Organization:
The Division chief engineer reports to the Offshore Division Manager and has overall responsibility for coordinating and supervising the performance of engineering studies, the preparation of installation procedures, and the directing the contract related scope of work scheduled in the field.

Responsibilities:

The Division Chief Engineer in the Middle-East has additional duties listed separately at the end of this section.

Specific responsibilities of the Division Chief Engineer include, but are not limited to, the following:
Assist Division Manager in their respective areas.
Allocating adequate resources to project management teams to ensure timely, effective and safe management of marine contracts.
Review and approve the procedures prepared by the Operations/Field Engineers for all offshore construction work.
Nominate the major work barges that are to be used for each offshore construction project.
Supervise the sourcing and provision of support vessels and tugs required for the movement and operation of major work barges, and other project aspects.
Actively promote and ensure all subordinates and subcontractors comply with all HS&E policies and procedures.
Assist in communicating division and project safety goals to subordinates.
Supervise the preparation of scope of work, specifications and other engineering requirements for subcontracts for NDT, Survey, Diving support and miscellaneous Engineering studies, and coordinate with these sub-contractors during the execution of the work.
Liaise with the Project Managers during the review, evaluation and approvals required for all subcontracts.
Development of offshore program schedules and coordinate with the Project Planning and scheduling department during development of a correct work program, and corrective action should there become required.
Develop/approve Level II Operating Procedures and ensure project procedures comply with same.
Chair weekly Area Operations Meetings.
Attend safety council meeting and be a primary member and assistant chairman in the emergency response team.
Attend one major work barge inspection and one and audit annually.
Attend Project Meeting are required
Review and approve project safety plans and project specific JSA’s and ensure the contents are communicated and implemented.
Plan project hazard identification evaluations and communicating and enforcing hazard control requirements.
Coordinate meetings required by Offshore Operations with other internal disciplines, outside bodies and Project Managers, ensuring that these meetings are minuted, action specified and follow-up action taken as required.
Participate in the resolution of any technical problem arising during offshore installation and assist in any corrective action that is required. Make commendations necessary when it is apparent that external specialist assistance is required.
Review and coordination of resource information utilized for financial forecast.
Ensuring project related vessel, equipment, safety and quality requirements are made known to responsible departments in a timely manner.
Review all division input on proposals.
Ensure performance on current projects is measured against the bid and is considered in future estimates.

Division Chief Engineer Middle East additional responsibilities:
Sponsor the Offshore Quality Council.
Directly responsible for the administration of the Division Construction Engineering Group.
Directly responsible for the Division Administrative Function.
Other tasks as may be assigned from time to time by the Marine Division Manager.

Qualifications/Experience Req:
Bachelor of Engineering.
Extensive relevant experience.
Organizations and responsibilities for offshore operations division.