The Senior Telecom Engineer is responsible for improving the Telecommunications discipline within McDermott, solving complex problems, and sharing expertise with colleagues. They will work with the Telecommunications team and other related teams to ensure compliance with guidelines and policies.
Requirements
- Perform conceptual, FEED, studies and detailed analyses and design as per design basis, project specifications, design codes, and standards related to Telecom systems
- Apply knowledge and skills to a wide range of standard and non-standard 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
- 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
- Interface with all disciplines to develop clash free designs
- Document substantive communications (communications that result in significant decisions or assignment of actions) and forward copies to the Discipline Lead Engineer and Discipline Manager
- Assist in the preparation of estimates for bid proposals, including technical query reviews, execution statements and manhour estimates
- Raise technical queries to obtain missing information, clarify work scope, and to maintain preferred McDermott 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 Telecom 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
- Check engineering performed by others within the Discipline
- Review vendor and subcontractor submittals, checking for compliance with project specifications and providing comments as necessary
- Perform design verification through single-discipline check/inter-discipline check (IDC)
- Provide technical support to all fabrication queries, including identifying defects/rectification requirements
- Keep the Lead Engineer apprised of all activities and concerns, technical, budgetary and manpower related
- Assist in providing inputs for actual, planning, and forecasting progress reports including associated productivity
- Check final subcontractor and vendor data manuals to ensure that all requested data has been received and approved
- Participate in internal, Customer, and third-party technical audits on engineering deliverables and vendor documents
- Assist Lead Engineer with responses to Customer and other agencies (such as certifying authorities, auditors, third parties, etc.) on their review and approval
- Capture lessons learned and enter into MDR's Lessons Learned system
- Act as a resource for colleagues with less experience
- Guide less experienced engineers on MDR and Discipline procedures, standards, worksheets, design calculations, software, requisitions, technical bid evaluations, technical queries, etc.
- Be aware of costs related to own work and of the discipline
- Prepare/review Telecom systems definition, including philosophy, specifications, safety drawings, and system architecture
- Prepare/review FDS&GDS logic (as applicable)/cause & effect diagrams (in cooperation with Instrumentation Engineering)
- Prepare/update/review specifications and data sheets for Telecom equipment
- Prepare/review Telecom equipment spare parts lists
- Prepare/review inputs to P&ID (HSE Process Part especially) development and markups based on receipt of vendor information, Review Telecom equipment testing procedures
- Attend Telecom equipment FAT’s, as required
- Assist in close out of HAZOP action items if applicable
- Gain deep knowledge of Telecom related systems (FDS, GDS, CCTV, TEL/LAN, Radio Systems (RS), Intercom Systems (IS), Public Address General Alarm Systems (PA-GA), Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) and/or Access Control Systems (ACS), etc.)
Benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 401k Matching
- Retirement Plan
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Life Insurance
