Principal Civil & Structural Engineer – London

NOC – Murzuq Oil Services Ltd (MOSL) is a business services company incorporated in the UK by the National Oil Corporation of Libya (NOC). Our prime focus is to create value for our Internal clients, petroleum and natural gas extraction businesses, by providing support to enable them to improve their business processes and corporate performance. We are looking for an experienced professional to lead + shape the delivery of all structural engineering design activities and the associated follow up tasks.

• Either a Lead Engineer on a project, or reporting to the Lead Engineer typically on larger projects, execute civil/structural engineering design activities for feasibility, concept, FEED, detailed design or EPC projects.

• Can be technically responsible for all civil/structural engineering work and allocating, supervising and directing preparation of project deliverables. Subject to project size, will delegate some level of supervision and specific checking activities to appropriate competent personnel.

• Capable of formulating resolutions and supervision of technically challenging and/or high profile issues, wi support from Consultant Civil/Structural Engineer/ Lead Engineer or Project Engineering Manager, and effectively communicating with Clients and Senior Management.

• Reviews the ITB (Invitation to Bid) documents submitted in the proposals stage, prepares man-hour estimates and provides input to project execution plan.

• Supervises reviews and checks the civil/structural activities in house and of sub-contractors including: Philosophies, Specifications, Civil & Structural Design Calculations, Plans, Drawings and MTO. Identifies and resolves discrepancies and divergences from original proposal/ contract by raising technical queries with projects / client.

• Capable of participating in Factory Acceptance Tests.

• Participates in multi-discipline Engineering Design Reviews and provides all necessary civil/structural engineering input and support to close out of actions.

• Identifies a clear scope of work and supervises preparation of the Technical Document Register (TDR). Responsible for planning/scheduling the civil/structural engineering activities and manpower resource. Quantifies the total number of engineering deliverables, man-hour allocation and format of delivery, and other requirements for execution of the work.  Provides necessary regular project controls/ reporting input to Project Management.

• Provides support to Procurement including for long lead items enquiry: prepares Technical Requisitions, reviews vendor documentation and provides Technical Bid Evaluation support to ensure design conformance.

• Ensures compatibility and conformance with client specifications and recommends cost effective improvements to specifications within the scope of client specifications and requirements.

• Consults Quality Assurance with any quality issues ensuring compliance with MOSL’s ISO Quality procedures, Project Quality Plan and Design Integrity processes and procedures. Co-ordinates Internal and client audit requests and facilitates audit procedures of engineering systems within the department. Complying with other MOSL accredited frameworks such as ISO 14001.

• Contributes to training and development of junior staff including identifying employee strengths and weaknesses and recommends training and development requirements.