Lead HVAC Engineer

Lead HVAC Engineer Location: Chengdu, China Perform daily monitoring of HVAC engineering activities to ensure full compliance with TotalEnergies HSE policies, project specifications, schedules, and applicable standards. Actively promote a strong HSE culture within the HVAC team and among Contractors during engineering, site, and commissioning activities. Participate in daily safety briefings, toolbox talks, and HSE coordination meetings with Engineering, Construction, and Commissioning teams. Ensure that HVAC engineering solutions fully incorporate HSE requirements, including functional safety, alarm management, and safe?by?design principles. Review, track, and close actions arising from HSE studies and reviews such as HAZOP, HAZID, SIL, CHAZOP, constructability, and operational safety reviews. Review and respond to HVAC technical queries, engineering clarifications, and deviation requests from EPC Contractors, Vendors, and Consultants, ensuring HSE compliance is maintained at all times. Coordinate with Package Engineering Coordinators and other disciplines to manage HVAC technical interfaces and resolve technical or safety?related impacts. Review HVAC design documents, calculations, layouts, and system architectures to ensure compliance with approved HSE requirements and project standards. Monitor HVAC engineering progress against agreed execution plans, identify technical, schedule, and HSE risks, and define corrective actions. Participate in daily and weekly coordination meetings to address HVAC technical, safety, and progress matters. Provide day?to?day HVAC engineering support to Site and Construction teams, ensuring activities are executed safely and in accordance with approved method statements and risk assessments. Review shop drawings, installation methodologies, and site change requests related to HVAC and telecom systems, with a focus on safety, operability, and maintainability. Participate in site walkdowns and inspections to verify HVAC installation compliance with approved designs and specifications requirements. Support Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT), Site Acceptance Tests (SAT), loop checks, and system integration tests for HVAC systems, ensuring compliance with HSE and functional safety requirements. Participate in pre?commissioning, commissioning, and start?up activities, including Cause & Effect testing, alarm validation, and functional safety verification for HVAC . Coordinate with Operations, Commissioning, and Maintenance teams to ensure safe handover of HVAC and readiness for operations. Ensure compliance with Permit to Work (PTW), SIMOPS requirements, and other applicable HSE controls during site and commissioning activities involving HVAC . Assist in daily and weekly planning of HVAC engineering and site activities, ensuring risks are identified, assessed, and mitigated in advance. Contribute to engineering progress reporting by highlighting HVAC status, safety concerns, technical risks, and mitigation actions. Monitor HVAC discipline maturity and readiness in preparation for upcoming engineering gates, audits, and project reviews. Support assessment of HVAC scope changes and ensure no adverse impact on safety, regulatory compliance, or operational integrity. Coordinate daily workload within the HVAC team, ensuring adequate competency coverage and escalating technical, or resource concerns to the Technical Manager. Strictly comply with, enforce, and promote all applicable TotalEnergies procedures, instructions, and rules at all times.