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CIVIL ENGINEER
This vacancy is for our client under the ADNOC group of companies, undertaking projects in oil & gas sector

PURPOSE
To provide technical engineering support for all maintenance activities related to Civil Works required for Ruwais Plant, including scaffolding, painting, insulation, fireproofing, roads and concrete repairs

BACKGROUND
The Civil Engineers, reports to the Civil Section Head, together with Scaffolding Supervisor and Painting & Insulation Supervisor. The Civil Section is part of the Maintenance department, which provides a range of specialized and strategic maintenance service and technical expertise to the Maintenance Teams. The Civil Engineering Section consists of a team to carry out the maintenance of civil structure and installations, which include equipment foundations, tank bases, buildings, roads, and fencing, sewage and drainage systems.

The activities to be carried out by the Civil Engineer require a wide range of technical knowledge and skills that include Concrete Rehabilitation techniques, Asphalting and associated repairs of asphalt roads, application and repair of building thermal insulation plaster. In addition, there is the problem of dealing with many activities spread over the plant.
The Ruwais NGL Fractionation Complex receives Natural Gas Liquids from the NGL Extraction Plants at Habshan, Bab, Asab and Bu Hasa, and LPG from nearby Takreer Refinery. The plant processes these liquids to produce Propane (C3), Butane (C4), Pentane Plus (C5+) and Ethane (C2). The plant consists of 3 process trains; with a total design feed liquid capacity 44,000 tons per day. Except for Ethane, which is transferred via pipeline to the petrochemical plant at Borouge, the other outputs are stored in various tanks that are connected to the company & ADNOC jetties for export to tankers. Any disruption to plant process will affect the UAE upstream oil production and downstream petrochemical plant activities.

The plant consists of distillation columns for fractionating NGL into the Propane, Butane and Pentane plus. The treatment processes include Amine Solution (ADIP Process) and Molecular Sieve. Products are refrigerated to reduce them to a safe temperature for storage and distribution. The plant is self sufficient in utility services and produces Instrument Air from compressors, Nitrogen Gas for purging and sealing, pumps in Sea Water for use in cooling and fire water systems, plus Electricity supply from three power generation units rated at 18.6MW each. In addition, sulphur and pure propane are produced, loaded and dispatched through road tankers.

MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES
¿ To plan, coordinate and supervise the civil resources to ensure that work orders are executed in accordance with company standards and HSE requirements, within the budget & time frame.
¿ To enforce the implementation of Health, Safety and Environment Management System (HSE-MS) and also promote awareness of its use among all division and department personnel.
¿ To conduct periodic surveys of critical structures and installations to identify abnormal condition, settlement, and material deterioration and recommend remedial action.
¿ To prepare Civil Engineering design, specifications and Civil Packages including tender documents and bid evaluations for plant modifications.
¿ To coordinate the implementation of work orders with other Departments and Sections within the plant, for reasons of safety and quality assurance.
¿ To ensure implementation of Competency Based Training & Development programs, through use of Personal Development Plans (PDP¿s) and UAE Nationalization directives.
¿ To review and approve Contractors¿ payment invoices to ensure compliance with work executed.
¿ To participate in negotiating of Civil Contractors proposals, variation orders and claims.
¿ To compile/provide input for preparation of division/department Capital and Operating budgets and monitor annual expenditure budgets.

MAIN CHALLENGES
¿ To contribute towards achieving efficient, timely and quality completion of Ruwais Plants related Civil Maintenance works, taking into account the current impact on running facilities and personnel.
¿ To maintain networking communications between Civil Section Head colleagues, Operations, HSE Department, Administration and outsource Contractors personnel, when due consideration is given to the diverse schedules, commitments and locations of all concerned personnel.

Minimum Requirements:

¿ Minimum 5 years experience in civil related jobs - Experience in Oil & gas or petrochemical industries
¿ Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Discipline or equivalent

Work Location: Al Maqtaa
Temporary (01/10/2011 - 31/03/2012)