McDermott International, Ltd

Principal Mechanical Engineer

London, England, GB

15 days ago
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Summary

Job Description

Job Overview:

Mechanical design and analysis of assigned deliverables in a McDermott project including specific deliverables such as reactors, pressure vessels, columns, cold boxes, main cryogenic heat exchangers, plate-fin exchangers, air coolers and shell and tube heat exchangers. The selected candidate will have the opportunity to work in a team setting within a dynamic and collaborative work environment.

Responsibilities

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

  • Work includes, conceptual studies, cost and planning studies, layouts, compiling equipment datasheet, design calculations, equipment specification development.
  • Developing requisitioning package in FEED/EPC phase, development of technical bid analysis and reviewing / supervising vendor packages for equipment and mechanical systems.
  • Effectively analyses, organises, and executes work to successful completion.
  • Uses sound judgement and is adept at problem solving.
  • Coordinates Design Engineering activities with other engineering disciplines, client, third party and suppliers.
  • Conducts reviews of supplier documentation/deliverables including drawings and calculations.
  • Participates/ organises technical discussions with interested parties (client, suppliers, engineering disciplines, inspection authorities, etc).

Reports to:

Project: Lead Engineer, Project Engineering Manager or Project Manager

Functional: Supervising Department Manager

Liaises With: All Engineering disciplines, Safety Department, Project Management Team, Document Control, Project Planner,

Project Cost Controller, QC and Certification Group, Procurement Group, Subcontractors, Vendors, and Customers

Supervises: Senior Mechanical Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, and Associated Engineers

Qualifications

Essential Qualifications and Education:

  • Minimum 15-20 years’ experience in Mechanical Engineering (Static bias) in oil, gas and/or petrochemical projects.
  • Bachelors’ Degree / Diploma / Technology in Mechanical Engineering.
  • Registered member or CEng status of IMechE.
  • Working knowledge of Pressure Vessel design software
  • Strong knowledge and understanding of design codes used in Pressure Vessel Design, such as ASME Section VIII Div1 & 2 codes, API 650/620, API 579.
  • Working knowledge of HTRI program to design/rate / selection of heat exchanger and air coolers serves as an advantage.
  • Working knowledge of TEMA and relevant API standards serves as an advantage
  • Strong knowledge and experience as Static Equipment Specialist for refining and/or petrochemical end-user or EPFC Contractor
  • Experience with LNG projects, specifically in cold box and MCHE
  • Experience in preparation of inquiry packages, evaluating of quotes, bid tabulation, and the recommendation of supplier selection for static equipment
  • Understands how Static Equipment Engineers work within a mechanical engineering department, as well as within a project team
  • Understands, exemplifies, and communicates the core values of safety, ethics, teamwork and innovation
  • Very good written and verbal communications skills
  • Interacts with others in a professional manner, promoting cooperation and teamwork
  • Is professional, courteous, and helpful while displaying confidence
  • Good time management skills

About Us

Our ingenuity fuels daily life. Together, we’ve forged some of the most trusted partnerships across the energy value chain to make what was once just an idea a reality: laying subsea infrastructure thousands of feet below sea level, installing platforms hundreds of miles from shore, using our expertise to design and build offshore wind infrastructure, and reshaping the onshore landscape to deliver the energy products the world needs safely and sustainably.

For more than 100 years, we've been making the impossible possible. Today, we're driving the energy transition with more than 30,000 of the brightest minds across 54 countries.

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