Senior Manager Instrumentation & Controls Eng

Job Overview

The Senior Manager Instrumentation Eng is tasked with developing departmental plans, including business, production, and organizational priorities. The role requires multi-disciplinary expertise and an understanding of the industry to achieve financial and operational objectives. The Senior Manager Instrumentation Eng manages multiple related teams, sets organizational priorities, and allocates the appropriate resources.

They must identify and resolve complex technical, operational, and organizational problems. The Senior Manager Instrumentation Eng directly impacts business results by supporting and managing function-specific projects, products, services, and technologies, and developing policies and plans.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• Manage multiple related teams, set organizational priorities, and allocate resources.
• Provide leadership to managers and professional staff.
• Hold accountability for the performance and results of multiple related teams.
• Develop departmental plans, including business, production, and/or organizational priorities.
• Ensure decisions are guided by resource availability and functional objectives.
• Assign staffing for the departmental positions on projects and proposals.
• Take responsibility for the administrative and technical management of the Automation, Instrumentation, and Telecom Engineering & Design Department.
• Identifies performance gaps and corrects, including systems, equipment, and people resources.
• Provide leadership and instruction to their employees.
• Ensures work is being coordinated between the other disciplines, offices, fabrication, and construction to meet project requirements.
• Manage the technical execution to support the business considerations established for the project.
• Hold responsibility for the administration and technical management of the department.
• Execute annual appraisals of the employees.
• Execute performance appraisals of agency personnel.
• Collect/identify training requests/needs, review for justification, and facilitate implementation.
• Provide regular performance feedback to the employees in the department.
• Implement communication plan.
• Support recruitment activities for their department.
• Assure good team spirit in the department.
• Identify high potentials and support the effort of providing them with suitable career opportunities.
• Propose salary increases upon request of company management.
• Support the execution plan preparation of every project.
• Assign resources to projects and proposals.
• Stay up-to-date with the status of all projects through the Lead Engineer.
• Ensure execution of PEA reviews and IDRs on projects.
• Resolve findings and corrective actions as required.
• Lead improvement initiatives within the department.
• Support proposals as required.
• Prepare or approve work-hours estimates.
• Ensure the MPS system is kept up to date.
• Establish a budget and salary plan for the department.
• Identify and recruit staff for departmental positions.
• Maintain staffing levels appropriate to the projected workload.
• Provide leadership and training for the professional development of staff.
• Responsible for the integrity of the work produced.
• Own and lead the implementation, enforcement, and verification of compliance with all McDermott policies and procedures.
• Ensure employees understand their responsibility and authority to effectively implement the requirements of all McDermott policies and procedures.
• Ensure the timely completion of all mandatory training by themselves and their teams.
• Reports to: Director of Engineering (Functional)
• Liaise with: Project Engineers, Project Engineering Managers, Project Managers, Discipline Lead Engineers, Eng Dept Managers, Construction/Fabrication team, Project Controls, Finance, Proposals
• Supervises: All discipline Managers, Engineers, Designers, and support personnel within the department
• Essential Qualifications and Education
• Minimum 20 years of Leadership and/or Management experience.
• Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree in Engineering.
• Requires multi-disciplinary expertise within one's own discipline and knowledge of others.
• Understanding of the industry to achieve financial and operational objectives.
• Executes annual appraisals of the employees.
• Executes performance appraisals of agency personnel.
• Collects/identifies training requests/needs, reviews for justification, and facilitates implementation.
• Provides regular performance feedback to the employees in the department.
• Implements communication plan.
• Supports recruitment activities for their department.
• Assures good team spirit in the department.
• Identifies high potentials and supports the effort of providing them with suitable career opportunities.
• Proposes salary increases upon request of company management.
• Supports the execution plan preparation of every project.
• Assigns resources to projects and proposals.
• Stays up-to-date with the status of all projects through the Lead Engineer.
• Ensures execution of PEA reviews and IDRs on projects.
• Resolves findings and corrective actions as required.
• Leads improvement initiatives within the department.
• Supports proposals as required.
• Prepares or approves work-hour estimates.
• Ensures the MPS system is kept up to date.
• Establish a budget and salary plan for the department.
• Identify and recruit staff for departmental positions.
• Maintain staffing levels appropriate to the projected workload.
• Provide leadership and training for the professional development of staff.
• Responsible for the integrity of the work produced.
• Preferably Registered Professional Engineer or member of a professional engineering society as applicable.
• Seasoned knowledge of engineering standards and specifications.
• Good overview of engineering software.
• Good working knowledge of English, both oral and written.
• HSE, TQM, and cost-conscious.
• Good organizer, motivator, and supervisor.
• Keen on improving the effectiveness of the work.

Show flexibility and ensure proper handover with regard to

• The reassignment to other departments/construction sites/fabrication yards.
• The management/learning of current working methods and software applications.
• The reassignment to other McDermott offices.
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