality and technical content requirements in accordance with contract documents
- Manage the technical execution to support the business considerations established for the project
- Responsible for the administration and technical management of the department
- Assign staffing for the Project Engineering positions on projects and proposals
- Instill and promote a “Safety as a Value” culture
- Administrative and technical management of the Project Engineering Department:
- Establish a budget and salary plan for the department
- Identify and recruit staff for Project Engineering positions
- Maintain staffing levels appropriate to the projected workload
- Provide leadership and training for the professional development of staff
- Identify and correct performance gaps
- Maintain Company processes and procedures related to Project Execution
- Allocate resources to provide quality, on-time, and cost-effective deliverables for projects and proposals
- Responsible for the integrity of the work produced
- Responsible for cost, schedule, quantity, and budget control
- Ensure work is being coordinated with the other departments, offices, fabrication, and construction to meet project requirements
- Ensure proactive and effective management of change
- Monitor project performance and provide input and support as required
- Participate in monthly Project Reviews
- Execute Project Engineering Assessment (PEA) for Project Engineering
- Support proposal development
- Support the Lessons Learned process and continuous improvement initiatives of the company
- Own and lead the implementation, enforcement, and verification of compliance with all McDermott policies and procedures
- Ensure employees understand their responsibility and authority to effectively implement the requirements of all McDermott policies and procedures
- Ensure the timely completion of all mandatory training by themselves and their teams
Reports to:
Project: N/A
Functional: Director of Engineering or Senior Project Engineering Manager
Liaise with: Project Engineer, PEM, PM, Discipline Lead Engineers, Engr Dept Managers, Construction/Fabrication team,
Project Controls, Finance, Proposals
Supervises: Project Engineering Team
Essential Qualifications and Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university in an Engineering discipline
- 15+ years of experience and proven leadership experience in Project Engineering and/or Engineering Management experience
- Preferably Registered Engineer or member of professional engineering society as applicable
- Demonstrated broad technical knowledge of detailed design engineering codes and standards
- Familiar with detailed engineering and design work procedures and processes
- Able to read and understand contractual documentation
- Able to effectively communicate with and lead engineers and non-engineers
- Field assignment experience
- Experience in International Projects
- Experience with multi-office (MOPEX) execution
- Experience in execution as part of a Joint Venture or Consortium Group
- Experience developing proposals and contractual documentation
- Experience acting in a PMT role for projects
- Experience in revamping (Brownfield) and grassroots (Greenfield) projects
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Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in an engineering discipline
- 15+ years of experience with proven leadership in project engineering and/or engineering management
- Registered Engineer or membership in a professional engineering society, as applicable
- Broad technical knowledge of detailed design engineering codes and standards
- Familiarity with detailed engineering and design work procedures and processes
- Ability to read and understand contractual documentation
- Ability to effectively communicate with and lead engineers and non-engineers
- Field assignment experience
- International project experience
- Multi-office execution experience
- Experience executing projects as part of a joint venture or consortium group
- Experience developing proposals and contractual documentation
- Experience acting in a project management team role
- Experience with brownfield and greenfield projects
McDermott International Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about McDermott International and has not been reviewed or approved by McDermott International.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — U.S. materials cite a minimum of 23 PTO days and 14 paid holidays, indicating a broad leave offering. Paid time off and holidays are positioned as a comparative strength within the package.
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Parental & Family Support — Company materials indicate paid parental leave, including 10 weeks paid maternity and four weeks paid family bonding. These provisions reinforce support for families during key life events.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Field and offshore roles often include overtime, per diems, and project allowances that can materially increase earnings. These extras are a notable component of total compensation in project-driven roles.
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What We Do
McDermott is a premier, fully-integrated provider of engineering and construction solutions to the energy industry. Our customers trust our technology-driven approach to design and build infrastructure solutions to responsibly transport and transform oil and gas into the products the world needs today. From concept to commissioning, our expertise and comprehensive solutions deliver certainty, innovation and added value to energy projects around the world. It is called the “One McDermott Way.” Operating in over 54 countries, McDermott’s locally-focused and globally-integrated resources include approximately 40,000 employees, a diversified fleet of specialty marine construction vessels and fabrication facilities around the world. To learn more, visit www.mcdermott.com.
