UTILITIES ENGINEER / SPECIALIST - OSBL
Project: Major Petrochemicals Project - Ethylene Unit
Position Type: Project-Based Role - Utilities / OSBL
Location: Project Site Offices - Middle East Region
Reporting To: OSBL Superintendent
Role Context: Member of the Project Management Team (PMT)
Role Summary:
Serve as a Process/Facilities Engineer supporting the Utilities Operations team from early pre-commissioning through mechanical completion. This role is critical to ensuring a safe, efficient, and on-time startup of utility systems and a smooth transition to stable plant operations.
Project Objective:
Achieve safe, on-schedule, and on-budget startup of new utility systems that meet performance targets, deliver on-spec products, and reach design operating rates-meeting or exceeding financial and operational expectations established during project approval.
Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) Goals:
Applies to all phases of the project:
- Zero injuries
- Zero vehicle-related incidents
- Zero property damage
- Zero reportable environmental events during construction and startup
Key Responsibilities:
Commissioning & Handover Support:
- Collaborate with engineering and construction teams to resolve field issues during commissioning.
- Lead and support system handover efforts for both process and non-process systems, including:
- Telecommunications
- Substations / Remote Instrument Enclosures / Analyzer Houses
- Fire & Gas Systems, Public Address and General Alarm (PAGA), Emergency Alert Systems (EAS)
- Distributed Control Systems (DCS) / Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS)
- Lead Process Safety Startup Reviews (PSSRs) for more than 130 utility systems.
- Support additional scope nearing mechanical completion to manage PSSR workload.
- Provide practical, field-based solutions during early utilities commissioning and operations, including managing MOCs (Management of Change) and temporary installations.
Project Interface & Continuity:
- Ensure smooth transition from project phase to commissioning and operations.
- Interface with contractor engineering, construction, and operations support teams.
- Review and validate system turnover packages for startup readiness.
- Assist with development, tracking, and reporting of commissioning milestones.
- Participate in pre-commissioning and commissioning coordination meetings.
Safety & Compliance:
- Promote and uphold key safety principles and expectations, including:
- Life-Saving Rules
- Operational Discipline
- Stop Work Authority
- Incident reporting and root cause investigations
- Environmental regulatory compliance
- Execute MOC and PSSR processes in line with company standards.
- Validate all safety and environmental systems before plant startup.
Operational & Fiscal Responsibilities:
Fiscal Responsibility:
- Ensure adequate resource planning for commissioning and startup.
- Participate in the transition of Care, Custody, and Control, including EHS responsibilities.
- Integrate SIMOPs (Simultaneous Operations) planning with commissioning.
- Lead electrical and systems energization planning.
Operational Excellence:
- Implement HSE initiatives throughout the commissioning lifecycle.
- Ensure alignment of operations and maintenance deliverables with corporate and project standards.
- Manage adherence to project procedures, PSM (Process Safety Management), and OE (Operational Excellence) frameworks.
- Apply lessons learned from prior similar projects.
Construction, Commissioning & Startup Phase:
- Develop strategies and procedures for utilities commissioning and startup.
- Coordinate vendor support needs with construction and operations leadership.
- Manage manpower planning for commissioning and startup.
- Monitor progress and report status to leadership.
- Support a safe system and plant startup and post-startup stabilization.
- Troubleshoot system issues and drive optimization.
- Ensure environmental requirements are met during commissioning and early operations.
Quality Targets:
Ensure all systems and units are commissioned safely, meet performance specifications, achieve design throughput, and are completed within schedule.
Post-Startup Support:
- Participate in lessons learned reviews.
- Support performance testing and third-party verification, including tests required for financial or lender approvals.
Teamwork & Culture:
- Encourage a culture that values individual contributions and team collaboration.
- Promote respect, inclusion, accountability, and open communication.
- Support a tolerant and professional workplace environment.
Required Experience & Attributes:
- Minimum 5 years of relevant industry experience.
- Self-motivated and proactive with a solutions-focused mindset.
- Capable of handling complex workloads in a fast-paced, safety- and schedule-driven project environment.