Welding Engineer at IOTA GROUP

Leatherhead, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

16 Apr, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

16 Jan, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Welding Engineering, Oil and Gas Projects, H3SE Compliance, Technical Documentation, Project Management, Risk Management, Quality Assurance, Communication Skills, Problem Solving, Collaboration, Cost Optimization, Technical Meetings, Engineering Standards, Construction Codes, Inspection, Fabrication

Industry

Oil and Gas

Description

Company Description Our client is a global multi-energy company operating large-scale refining and petrochemical facilities. It transforms crude oil into fuels and essential industrial products through highly integrated and technologically advanced operations. The organisation is recognized for its strong HSE culture, operational excellence, and commitment to reducing environmental impact. Joining the company means contributing to complex international projects within a high-performance industrial environment. The Associated Gas Upstream Project Phase 1: Enhance Ratawi Oil Field production thanks to infrastructures upgrade and new export pipeline (AGUP1), in addition to a gas export and process facilities (AG25),  The Associated Gas Upstream Project Phase 2: Enhance Ratawi Oil Field production to 210 kbpd with new CPF (CPF2) and additional development wells (AGUP2),  The Gas Midstream Project - GMP: Valorize the gas from Ratawi, Majoon and Al Qurna West-2 (Phase I) Oil Fields.  The Common Seawater Supply Project - CSSP: Major water-injection project that will help the long-term production of several fields of South Iraq. The client will only be involved in seawater treatment plant building,  The Solar Power Plant - SPP: major solar project (PV plant with 1250 GW DC) which will allow to produce power (1000 GW AC) to be injected into the grid, AGUP Phase 2 is the major full field development. It involves drilling around 221 wells, feeding a newly built CPF (CPF2), at clients standards, with a capacity of 210 kbopd. Oil will flow respectively at 60 to 80 kbopd from Yamama ('100 MMscfd) and 150 to 130 kbopd from LP reservoirs ('30 MMscfd). AGUP2 Project will be developed with the objective to maximize economical results, with a particular focus on the CAPEX, while maintaining the technical quality of the installations, with high H3SE requirements and focus. The project development includes several interfaces with other projects (mainly AGUP Ph1, GMP and CSSP) which shall be managed in an optimized and agile manner. The country’s context is complex due to several factors and risks to be mitigated all through the project. Particular attention will be paid to safety culture enhancement and to the local content that will be a key factor in the project’s success Job Description To adopt and demonstrate exemplary behavior about H3SE rules and requirements and ensure their implementation within his/her scope of responsibility,  The service holder is in charge within the Central Processing Facility (CPF2) Package, under the CPF2 Engineering Manager, of all activities associated The service holder ensures during Detailed Engineering, Procurement and Construction phases that all activities, deliverables and documents (internal and external) related to the disciplines he/she is in charge are timely issued, executed and fit for purpose,  The service holder ensures Contractor, Subcontractors and Suppliers’ deliverables and documents are compliant with applicable codes, standards, Project specifications and best engineering practices related to his/her disciplines,  Within CPF2 Package, the service holder is the Contractor’s focal point for all matters related to the disciplines and subjects he/she oversees,  The service holder participates in the follow-up and supervision of qualifications, audits, testing, fabrication and construction activities, at Contractor, Subcontractors and Suppliers workshops or worksites, related to his/her discipline, directly with the support Package Quality Team,  The service holder will participate in the review and resolution of any discipline-related Technical Query, Deviation Requests, CAR and NCR occurring during Detail Engineering and Execution phases,  The service holder will actively identify the main risks and opportunities related to the disciplines he/she oversees and contribute to their follow-up in line with Project objectives,  The service holder actively liaises with other specialists of the CPF2 Package to ensure consistency of the work, in particular with the CPF2 Welding Specialist,  The service holder also liaises with Company HO discipline specialists as necessary. KEY ACTIVITIES  To adhere to Project H3SE and ensure that HSSEQ issues and requirements are correctly handled and met in all the disciplines-related technical documents and fabrication/construction activities,  To ensure that safe working practices are used within the Package along all phases of the Project.  To be informed of disciplines-related Project Specifications and international norms and standards, taking knowledge from them to application to the Project,  To issue and maintain all the necessary technical documentation related to the disciplines,  To ensure that contractual scope of work is duly and timely performed by Contractor,  To ensure daily liaison with Contractor with regards to discipline-related matters and participate in weekly/monthly coordination meetings with Contractor as appropriate,  To ensure follow-up / review / validation of progress performed by Contractor regarding his/her disciplines and analyses/reports drifts that could occur and propose remedial solutions To supervise and control the Detailed Engineering by timely reviewing the disciplines-related documentation issued by Contractor, Subcontractors and Suppliers (WPS / WPQR / technical documentation / queries / Deviation Requests...), to ensure full compliance with Project Specifications, procedures, international norms and standards with the objective to ensure respect of the schedule and to optimize costs without impacting required level of Quality and Safety. To raise consequently necessary comments and highlight unsafe design, deviations, unacceptable / unjustified design choices, constructability issues etc.,  To ensure adequate and timely reporting to the CPF2 Engineering Manager on progress and concerns, and in a general manner, anticipates problems, proposes potential optimizations, improvements and solutions with regards to his/her disciplines,  To liaise and interface actively with other CPF2 discipline specialists the disciplines-related matters and on all engineering, procurement, constructability, operability and maintainability matters ensure consistency of the work,  To suggest, organize and participate in all necessary inspections and Quality Walkthrough and give advice on the matter with regards to disciplines related matters,  To attend, when required to KoM, PIM and any ad-hoc meeting with Contractor, Subcontractors and Suppliers,  To assist Company Representatives in the supervision of all discipline-related activities at workshops and fabrication sites, in particular: o Witness of welding qualifications (PQR/WPS, Welders, Operators), o Witness of mechanical/corrosion testing, o Assessment and evaluation of welding environment and facilities, equipment, including arrangements for personnel protection and HSE, o Examination and assessment of materials and welding consumables management, o Witness any special processes such as Heat Treatment, Induction Bending, Forging, Cladding etc.  To assess and follow-up Contractor welding performance and propose improvement or remedial plan,  To ensure confidentiality of all the discipline-related documentation produced whatever its support,  To gather and ensure lesson-learnt (“REX”) are considered and participate to the issuance of feed-back for his/her disciplines and participate to Project Close-out activities / Report. Qualifications Professional Expérience (years) :  Minimum 15 years in Oil and Gas projects,  Previous experience with international Engineering EPC Contractors on projects of similar scale, Experience in similar position (years) :  10 years of experience, with significant experience as Welding Engineer for Oil & gas Project  Previous experience with international Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) Contractors on projects of similar scale, Technical Skills :  Knowledge of design and construction code for piping (such as ASME B31.3), structural (such as AWS D1.1) pressure vessels (such as ASME BPVC), Level / Diploma :  International Welding Engineer diploma (such IIW, EWF, ESSA) (essential),  Bachelor’s degree in engineering (material/metallurgical, mechanical engineering or related field), Languages  Fluency in English, Soft Skills  Strong Communication skills,  Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities,  Ability to work collaboratively in a multicultural environment,  Ability to lead technical meetings with Contractors.Vendors and challenge them on technical grounds,  Permanent concern for cost optimization on the GPI / Project activities,  Attentive to the GPI / Project needs and contribute to its process’ improvement,  Autonomous, proactive and energetic Additional Information Job location(s): UK Status: Resident Starting date: Mars 2026 Duration: 2 years Mission to Iraq YES , 4 weeks/year

Responsibilities

The Welding Engineer is responsible for ensuring compliance with H3SE rules and overseeing all activities related to the Central Processing Facility (CPF2) Package. This includes managing deliverables, ensuring quality standards, and liaising with contractors and subcontractors.