KBR

Engineering and technology solutions for government

Lead Mechanical Engineer

Mechanical Maintenance and Reliability EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeIraqNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

More than 10 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, preferably with international oil companies in a direct or contract role.
A technical degree in Mechanical Engineering or an allied engineering subject.
Experience in a previous asset engineering or operations support engineering role.
Practical exposure to production facilities.
Excellent communication, interpersonal, and coaching skills.
Strong bias for being proactive and achieving results.
Excellent information technology skills, including office suite, document management, computerized maintenance management systems, and change management applications.
Skill in behavior change management.
Ability to contribute to a respectful environment in which team members are motivated to improve individual and team contributions.

Responsibilities

Deliver day-to-day Mechanical Engineering support for site operations.
Deliver safe and effective operations by managing risks, addressing queries, and carrying out minor modifications.
Collaborate with the Central Engineering team to identify and define engineering solutions that reduce risk and grow installed production capacity.
Promote a culture of open safety reporting and continuous improvement.
Provide immediate frontline support to Operations and Maintenance teams to resolve minor issues and escalate more significant issues to the Central Engineering Team.
Ensure asset Mechanical Engineering risks, including static and rotating equipment risks, are understood, controlled, managed, and reduced.
Participate in asset and project risk assessments.
Contribute to anomaly assessment and resolution plans.
Monitor condition-monitoring data and the health of static and rotating equipment and associated operating envelopes, recording and investigating all Safe Operating Limit excursions.
Monitor static and rotating equipment key performance indicators and initiate corrective actions as necessary.
Provide Mechanical support to technical Management of Change activities and Engineering Queries.
Act as the technical interface with the Projects and Modifications organisation, including developing Statements of Requirements, Project Initiation Requests, and Decision Support Packages.
Support delivery of Production Efficiency Improvement and Defect Elimination processes, including simple investigations for deferrals and vulnerabilities.
Identify production vulnerabilities and optimization opportunities to support production forecasts and grow installed production capacity.
Perform follow-up actions and observations from self-verification checks related to Mechanical Engineering.
Participate in Start Up Readiness and Assurance Reviews.
Coach junior engineers.

Desired Qualifications

Professional (Chartered) Engineer status is preferred.
Certified Professional Engineer qualification is preferred.

Title:

Lead Mechanical Engineer

EFLD35 - Principal Technical Professional - Field Engineering

KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) 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 capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets.

Responsibilities:

• Day to day delivery of Mechanical Engineering support for site operations.

• Deliver safe and effective operations by managing risks, addressing queries and minor modifications activities.

• Collaborates with Central Engineering team to identify and define engineering solutions to reduce risk and grow installed production capacity.

• Promotes a culture of open safety reporting and continuous improvement.

• Provides immediate front line support for Operations and Maintenance teams to resolve minor issues and escalate more significant issues to the Central Engineering Team.

• Ensures asset Mechanical Engineering risks (both static and rotating) are understood, controlled, managed and reduced.

• Participates in a variety of asset and project risk assessments

• Input into anomaly assessment and resolution plans.

• Monitors condition monitoring data and health of static and rotating equipment and associated operating envelopes, recording and investigating all Safe Operating Limit excursions.

• Monitors static/rotating equipment KPIs and initiates corrective actions as necessary.

• Provides Mechanical support to technical MoCs and Engineering Queries

• Acts as technical interface with Projects and Modifications organisation, including development of Statement of Requirements (SOR) and Project Initiation Requests (PIRs) and Decision Support Packages (DSP)

• Supports delivery of Production Efficiency Improvement and Defect Elimination processes (including simple investigations for deferrals and vulnerabilities)

• Identifies production vulnerabilities and optimization opportunities to support production forecast and grow IPC.

• Performs follow-up actions and observations from self-verification checks that are related to Mechanical Engineering

• Participates in Start Up Readiness and Assurance Reviews

• Provides coaching to junior engineers.

Experience, Qualifications & Key Skills

• Above 10 Years experience in O&G industry (Preferable with IOC’s direct or contract)

• Professional (Chartered) Engineer Preferred

• Technical degree in Mechanical Engineering or allied engineering subject.

• Experience in previous asset engineering / operations support engineering role

• Practical exposure to production facilities

• Excellent communication, interpersonal and coaching skills

• Strong bias for being proactive and getting results

• Excellent IT skills – Office suite, document management, applications for CMMS and Change Management.

• Contribute to an environment in which all team members are respected regardless of their individual differences and are motivated to improve both their individual and team contributions to achieve desired business results

• Skilled in behavior change management

Preferred Qualifications:

Certified Professional Engineer

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About the Company

KBR

Engineering and technology solutions for government

KBR provides science, technology, and engineering solutions to government and commercial clients in aerospace, defense, intelligence, and energy. It has two segments: Government Solutions for defense, space, and mission support for agencies like DoD and NASA; Sustainable Technology Solutions offering technologies, equipment, and catalysts for ammonia, olefins, and other chemicals to improve sustainability. It earns revenue from long-term contracts, often cost-reimbursable or fixed-price, delivering integrated services and technologies on large projects. Its focus on government contracting combined with in-house technology and equipment enables end-to-end solutions for mission-critical and energy programs, with a goal of reliable, cost-effective engineering and sustainable industrial processes.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Houston, TX
Founded: 1919

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