Our client is a global multi-energy company operating large-scale refining and petrochemical facilities. It transforms crude oil into fuels and essential industrial products through highly integrated and technologically advanced operations. The organisation is recognized for its strong HSE culture, operational excellence, and commitment to reducing environmental impact. Joining the company means contributing to complex international projects within a high-performance industrial environment.
An onshore energy project in Iraq is implementing a fast-track gas treatment facility to valorize high-pressure associated gas that would otherwise be flared. The facility will handle significant gas volumes while supporting ongoing oil production operations.
The project requires on-site leadership for piping construction activities under challenging timelines, ensuring safety, quality, and operational efficiency.
• HSE activities:
- Support and enforce project guidelines, HSE objectives and global improvement (e.g. referential, Golden Rules, reporting, REX, audits, Maestro, trainings, HSE action plans…).
- Responsible for the respect of the HSE Rules and Company Specifications for his activity (also in term of QA & QC)
- Attend HSE meetings and training when necessary.
- Initiate and/or Participate in Job Safety Analysis, make suggestions, stop dangerous situations, and report anomalies and dangerous acts.
- Conduct toolbox talks and enforce safe work practices
• ASSET INTEGRITY:
- Contributes to the Ratawi Asset Integrity initiative by reporting any anomaly, defect, bad practice, lack of equipment, lack of competence that could result in a major HSE incident or loss of production.
• Daily Activities and missions:
- Lead and coordinate construction activities for piping, mechanical, civil, and E&I works for the Utilities area directly with Contractor team
- Follow up and ensure the selected Contractor’s to carry out works in their premises in prefabrication and under construction on the Sites
- Ensure adherence to project specifications, drawings, and quality standards.
- Lead Construction engineering review
- Prepare, Review and validate construction methods and work instructions closely with the construction contractor
- Ensure the proper execution of the works in compliance with safety and environmental protection procedures, technical specifications, budgets, and schedules,
- Check the procedures and task sheets of the Companies, participate, or control the risk analyses, help in the preparation / check the work permits,
- Resolve technical issues on-site in coordination with engineering teams.
- Manage subcontractors and ensure proper allocation of manpower and equipment.
- Optimize and follow up the work schedules, to do this check the good organization of the logistics and the Contractor's site Control material deliveries and verify conformity with project requirements
- Anticipate all potential problems, propose, if necessary, alternative "practical" solutions,
- Organise Pre-commissioning activities, formalize handover dossier to Field Operations, ensure that mark-up documentation is reflecting the site condition and forward those to Engineering.
- Monitor progress and report daily to the Construction Manager
- Maintain good relationships with contractors, displaying flexibility when needed while also enforcing necessary standards.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or construction field.
- 10 to 15 years of experience in the oil industry, with significant experience in Construction.
- Previous experience under SIMOPS works will be considered as a plus.
- Team player with ability to work collaboratively across complex project teams and interface between interdisciplinary departments and within an international team.
- Fluent in English, Arabic is a plus
Location: Basra, Iraq
Schedule: Rotational – 4 weeks on / 4 weeks off
Duration 6 months
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