Project Engineer

Project Engineer

Job Title: Project Engineer

Location: Barbados and Trinidad

Purpose: Overall responsibility for supporting CLIENT’s markets in planning, developing and executing projects safely, on time and on budget in a close partnership with CLIENT’s stakeholders

Functions

• Take a leadership role in HSE demonstrating commitment to Safety through personal engagement exhibiting a culture of care in all projects and stakeholders.

• Lead planning, design, and execution of projects at fuel terminals, retail service stations, marine terminals and commercial infrastructure through contractors with emphasis on executing safely, timely and on budget.

• Lead and manage projects from initial stages of scoping, planning, budgeting (FEED), liaise with Procurement for RFPs, procuring to execution, handover of final product to the CLIENT’s internal stakeholders and close out.

• Determine materials and equipment procurement specifications.

• Lead preparation and of Tender Documents for engineering projects and liaise with procurement on evaluation of proposals.

• Assist with technical facilities and equipment audits at depots and customer inspections.

• Manage Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) budgets for assigned projects.

• The position will also require the normal duties of a Project Manager for the assigned projects such as: Close budget tracking; detailed project time lies; reporting and constant engagement with CLIENT’s stakeholders and management to provide full visibility of project progress; review and approval of contractor and supplier invoices; working with accounting to ensure proper asset categorization and others.

• Other duties as required and assigned

Qualifications

•  Engineering degree in the Mechanical, Civil, Electrical or Industrial fields.

•  A minimum of 5 yrs. of engineering work experience.

• Working knowledge of the petroleum industry is preferred.

• Certifications or accreditations such as sponsorship of engineering bodies, Project Mgmt. Institute and others are a plus.

• Skilled in contract management and negotiations.

• Strong time management skills, efficiency and organization.

• Proficient in MS Office suite: Word, Excel, Power Point, MS Project and engineering-specific tools for budgeting, contract and procurement and project definition and execution.