Senior Project Engineer

Belong, Connect, Grow, with KBR ! The KBR team of teams delivers future-forward science, technology and engineering solutions and mission-critical services that help governments and companies around the world accomplish their most important objectives, while also helping achieve their sustainability goals. KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design and engineering capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets." Job Description-Senior Project Engineer Title: Senior Project Engineer Company: KBR Corporate – Inhouse Engineering Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE — KBR Office Job Purpose Support the safe, efficient and high-quality delivery of Pre-FEED, FEED, Detailed Design and EPCM projects in the oil and gas sector, working as a key project engineering interface across disciplines and functions. Coordinate multi-disciplinary engineering efforts to ensure safe, reliable, and cost-effective project execution. Support the Project Manager and Project Engineering Manager in driving technical integration, engineering governance, delivery performance and timely resolution of project issues. Promote strong engineering, safety, risk management and execution practices throughout the project lifecycle. Key Responsibilities Coordinate FEED/Detail engineering activities across disciplines (process, mechanical, piping, civil, structural, electrical, instrumentation) to deliver in-scope packages. Act as a key interface between project management, engineering disciplines, project controls, procurement, construction, commissioning, vendors and the customer Review and approve design bases, drawings, specifications, datasheets, and technical queries. Support development and maintenance of project execution plans, engineering schedules, deliverable registers, resource plans, action trackers, interface registers and project reporting. Monitor engineering progress, schedule performance, resource usage and emerging scope issues; identify risks and support timely recovery and mitigation actions. Coordinate technical reviews and ensure interdisciplinary inputs, comments and actions are resolved and closed in accordance with project requirements. Support management of engineering change, scope growth and technical queries, ensuring appropriate assessment, documentation and escalation. Coordinate and participate in key design and assurance reviews including HAZID, HAZOP, SIL, Constructability and Value Engineering workshops, as applicable. Ensure project engineering activities comply with applicable codes, standards, project procedures, customer requirements, QA/QC processes and HSE expectations. Support review and coordination of drawings, datasheets, specifications, models, calculations and other engineering deliverables to maintain technical integrity and interface alignment. Coordinate vendor and supplier technical interfaces and support procurement activities, technical bid evaluations, vendor documentation and resolution of technical queries. Support construction, commissioning, start-up and close-out activities, including technical issue resolution, as-built documentation and handover requirements. Prepare and contribute to project progress reports, dashboards, risk reviews, forecasts and management presentations. Maintain effective communication with customers and internal stakeholders, proactively driving actions to closure and escalating constraints where required. Support proposal development, engineering estimates, execution planning and technical presentations during bid and tender activities. Promote continuous improvement, standardisation, lessons learned, innovation and appropriate use of digital engineering and project delivery tools Experience 15+ years of experience in the oil and gas industry, with substantial experience supporting FEED, Detailed Design and/or EPCM project delivery. Demonstrated experience in a Senior Project Engineer, Project Engineer, Lead Engineer or comparable multidisciplinary project delivery role. Experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams and interfaces on major capital projects. Experience on upstream and/or downstream oil and gas facilities, including engineering and project delivery across multiple disciplines. Proven experience with brownfield projects in live operating facilities, including tie-ins, shutdown scopes, debottlenecking, revamp and production enhancement work, is strongly preferred. Experience supporting projects for Middle East operators, particularly within UAE, Iraq and Oman, is strongly preferred. Experience delivering projects for ADNOC Group companies is highly desirable. Previous experience with a major EPC/EPCM contractor delivering oil and gas projects is stro