Senior Mechanical Engineer

Job Overview:

The Senior Special/Package Equipment Mechanical Engineer uses best practices and knowledge of internal or external issues to improve the mechanical discipline within McDermott. They will act as a resource for colleagues with less experience and share their conceptual and practical expertise related to the mechanical discipline. The Senior Special/Package Equipment Mechanical Engineer solves complex problems and uses their discipline‑specific knowledge to improve their products or services.

The Senior Special/Package Equipment Mechanical Engineer impacts a range of customer, operational, project, or service activities with the mechanical team and other related teams and ensures that they are working within the appropriate guidelines and policies.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering (Master’s Degree is preferred)
• 8‑15 years of experience in oil and gas with major contractors or consultants predominately performing detailed design of offshore facilities
• Preferably Registered Professional or Chartered Engineer or member of professional engineering society
• Preferably Registered Professional Engineer or member of a professional engineering society
• Good English in writing/speaking (B2 Level minimum)
• Quality‑oriented and schedule‑conscious
• Serves as a technical reference and/or source of reliable information for the discipline
• Leadership skills and willingness to coordinate some discipline tasks
• Make recommendations to improve the work process
• Give support to construction, when necessary, from the office or at the site

• Perform conceptual, FEED, Studies, and detailed analyses and design as per design basis, project specifications, design codes, and standards
• Apply knowledge and skills to a wide range of standard and nonstandard situations
• Prepare clear and accurate detailed design calculations and analyses including design reports and procedures
• Manage own time to meet agreed deadlines and budgets and develop plans for short‑term work activities in own area
• Focus on completing work within budgets
• Delegate lead over the discipline project team when necessary
• Clearly communicate and explain complex issues and work to establish understanding
• Be fully familiar with the project scope of work, specifications, schedule, and all inter‑discipline requirements; including identifying concerns as early as practicable and taking appropriate initiatives to address the issues
• Identify changes to scope and promptly raise change notifications, including providing any necessary supporting documentation and estimates
• Provide similar support for Variation Orders
• Interface with all disciplines to develop clash‑free designs
• Interface with other departments to obtain input for Discipline designs and drawings
• Maintain close coordination with other engineering disciplines, Planning, Fabrication, Marine, and Project Management Team, as required
• Document substantive communications (communications that result in significant decisions or assignment of actions) and forward copies to Discipline Lead Engineer and Discipline Manager
• Assist in the preparation of estimates for bid proposals, including technical query reviews, execution statements, and workhour estimates
• Raise technical queries to obtain missing information, clarify work scope, and maintain client‑preferred procedures, specifications, standards, practices, and operational requirements
• Prepare Discipline engineering design basis, philosophies, and technical specifications, as required
• Participate in finalizing deliverables lists and deliverables, ensuring compliance with specifications and functional integrity
• Attend project review meetings, vendor meetings, engineering meetings, and offshore site surveys, as required
• Provide technical direction and review of Designers producing products related to Mechanical Engineering
• Prepare and review design reports and procedures
• Assist in providing necessary design inputs to other disciplines to enable them to proceed with their deliverables
• Assist procurement personnel in procuring Discipline equipment, materials, and services; ensuring that work produced complies with…