A Green Field Project, the Tilenga field is to be found in a remote location in Uganda near lake Albert with sensitive environmental conditions. A challenging project: circa 200 oil producer wells and 200 water injector wells; heavy and waxy oils produced and treated in a Production Center of 200,000bopd oil capacity and 650,000 bld of water treatment capacity; reservoir pressure maintenance is ensured by water injection; Oil produced through ESP (Electrical Submersible Pumps) Artificial lift means. The project also includes an extended interconnecting network with temperature preservation. Multicultural environment: Contractors are anticipated to be located in various parts of the world. Ugandan rules and regulations, administrative requirements and technical authorizations as well as International codes for onshore plant will apply

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Control and supervise the contractors field engineering activities in compliance with the approved design, project requirements and applicable codes and standards.
• Provide technical support to the construction teams for engineering and pre-commissioning related topics to ensure that construction risks are well anticipated and reduced as much as possible.
• Regularly liaise with the Lead PVV-tanks-Structural Field Engineer to ensure proper supervision of field engineering activities on Site.
• Liaise with Engineering centres where appropriate.
• Coordinate the support of the engineers from the Engineering team, including coordinating for any support mission for supervision of some critical activities on Site.
• Ensure compliance of the Site modifications with the Project referential, requirements and applicable international standards and local regulations.
• Ensure site modifications are documented in accordance with Management of Change procedure
• Supervise and coordinate the proper implementation and resolution of the design change notices issued by the Contractor and Subcontractors
• Manage the Site technical queries, so to avoid stand-by and delays by prompt responses.
• Provide support to troubleshoot systems and resolve malfunctions of equipment on site
• Provide support and clarification to the commissioning team in the preparation of the commissioning activities
• Ensure that the quality is maintained and documented by the contractors
• Assess any requests by the contractor to deviate/change the approved design and make appropriate recommendation in liaison with the engineering centres
• Report on any problem encountered to the Engineering Manager. To prepare the regular reporting information
• Be vigilant on the safety aspects of the field engineering and report any anomalies noticed on site

Qualifications & Experience:

• Engineering degree or equivalent in Engineering discipline.
• Significant experience of more than 10 years in Oil & Gas Industry
• Construction site experience with Site / Commissioning experience
• Team coordination experience and good verbal and written communication skills.
• Understanding of oil and gas production equipment, processes, and utility systems
• Good interpersonal and organizational skills, as well as a good level of computer literacy and be proficient in Microsoft Office
• Must be able to work on their own initiative and proactively interact with discipline teams to obtain information.
• Must be able to react quickly and decisively to constantly changing demands and circumstances and be able to identify, analyze & solve problems within the scope of the role.
• Ability and willingness to effectively and robustly challenge the views of contractors and internal contacts.