Location: UAE
Industry: Offshore Oil & Gas
Employment Type: Full-time
Seniority: Lead / Senior Specialist
About the Role
We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Weight Control Engineer to support major offshore Oil & Gas projects in the UAE.
The role requires a senior specialist with extensive experience in Weight Control Reporting, weight growth management, weight forecasting and Centre of Gravity (CoG) assessment across the full project lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and implement project Weight Control Procedures and Weight Breakdown Structures.
- Establish weight contingency philosophies and monitor weight growth, budgets and forecasts throughout project phases.
- Develop and maintain Weight Control Reports covering Concept, EPC, Loadout, Transportation, Lifting and Operating phases.
- Coordinate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to collect, review and validate weight and CoG data.
- Review MTOs, vendor data, engineering deliverables and design changes for weight impact.
- Evaluate CoG requirements and envelopes for lifting, transportation, installation and sensitive structures.
- Assess weight impacts associated with TQs, SQs and Management of Change (MOC).
- Support weight optimization initiatives and identify weight-limiting scenarios and NTE values.
- Prepare weight status, growth, forecast and weight control reports for project stakeholders.
- Coordinate with clients, PMC, Marine Warranty Surveyors, certifying authorities, contractors and vendors on weight-related requirements.
- Develop and maintain project weight databases and reporting systems.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil/Structural Engineering or Mechanical Engineering.
- 15+ years of experience in Offshore Oil & Gas projects (20+ years preferred)
- Minimum 10 years of dedicated Weight Control Reporting experience.
- Proven experience with fixed offshore platform jackets and topsides.
- Experience managing weight budgets and weight growth on major offshore projects.
- Experience with Brownfield projects.
- Exposure to offshore bridges, flare structures and modules.
- Strong understanding of lifting, transportation and installation requirements.
- Strong multidisciplinary coordination and client/interface management experience.
- Experience working with Oil & Gas Companies within GCC, GCC weight reporting practices is highly desirable.
Software
- MS Excel
- Power BI
- Navisworks
- SACS
- MS Access
If you are a senior Offshore Oil & Gas Weight Control specialist with extensive experience delivering weight control and reporting across major projects, we invite you to apply with your updated CV!
