Section Manager - Mechanical

Section Manager - Mechanical

Aibel is a leading service company within the oil, gas and offshore wind industries. We provide our customers with optimal and innovative solutions within engineering, construction, modifications and maintenance throughout a project’s entire life cycle. Aibel's 4000 skilled employees are located close to our customers at the company’s offices in Norway and South East Asia. In addition, we operate two modern yards in Haugesund and in Thailand, with complete prefabrication and construction capabilities.
Job responsibilities:
1. DISCIPLINE MANAGEMENT

• Report to Engineering Manager and participate in Engineering Management meetings
• Execute and co-ordinate all activities under the job holder’s responsibility
• QHSE: Ensure compliance to QHSE requirements (maintain a positive and safe work environment), and support improvements in QHSE
• Compliance: Understand and comply with internal control procedures, and support improvements in discipline work processes and procedures
• Code-of-Conduct: Comply without fail with Company code of conduct and ensure ethical behaviour at all times. Unethical behaviour shall not be tolerated
• Quality: Ensure that the quality of the work performed meets or exceeds client specifications and promotes Company's technical standing towards securing more work
• Improvement & Development: Drive continuous self-learning to increase technical competence, and experience transfer including input to lessons learnt activities, training of junior engineers and peers, improvements in cost and schedule on projects
• Support bid activity for prospects (manhour estimation, scope preparation, inputs to bid documents, etc.)
• Operate with High Competency Levels e.g., communicate effectively at all levels, teamwork, analytical and critical thinking, resourcefulness.

2.RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

• Deliver required resources and services to projects and tenders
• Provide input to performance appraisals for employees under job holder’s supervision
• Supervise and lead less experienced engineers; identify and develop talent within the discipline, preparing them for greater responsibilities
• Define and maintain Job Descriptions for the discipline (all staff categories)
• Conduct recruitment of new staff, including:
  • Defining roles/positions to be filled (via ERF)
  • Review and shortlist of potential candidates
  • Conduct interviews and shortlist for hiring (via IAF)
  • Induct new staff into the discipline
• Perform knowledge management activities, including:
  • Organizing and Maintaining Discipline Folder/Repositories/Libraries
  • Gather and curate project experience
  • Facilitate knowledge flow within the discipline (seniors teaching, juniors asking)
  • Encourage strong analytical or critical thinking
  • Conduct/facilitate training in areas of competence (technical) and competency (behavioural)
• Set performance goals, conduct performance appraisal, provide feedback, coach and support staff development
• Administrative: approvals of timesheets, claims, leave applications, etc.

3. OTHERS ROLES

• Package Engineer on Projects
• Discipline Team Lead (Mechanical) on Projects
• Engineering Manager

Work experience requirements:

• >20years experience in Rotating Equipment/Packages in the oil, gas, or petrochemical (OGP) industry, with the bulk of that experience in the Offshore OGP sector.
• Has Mechanical Package Engineering experience as described in one of the following Job Descriptions
  • Lead Rotating Engineer
  • Lead Static Equipment Engineer
  • Lead Mechanical Package Engineer
• Understands functional requirements of other disciplines/departments, and able to promote multi-disciplinary collaboration.
• Experience in one or more of the following would be an advantage:
  • Has performed Resource Management function in previous positions
  • Articulate and implement human-resource, project management and/or knowledge management concepts on the ground to realize benefits and improvements
  • Has broad network in industry
• Highly conversant with oil & gas industry standards such as API, ISO, NORSOK, etc.

Qualifications:

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering or equivalent

Other skills:

• Good oral and written communication skills in English
• Effective organizational skills
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills; demonstrate effective application of existing ideas/concepts, mental models, systems, and processes, and ability to integrate them to create new ones.

In addition, the Job Holder will have the following job specific requirements:

• Strong leadership skills, good communicator, dependable and resourceful
• High competency levels for collaborative work, in a manner that increases the efforts of others, in a multi-cultural environment
• Has strong emotional quotient

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Other information:
Work location: Singapore
Application deadline: 28 June 2024

Department: Vestre Svanholmen 14, 4313 Sandnes

Location: Singapore

Application deadline: 28 Jun 2024