Senior Systems Engineer at GE Oil & Gas - Lagos

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GE Oil & Gas is recruting for the position of:

Job Title: Senior Systems Engineer
Job Number: 1946532

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Role Summary/Purpose:
The Subsea Lead Systems Engineer has local Engineering Management responsibility for the Execution Phase of an Engineering/Procurement/Construction Subsea Project. Reporting directly to the EPC Project Engineering Manager, this is a senior level role working in a high profile function of GE Oil & Gas.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Delivery of all engineering and technical aspects of an EPC project
• Manages the overall Project Engineering budget and schedule
• Development and implementation of the Project Engineering Execution Plan
• Responsibility for system definition, field layout and flow assurance
• Ensures all System Interfaces are professionally managed
• Manages system verification and validation including System Integration Testing and Technical Assurance
• Project Technical Risk Management
• Ensures diligent control of the Technical Change process
• Provides regular reporting of Project Engineering status to the Project team, to the client, and to other stakeholders
• Delivers professional handover of all engineering aspects to the Services Organisation

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or business is preferred
• Chartered Engineer or PE certification is preferred
• Project Management/Engineering Management experience of Subsea project execution
• Domain expertise across at least 2 of the following (one at ‘expert’ level): Hydro-mechanical, Electrical & power, Software/Electronic, Marine/Structural
• Practical knowledge of at least 3 aspects of the Subsea Systems Engineering Lifecycle: NPI, Tender development, Project Engineering, SIT, commissioning, and operations
• Technical expertise across at least 2 of the following product lines (one at ‘expert’ level): Trees, PCS, Manifolds, Well Control & Intervention, Subsea Power & Processing.

Additional Eligibility Qualifications:
Desired Characteristics:

• Masters or Bachelor degree in Engineering or science based discipline
• Ability to create and lead multi-disciplined, geographically dispersed teams
• Strong inter-personal and communication skills
• Ability to synthesize information, identify problems, establish facts and deduce solutions
• Excellent report writing and presentation skills
• Prior mechanical / electrical systems design, operation and modeling experience
• Prior experience with GE documentation system, practices and requirements (GE employees only)
• Ability to sort through information and make timely and sound decisions
• Six Sigma training is preferred
• Ability to consistently produce high quality work in a production environment
• Able to prioritize work, and communicate openly in stressful situations
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills

Application Closing Date
15th May, 2014

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