Engineering Lead – QFAB
Location: Qatar (fabrication yard / offshore project support)
Contract Type: Project-based / Fixed-term
Work Pattern: Site-based (yard and commissioning environment)
Overview
An opportunity is available for an experienced Yard Engineering Lead to support large-scale offshore topsides fabrication and commissioning activities. The role provides critical engineering oversight within a fabrication yard environment, ensuring seamless transition from detailed engineering into construction, pre-commissioning, and final handover.
You will act as the key technical interface between engineering teams and site execution, ensuring compliance with project specifications, engineering standards, and international codes.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide on-site engineering support during fabrication, construction, and commissioning activities
- Review contractor engineering queries, redline mark-ups, and as-built documentation
- Act as the engineering interface between fabrication yard and design engineering teams
- Resolve technical engineering issues across multiple disciplines during site execution
- Ensure timely delivery of engineering inputs to support construction and commissioning progress
- Participate in design and technical workshops and ensure follow-up actions are closed
- Support implementation of lessons learned, value engineering, and safety reviews
- Coordinate with subject matter experts to validate technical deviations where required
- Ensure management of change procedures are followed for any site-driven design changes
- Attend factory and site acceptance testing and support commissioning activities
- Support preparation and coordination of procedures for equipment handover to operations
- Monitor engineering deliverables to ensure alignment with site execution requirements
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent
- Minimum 8 years’ experience in engineering roles within large oil and gas projects
- Strong understanding of offshore topsides, fabrication yard operations, and construction execution
- Knowledge of engineering standards, design codes, specifications, and safety requirements
- Experience across multiple disciplines such as mechanical, piping, structural, electrical, instrumentation, or telecoms
- Strong coordination experience between engineering and site execution teams
- Ability to work in multicultural, multidisciplinary project environments
- Strong communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills
- Excellent written and spoken English
Additional Information
- This role is heavily site-focused within a live fabrication and commissioning environment
- Requires frequent interface between engineering office and yard execution teams
- Strong focus on safety, technical compliance, and delivery assurance is essential
- Candidates must be comfortable working in complex offshore project environments