Advanced Materials Engineer
Bengaluru, KA, IN
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ExxonMobil is seeking qualified and experienced individuals to support Project’s Brown Field Organization (BPO) as Materials Support Specialist’s focus provide Materials Engineering technical support and expertise to its capital projects. The candidate would be part of Brownfield Projects team in ExxonMobil Global Projects Organization, working out of ExxonMobil's Bengaluru Campus (Prestige Shantiniketan) in India. The candidate would be responsible for working with multi-discipline teams to execute/establish/improve materials engineering related work processes/solutions/ recommendations.
The Brownfield Project Organization (BPO) Materials Support Specialist’s main function is to act as ExxonMobil’s lead to oversee the work of the DTI contractor’s engineering team for materials discipline and project portfolio. The primary objective of this role is to increase the overall performance in quality, cost and schedule of the engineering work performed by the DTI engineering contractors. The role will require both engineering management and technical skills. Leadership is an essential skill as the BPO Materials Support Specialist will need to develop and maintain a strong relationship and rapport with their contractor discipline counterparts in order to influence how they function and drive improvements. The relationship between the BPO Materials Support Specialist and their respective site(s) is equally as critical to ensure alignment on the scope, design basis, etc. In addition to leadership skills, a strong technical aptitude is needed to ensure the quality, completeness and accuracy, and timeliness of the contractors’ work meets the project’s objectives, and it enables the BPO Materials Support Specialist to apply sound technical decision making on behalf of the asset(s) they represent.
What you will do
- Support development of Stage 2 and Stage 3 project team deliverables including right scope definition, technical design basis preparation, engineering criticality assessments, engineering surveillance plans, etc.,
- Review Engineering and Procurement proposals from contractors to support award recommendations. This includes assessing the engineering scope, schedule, manpower, deliverable list as well as the contractor’s understanding of the scope for materials discipline. Provide recommendations to the Project Manager to ensure and sounds proposal basis.
- Assess and monitor competency and performance of contractor’s discipline engineers assigned to their respective portfolio and make recommendation to the Portfolio Engineering Lead or Portfolio Engineering Manager.
- Provide oversight and quality control on contractor deliverables. Review and comment on contractor’s work in line with key issues alignment list, engineering criticality and surveillance plans. Ensure work meets project technical and operational requirements. Perform follow up with contractor on key design issues identified during deliverables review.
- Participate in project design reviews (e.g. HAZOP, etc.,)
- Identify and elevate systemic challenges for respective discipline in quality or schedule adherence to Portfolio Engineering Lead and Project Manager.
- Provide recommendations to enable effective resolution.
- Proactively identify and work discipline specific issues for respective contractor.
- Support procurement, fabrication, construction, commissioning and startup activities as required, This may require shop/site visits.
- Participate in assessments/audits of contractors’ processes and systems. Assists in the review of contractors' work processes, procedures (including those for model reviews) and planned deliverables for FEED, detailed engineering and procurement that are used to effectively manage and control design engineering activities.
- Ensure Contractor’s typical deliverables are fit-for-purpose and cost effective.
- Recommends corrective action where deficiencies in performance are detected and verifies that actions are taken.
- Coordinates with Global SMEs to ensure compliance with OIMS, safety, environmental protection, asset protection, reliability, operability, and maintainability are engineered into the facility.
- Provides input to the project managers on key strategies and decisions and works with project teams to ensure timely resolution of technical & engineering interface challenges, directing engineering studies.
- Seek Site Engineering Specialist input on key issues and keep them informed/aligned on key technical decisions & deliverables.
What you will do-Cont..
- Raise issues that are not resolved by Contractor to the Project Engineer & Engineering Specialist Coordinator as needed.
- Perform materials selection for Greenfield and Brownfield projects across the Upstream, Low Carbon Solutions, and Petrochemical value chains by leveraging company and industry standards, codes, and global practices.
- Develop materials specifications for procurement of new equipment for a project or planned replacement.
- Act as a Materials Project Engineering Specialist to review equipment and piping design specifications and other related materials integrity documents developed by EPCs.
- Review materials test reports and mill certificates to confirm conformance with materials specification requirements.
- Perform corrosion calculations using EM Proprietary and 3rd Party vendor corrosion prediction models to support material selection decisions.
- Review Materials Selection Philosophy, Manufacturer's MPS/ITP and other Materials Engineering related documents.
- Provide resolution to materials deviation requests from EPC's and Operating organizations on timely and clear communication with project teams with consideration to performance/integrity, CAPEX, schedule and OPEX factors.
- Perform life cycle cost calculations to validate material selection decisions incl. options for corrosion and low alloy steels with corrosion management.
- Participate in reviewing and upgrading company and/or industry guidelines and practices.
- Provide technical mentoring and continuous on-the-job guidance to early career engineers in the team.
- Coordinate and communicate between various global centers and business affiliates for knowledge transfer, sharing learnings, skill management and maintaining business relationships.
- Perform failure analysis for metallic material involving various degradation mechanism and provide or recommend corrective/preventive actions.
About You
Skills and Qualifications.
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree from a recognized university in Metallurgy/ Materials Engineering or related disciplines from a recognized university.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in Materials Engineering in the oil & gas industry including project support.
- Demonstrated work experience and knowledge in materials selection, corrosion assessment/control, welding/fabrication, and inspection/testing in support of facilities design.
Preferred Qualifications/Experiences
- Demonstrated ability to handle multiple priorities and stakeholders.
- Strong verbal/written communication skills in English, adaptability/interpersonal skills.
- Work shift is normally in the afternoon shift (01:30 pm to 10:30 pm) with flexibility to meet business needs.
- Flexibility to travel internationally as per business needs.
- Should not have attended an interview for Materials Engineer position in the last 1 year
Your benefits
An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance and life. We offer you:
- Competitive compensation
- Medical plans, maternity leave and benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment benefits
- Retirement benefits
- Global networking & cross-functional opportunities
- Annual vacations & holidays
- Day care assistance program
- Training and development program
- Tuition assistance program
- Workplace flexibility policy
- Relocation program
- Transportation facility
Please note benefits may change from time to time without notice, subject to applicable laws. The benefits programs are based on the Company’s eligibility guidelines.
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