Construction Spooling Engineer

Date: 30/09/2024
Place of work: Al Ruwais, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Job Title:

Construction Spooling Engineer

Reference:

PIR 442211310

 

Project

Hail & Ghasha, UAE

Job Location:

Ruwais, Abu Dhabi – UAE

Job type/Contract:

Contractual. Start on as soon as possible

Starting date

ASAP

Duration

24 months (Extendable)

Hours/rotation:

Rotation of 60 days on site and 10 days off (paid) & 2 days traveling (paid).

Salary range:

Excellent salary package with benefits.

Benefits:

Single Status.

Accommodation (Meals) provided by the company.

Transportation provided by the company.

Round trip ticket on each rotation (Economy class).

 

 

Job summary/Role description

  • To coordinate the piping spooling activities for the assigned projects, in close collaboration with the Layout & Piping Function, Construction Site Team, Construction Subcontractor, Fabrication Subcontractor and Spooling Service Subcontractor, if applicable.

 

 

Duties and responsibilities

  • Set up the Piping Spooling Work Procedure based on construction priorities and monitor the latter’s respect, coordinating the spooling activities of all the actors involved.
  • Participate in the qualification phase of Spooler Entity, filling in the section of the Technical Bid Evaluation Forms relevant to Spooling.
  • Verify that the setup of the spooling’s software includes formats, symbols, etc. in compliance with the Company requirements and, if necessary, interact with Layout & Piping and Engineering Processes Digitalization (EPD) Functions to address and collaborate to solve the critical issues.
  • Ensure the spooling document repository setup in the FTP/FTA and SharePoint areas at the beginning of the project in close coordination with the Document Controller and spooler entity coordinator.
  • Review, when required, the spool drawings to verify their compliance with the criteria and the rules defined in the Piping Spooling Work Procedure, in coordination with Layout & Piping, particularly for critical lines, sending them back to the spooler entity in case of comments.
  • Review and comment the Material List MTO by spools received from the spooler entity, and upload the MTO by spools in SPMat.
  • Verify that the Welding Map is properly loaded in the welding database (e.g. Milemate!), ensuring the most appropriate ratio between field and shop welding.
  • Verify that all the spooling and fabrication/erection data received by the spooler entity are in compliance with the requirements of the “Piping Spooling Data Exchange Specification” prepared by EPD.
  • In case the spooling entity is a third party, ensure that the Document Controller sends the “Isometric Spooled Drawings” and the “Spool Drawings” to the Fabrication Subcontractor and to the Construction Subcontractor for fabrication and erection activities.
  • Coordinate with the Construction Methods & Innovation Function on the preparation and update of the relevant procedures and work instruction on Piping Spooling, also supporting the collection of lessons learnt coming from Site.
  • When relocated at site, the Construction Spooling Engineer operatively reports to the Construction Manager.

Person Specification

Knowledge & Qualifications

  • A Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Experience

  • Minimum of 10 years work experience.
  • Significant experience in a similar position on EPC Oil & Gas projects/ Refinery.

Skills and Abilities

  • Excellent communications and interpersonal skills.

  • Attention to detail, management skills.

  • Team-oriented skills, self-motivation and direction, with strong bias toward timely performance and problem resolution.